George Michael’s Estate ‘Delighted’ Over Taylor Swift Using ‘Father Figure’

As Swifties prepare for The Life of a Showgirl to drop at midnight tonight, George Michael’s estate released a statement about one of the most anticipated track’s on Taylor Swift’s soon-to-be-released 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,” they continued, wishing Swift “every success with The Life of a Showgirl and ‘Father Figure.’”

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George Michael, the British heartthrob who became an icon of the Eighties as half of Wham! and later as a solo artist, died in 2016 at the age of 53. “Father Figure” featured on his solo debut 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 spans 12 songs, with the Michael-featuring track listed as the fourth offering and notably be 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 Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Late Night With Seth Meyers following its release.

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