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As Swifties prepare for The Life of a Showgirl to drop at midnight, George Michael‘s estate released a statement about one of the most anticipated tracks on Taylor Swift‘s new album: “Father Figure,” which shares the same name as Michael’s 1987 hit song and interpolates it with her own version.
“We were delighted when Taylor Swift and her team approached us earlier this year about incorporating an interpolation of George Michael‘s classic song ‘Father Figure’ into a brand new song of the same title to be featured on her forthcoming album,” wrote Michael’s estate.
“When we heard the track we had no hesitation in agreeing to this association between two great artists and we know George would have felt the same,” the estate continued, wishing Swift “every success withThe Life of a Showgirland ‘Father Figure.’”
Michael, the British heartthrob who became an icon of the Eighties as half ofWham!and later as a solo artist, died in 2016 at the age of 53.“Father Figure” was featured on his debut solo album, Faith, with the seductive soul ballad climbing to Number One on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Life of a Showgirl is Swift’s 12th studio album and contains 12 songs, with the Michael-featuring track listed as the fourth offering and notably followed by “Eldest Daughter.” Swift will return to the late-night promo circuit after three years to promote the record and will appear on The Graham Norton Show,The Tonight ShowStarring Jimmy Fallon, andLate Night With Seth Meyers following its release.
