It was one of the hits of 2023, with over a billion plays on Spotify in just four months. Singer Miley Cyrus and her co-writers Flowers are being sued for plagiarism. According to the company Tempo Music Investments, which has turned to the American courts for compensation, the American artist plagiarized When I was your man by Bruno Mars, reports Rolling Stone Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
At the exit of Flowersfans of the former Disney star saw the song as a reference to the singer’s breakup with her ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth. But music lovers also noticed the similarities between the song and that of singer Bruno Mars, released ten years earlier. The rhythm, melody and lyrics had many similarities.
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These similarities have not escaped the notice of Tempo Music Investments, the company that owns the rights to the 2013 title. It accuses Miley Cyrus and her two co-authors of having taken two phrases from the original song in order to modify them so that they fit with the theme of the song. Where Bruno Mars sings ” I should have bought you flowers […] hold your hand for hours »Miley Cyrus launches ” I can buy myself flowers […] Talk to myself for hours »details the HuffPost .
Tempo Music Investments is seeking financial compensation and also wants Flowers is no longer broadcast, but also that Miley Cyrus can no longer perform it on stage. The star is not the only person targeted by this complaint. Sony Music Publishing and Apple are also targeted for having broadcast the single, which earned its performer a trophy at the Grammy Awards in 2024.
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