{"id":57089,"date":"2025-10-02T22:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/57089\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:02:12","slug":"george-michael-is-credited-on-taylor-swifts-new-song-father-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/57089\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael Is Credited on Taylor Swift\u2019s New Song \u2018Father Figure\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Swift<\/a> is paying tribute to a pop legend on her highly anticipated new album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>. The singer-songwriter, 35, credited the late George Michael as a songwriter on her track \u201cFather Figure,\u201d a nod to Michael\u2019s iconic 1987 hit of the same name. And now his estate is responding.<\/p>\n

In a October 2 Instagram post,<\/a> the estate writes: \u201cWe were delighted when Taylor Swift and her team approached us earlier this year about incorporating an interpolation of George Michael\u2019s classic song \u2018Father Figure\u2019 into a brand new song of the same title to be featured on her forthcoming album. 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. George Michael Entertainment wishes Taylor every success with The Life of a Showgirl and Father Figure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift\u2019s version isn\u2019t a straight cover. Instead, it reportedly interpolates elements of Michael\u2019s original, earning him a writing credit alongside Swift\u2019s frequent collaborators Max Martin and Shellback. \u201cFather Figure\u201d appears as the fourth track on the 12-song album, set to drop October 3, 2025, and fans are already buzzing online about the surprising connection between two eras of pop music.<\/p>\n

Fans are loving the nod to the \u201980s icon, who passed away in 2016. \u201cDo y\u2019all understand how rare it is for Taylor to sample a song,\u201d one user wrote on X. Another added, \u201cGeorge Michael on a Taylor album is the crossover I never saw coming but fully support forever.\u201d A third chimed in, \u201cI\u2019m SO happy, George Michael was a GENIUS! Rest in Peace n\u2019 Leather, king \ud83d\udda4.<\/p>\n

With this album, Swift is proving her knack for merging past and present influences to craft her own narrative. In her appearance on the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast \u2014 hosted by her fianc\u00e9, NFL star Travis Kelce<\/a>, and his brother Jason Kelce<\/a> \u2014 she revealed not only the album title, but also the tracklist, cover art, and release date.<\/p>\n

During the podcast, Swift shared insight into the album\u2019s aesthetic, explaining how it reflects her behind-the-scenes experience of the Eras Tour. \u201cMy day ends with me in a bathtub, not usually in a bedazzled dress,\u201d she said. \u201cI wanted to glamorize all the different aspects of how the tour felt.\u201d She added, \u201cThe reason I wanted to have an offstage moment as the main album cover is because the album isn\u2019t really about what happened to me onstage, but what I was going through offstage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked by Jason why she chose orange for the color scheme of the album, Swift said, \u201cI\u2019ve just always liked it, Jason.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like kind of energetically how my life has felt, and this album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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