'Unsettling' reason why Liam Hemsworth is Miley Cyrus’ biggest fear in copyright lawsuit
Topics: Miley Cyrus, Music
Callum Jones
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Topics: Miley Cyrus, Music
While Miley Cyrus may be getting sued for allegedly copying Bruno Mars with her song 'Flowers', the 'unsettling' reason Liam Hemsworth is her biggest fear has reportedly been revealed.
On Tuesday (September 17), it was revealed the singer is facing a copyright lawsuit over the award-winning 'Flowers'.
While the 'Wrecking Ball' singer is accused of copying Bruno Mars, he is not listed as a plaintiff in the lawsuit.
Instead, the suit was filed by Tempo Music Investments, a company that owns a share of the copyright for Mars' song 'When I Was Your Man'.
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When the Hannah Montana star released 'Flowers' in January of last year, fans were quick to point out similarities to Mars' hit record.
And some listeners also speculated that Cyrus' inspiration for the song came from the time after her split with Liam Hemsworth - something which the singer's sister, Brandi Cyrus, responded to on her podcast.
However, a source claimed to the Daily Mail that Cyrus is not afraid of the lawsuit, though she will find it 'unsettling' if she has to reveal the song is allegedly about Hemsworth.
They said: "Miley is not too concerned with the lawsuit itself, but everyone who knows Miley knows that this track was written as a way of healing from Liam.
“She wrote lyrics that were a reaction to Bruno’s lyrics in Your Man, specifically because that was Liam’s song to her.
"She only cared that he knew it was for him. Miley originally wrote it as a slow love ballad not the fast upbeat song that it became.
“She is worried that she will have to reveal her inspiration for writing the song. "While she has no issue stating it was a response to Bruno, revealing it was specifically about Liam publicly and on record is very unsettling.”
TMZ also reports that Tempo Music are alleging 'Flowers' is 'intentionally copying' 'When I Was Your Man' from Mars.
The company is also claiming that the melody, harmony and chorus of the track is 'substantially similar' to the verse in Mars' song.
As per TMZ, the court docs read: "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 lawsuit also claimed, as seen by Rolling Stone, that 'Flowers’ duplicates numerous melodic, harmonic, and lyrical elements of ‘When I Was Your Man,’ including the melodic pitch design and sequence of the verse, the connecting bass-line, certain bars of the chorus, certain theatrical music elements, lyric elements, and specific chord progressions'.
UNILAD has reached out to Miley Cyrus' representatives for comment.