{"id":268834,"date":"2025-10-01T09:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/268834\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:39:22","slug":"taylor-swift-interpolates-george-michaels-father-figure-on-the-life-of-a-showgirl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/268834\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Interpolates George Michael\u2019s \u201cFather Figure\u201d on The Life of a Showgirl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/09\/taylor-swift-interpolates-george-michael-father-figure-the-life-of-a-showgirl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift Interpolates George Michael\u2019s \u201cFather Figure\u201d on The Life of a Showgirl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift Interpolates George Michael\u2019s \u201cFather Figure\u201d on The Life of a Showgirl<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Consequence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Consequence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift<\/a> is taking it back to the big \u201980s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As confirmed by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-interpolates-george-michael-father-figure-1236079723\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Billboard<\/a>, the pop star has interpolated George Michael\u2019s 1987 hit single, \u201cFather Figure,\u201d on\u00a0a song of the same name that appears on her upcoming new album, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/08\/taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-gets-artwork-release-date-tracklist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Life of a Showgirl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The George Michael original shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988. It was the fourth single from Michael\u2019s blockbuster debut solo album, Faith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The news of Swift\u2019s interpolation of Michael\u2019s song comes after weeks of speculation, and with her The Life of a Showgirl album set for release this Friday, October 3rd. Michael\u2019s longtime partner, Kenny Goss, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/14\/george-michael-song-taylor-swift-new-album\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TMZ<\/a> that the pop legend would have fully approved of his music being recalled in such a way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thanks to a resurgence on TikTok, Michael\u2019s \u201cFather Figure\u201d will be a relevant and welcome presence on Swift\u2019s new song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This won\u2019t be the first time Swift has tipped her hat to Michael; back in 2007, she covered Wham!\u2019s perennial \u201cLast Christmas\u201d on The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection EP.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl album will arrive with a <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/09\/taylor-swift-film-official-release-party-of-a-showgirl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:new film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">new film<\/a> titled Official Release Party of a Showgirl, which lands in movie theaters on the release date of October 3rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Popular Posts<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consequenceofsound.activehosted.com\/f\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Subscribe to Consequence\u2019s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Subscribe to Consequence\u2019s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Taylor Swift Interpolates George Michael\u2019s \u201cFather Figure\u201d on The Life of a Showgirl appeared first on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":268835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[171,139956,975,86095,3571,83222,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-268834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-father-figure","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-showgirl","12":"tag-taylor-swift","13":"tag-the-life-of-a-showgirl","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115298249233462552","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}