Miley Cyrus (left) and Bruno Mars | Picture: Instagram/@mileycyrus, @brunomars
Miley Cyrus is reportedly being sued for copyright infringement after allegations that her chart-topping track “Flowers” is a rip-off of Bruno Mars hit track, “After I Was Your Man.”
Based on paperwork obtained by US media TMZ and Rolling Stone, Cyrus faces a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles federal courtroom from an organization referred to as Tempo Music Investments, who claimed “Flowers” contains unauthorized “duplication” of a number of parts from Mars’ 2012 track.
Mars will not be named as a plaintiff within the courtroom submitting, however the music label asserted that it owns a portion of U.S. copyrights to “After I Was Your Man” after buying it from Philip Lawrence, who co-wrote the track together with Mars.
The corporate underscored within the authorized doc that Cyrus’ track had “many musical similarities” to Mars’ sluggish jam monitor.
“Any fan of Bruno Mars’ ‘After I Was Your Man’ is aware of that Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ didn’t obtain all of that success by itself. ‘Flowers’ duplicates quite a few melodic, harmonic, and lyrical parts of ‘After I Was Your Man,’ together with the melodic pitch design and sequence of the verse, the connecting bassline, sure bars of the refrain, sure theatrical music parts, lyric parts, and particular chord progressions,” acknowledged the lawsuit.
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The music firm is alleged to be searching for undisclosed monetary damages and is asking the courtroom to ban Cyrus from performing “Flowers” and stop any additional distribution of the track.
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As of writing, the “Wrecking Ball” singer has not but issued a press release.
The “Hannah Montana” star’s “Flowers” is her reply to Mars’ 2013 hit track a couple of heartbroken man who regretted dropping his lover, and never having the ability to give her his love and a spotlight. The lyrics go: “That I ought to’ve purchased you flowers / And held your hand / Ought to’ve gave you all my hours / After I had the prospect / Take you to each social gathering / ‘Trigger all you wished to do was dance / Now my child’s dancing / However she’s dancing with one other man.”
Since “Flowers” hit the airwaves and have become the anthem for empowered ladies, many have already observed its shut resemblance to Mars’ unique composition, in addition to its references to her failed marriage to Australian actor Liam Hemsworth. Pulling inspiration from Mars’ lyrics, Cyrus’ self-love track from the girl’s perspective goes: “I can purchase myself flowers / Write my identify within the sand / Speak to myself for hours / Say stuff you don’t perceive / I can take myself dancing / And I can maintain my very own hand / Yeah, I can love me higher than you may.”
By the way, “Flowers” was launched on Hemsworth’s start month, additional fanning speculations that the track was certainly a message to him. The couple received married in December 2018, however ultimately received divorced in January 2020, after a tumultuous 10 years collectively, on and off.
In February, the 31-year-old singer received her first Grammy for “Flowers,” a monitor from her eighth album Countless Summer season Trip. The track held the Quantity One spot on the Billboard Sizzling 100 for eight weeks upon its launch.
Final month, Cyrus turned the youngest-ever recipient of a Disney Legend, a corridor of fame award bestowed by the Walt Disney Firm. In her acceptance speech, the singer paid homage to her hit Disney Channel character Hannah Montana.