Miley Cyrus sued over Grammy-winning song Flowers, accused of copying Bruno Mars

Miley Cyrus has found herself in hot water over her Grammy-winning hit track Flowers.

The singer is being sued by Tempo Music Investments for allegedly copying parts of Bruno Mars' decade-old song When I Was Your Man.

Rolling Stone reported the obtained lawsuit was filed on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) against Cyrus and her co-writers on the track, Gregory Hein and Michael Pollack.

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Several major companies including Sony Music Publishing were also named.

The suit claimed Cyrus' wildly popular 2023 track "duplicates numerous melodic, harmonic, and lyrical elements" of Mars' 2013 song.

"It is undeniable based on the combination and number of similarities between the two recordings that 'Flowers' would not exist without 'When I Was Your Man'," the suit said.

When Cyrus released Flowers as a single on her 2023 album Endless Summer Vacation, the track drew some lyrical comparisons in the chorus to Mars ballad.

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The song is speculated to be about her relationship with ex-husband Liam Hemsworth.

Flowers became the best-selling global single of the year and broke the Spotify record for most streams in a single week.

The song earned Cyrus her first-ever Grammy win in February for Best Pop Solo Performance and a second trophy on the same night for Record of the Year.

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Flowers was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 2024 Grammy Awards.

Speaking to British Vogue in 2023, Cyrus opened up about how she wrote the song "in a really different way."

The star shared the last line in the chorus was originally "but I can't love me better than you can" instead of the final "but I can love me better than you can".

"It used to be more, like, 1950s. The saddest song. Like: 'Sure, I can be my own lover, but you're so much better,'" Cyrus told the outlet.

The Disney alum said the song's lyrics ended up being "a little fake it 'til you make it".

Cyrus rose to fame as the titular character on Disney's Hannah Montana series.

Since gaining notoriety in the '00s for her role, she has gone on to become one of the biggest names in pop music with tracks including Wrecking Ball and Party in the U.S.A.

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