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 music “Flowers” is a rip-off of Bruno Mars hit music, “Once I Was Your Man.”
In keeping with 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” consists of unauthorized “duplication” of a number of components from Mars’ 2012 music.
Mars shouldn’t be named as a plaintiff within the courtroom submitting, however the music label asserted that it owns a portion of U.S. copyrights to “Once I Was Your Man” after buying it from Philip Lawrence, who co-wrote the music together with Mars.
The corporate underscored within the authorized doc that Cyrus’ music had “many musical similarities” to Mars’ gradual jam observe.
“Any fan of Bruno Mars’ ‘Once 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 components of ‘Once 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 components, lyric components, and particular chord progressions,” acknowledged the lawsuit.
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The music firm is claimed 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 music.
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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 music a few heartbroken man who regretted shedding 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 / Once I had the prospect / Take you to each occasion / ‘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 girls, 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 music from the lady’s perspective goes: “I should purchase myself flowers / Write my identify within the sand / Discuss to myself for hours / Say belongings 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’ll be able to.”
By the way, “Flowers” was launched on Hemsworth’s delivery month, additional fanning speculations that the music was certainly a message to him. The couple acquired married in December 2018, however ultimately acquired 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 observe from her eighth album Infinite Summer season Trip. The music held the Quantity One spot on the Billboard Scorching 100 for eight weeks upon its launch.
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Final month, Cyrus grew to become 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.
