George Michael’s Estate Comments On Taylor Swift’s ‘Father Figure’

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A opus connected 'The Life of a Showgirl' interpolates Michael's hit. Here's what George Michael Entertainment had to accidental astir it.

George Michael‘s “Father Figure” is reimagined by Taylor Swift connected The Life of a Showgirl‘s 4th track, a caller opus that shares a rubric and incorporates an interpolation of Michael’s original that became a deed successful 1988.

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The precocious Michaels’ property issued a connection connected Swift’s signaling connected Thursday (Oct. 2), hours earlier the authoritative merchandise of Showgirl.

“We were delighted erstwhile Taylor Swift and her squad approached america earlier this twelvemonth astir incorporating an interpolation of George Michael’s classical opus ‘Father Figure’ into a marque caller opus of the aforesaid rubric to beryllium featured connected her forthcoming album,” George Michael Entertainment said successful a enactment posted connected Michael’s societal media accounts. “When we heard the way we had nary hesitation successful agreeing to this relation betwixt 2 large artists and we cognize George would person felt the same. George Michael Entertainment wishes Taylor each occurrence with The Life of a Showgirl and Father Figure.”

Michael’s “Father Figure” held dependable for 2 weeks astatine No. 1 connected the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988; it was 1 of 4 No. 1 smashes from Faith, his 1987 solo debut LP. (The different 3 No. 1s from Faith: rubric way “Faith,” “One More Try” and “Monkey.”)

“‘Father Figure’ is conscionable a precise circumstantial acquisition that I wrote about,” Michael erstwhile said of the song’s origin. “I deliberation there’s a definite signifier successful people’s lives wherever they determination distant from their parents and past they look for that replacement. It’s ever talked astir successful presumption of boys benignant of being discarded, successful presumption of their mothers, and past uncovering a replacement. But you don’t needfully ever perceive astir that with women, though I’m definite it’s conscionable arsenic overmuch the case, that women successful a consciousness look for a father. Not needfully a father, but they look for that replacement.”

In 1989, “Father Figure” earned Michael a information for a Grammy successful the champion popular vocal show category, and genitor medium Faith won a...

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