“Merely a commonplace ‘circle of fifths’ chord progression”: Miley Cyrus’s lawyers bring music theory to the fore in a fresh attempt to show that her hit song Flowers doesn’t copy Bruno Mars’ When I Was Your Man

Music Gear, Equipment, News, Tutorials & Reviews [Unofficial] February 25, 2026

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Cyrus and her co-writers are facing a copyright infringement claim not from Mars himself, but Tempo Music Investments