00:00One of George Michael's biggest hits, Father Figure, is incorporated on Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl,
00:07and the late music legend's estate has responded.
00:10Just hours before the album's release Friday, the late Wham! singer's estate said they were delighted that the 14-time Grammy winner was inspired by his 1987 track, Father Figure.
00:21In a statement shared on the late rocker's official Instagram account, the estate said that Michael would have fully backed the song's inclusion in Swift's album.
00:30We 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,
00:39into a brand new song of the same title to be featured on her forthcoming album.
00:43When 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.
00:52George Michael Entertainment wishes Taylor every success with The Life of a Showgirl and Father Figure, the statement concluded.
00:59The track, which is fourth on Swift's album, has sparked many fan theories online regarding who the song is about, including a rival singer in the industry,
01:08but signs point to the song being about Taylor's early days in her career.
01:12George Michael's original version of the song went viral last year, 37 years after it was first released, thanks to the BDSM rom-com Baby Girl.
01:22In a scene that was massively memed online, Harris Dickinson's character dances shirtless in a hotel room for his boss, played by Nicole Kidman.
01:32Nearly a decade after his untimely death in 2016, it's clear that George Michael's legacy as a pop music icon lives on.
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