Pop star Miley Cyrus copied fellow megastar Bruno Mars’ hit “When I Was Your Man” in her number-one single “Flowers,” according to a copyright lawsuit filed in California federal court.
The complaint, filed on Monday by music-rights owner Tempo Music Investments, said that “Flowers” duplicates “numerous melodic, harmonic and lyrical elements” of Mars’ song, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013.
Spokespeople for Cyrus’ label Sony Music and attorneys and spokespeople for Tempo did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit on Tuesday.
Mars is not a party in the