The track borrows from Michael’s original while adding darker themes of power, profit and betrayal in the music industry.

Ahead of her new album, it was revealed that Swift's 'Father Figure' interpolates the 1987 hit of the same name.

George Michael ’s ‘Father Figure’ has been reimagined by one of the world’s biggest artists. On her latest album The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift takes the much-loved 1987 hit and flips it on its head, turning the once romantic song into a cynical look at power within the music industry.

On her 12th album, Taylor Swift transforms George Michael’s classic “Father Figure” into a rebuke of former mentor Scott Borchetta.

On Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated new album “The Life of a Showgirl,” track four, “Father Figure,” includes the late George Michael as one of the credited songwriters.

I t’s Taylor’s latest era, and the showgirl is paying tribute to another groundbreaking musician of his own era. George Michael’s estate recently announced that Swift’s track “Father Figure,” featuring an interpolation of Michael’s 1987 song of the same name, was a welcome delight.

Ahead of a Haim show at Inglewood's Kia Forum, Danielle Haim and her co-producer Rostam Batmanglij look back at the making of the band's latest album.