French Disco Icon Amanda Lear Accuses Miley Cyrus of Plagiarism Over New Album Track 'Redlights'
PARIS — Amanda Lear, the French disco singer and former muse to Salvador Dalí, has publicly accused Miley Cyrus of plagiarizing one of her songs from the 1970s, alleging that the American pop star's new track "Redlights" bears a striking resemblance to her 1978 release "The Sphinx". Lear, who was a prominent figure during the Swinging Sixties in London and a muse to surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, took to social media on Sunday with a message laced with irony. "Thank you, Miley, for copying my song 'The Sphinx'! I'm flattered!" she wrote, appending the hashtags "ripoff" and "copycat". The accusation came just two days after Cyrus released her tenth studio album, Bass Persuades , a 10-track dance pop record that includes the ballad "Redlights," which invites comparisons to Lear's slower, gravelly voiced original. A Reluctant Accuser Speaking to AFP on Monday, Lear sought to distance herself from the confr...