By: Natasha Archary

US singer and songwriter, Miley Cyrus is being sued for alleged copyright of a Bruno Mars song.
Miley is accused of copying parts of the Bruno Mars track “When I Was Your Man” on her hit song Flowers.
Mars isn’t named as the plaintiff in the lawsuit and instead, Miley is being sued by a company that bought a portion of the rights to the song from one of the co-writers.
According to a report, Tempo Music claims it owns a portion of When I Was Your Man which was bought from co-writer Philip Lawrence.
The lawsuit claims that lyrics, melody and harmony from Mars’ track were infringed upon by Miley Cyrus with her female empowerment hit, Flowers.
Despite there being an audible difference in tone, rhythm and genre between the songs, Tempo Music is seeking damages of an undisclosed amount from Miley.
Flowers is a pop track with disco and rock influences, while When I Was Your Man is a piano ballad.
Miley won her first Grammy for Flowers this year for Best Pop Solo Performance after the song topped US charts for 8 weeks, and spent 10 weeks at Number 1 in the UK.
Neither Miley nor Bruno Mars has commented on the lawsuit.
Miley wrote Flowers using her failed marriage to Liam Hemsworth as the inspiration for the song.
Initially, the song was supposed to be Miley’s message to Liam that she didn’t want to be loved by anyone but him.
However, after their marriage fell apart in 2019, Miley decided she was going to send a different message, and didn’t want the song to be sad.
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