Overview

• Track 4 on Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is titled “Father Figure” and interpolates George Michael’s 1987 hit of the same name.
• George Michael Entertainment posted that Swift’s team approached them earlier this year and that they agreed after hearing the new track.
• The estate publicly thanked Swift and wished her success with both the album and the song in statements on Michael’s official social accounts.
• Because an interpolation re-records elements of the composition rather than sampling the original recording, clearance came from the publishing rightsholders and Michael is credited as a songwriter.
• The album arrives at midnight ET on Oct. 3, as interest in Michael’s original has risen again following its use in the 2024 film Babygirl and on TikTok.