Miley Cyrus’ request to dismiss Flowers lawsuit hit with push-back from judge
In September 2024, Tempo Music Investments filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Miley Cyrus, alleging that her hit song "Flowers" plagiarized Bruno Mars' 2013 track "When I Was Your Man." Tempo, having acquired a portion of the rights to Mars' song from co-writer Philip Lawrence, claimed that "Flowers" duplicated numerous melodic, harmonic, and lyrical elements of "When I Was Your Man." In response, Cyrus' legal team filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that Tempo lacked the legal standing […]