"When 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,"
"'Father Figure' is just a very, without going into too much detail, it's just a very specific experience that I wrote about a specific relationship with one person,"
"I think there's a definite pattern in people's lives where they move away from their parents, then they spend time on their own and then they look for that replacement,"
George Michael's estate publicly endorsed Taylor Swift's interpolation of his 1987 song 'Father Figure' and expressed confidence George would have approved. Swift's version incorporates melodic or lyrical elements from the original and frames a specific mentor–protégé relationship that mirrors themes from Michael's song. Michael described 'Father Figure' as a portrayal of a singular relationship and as reflecting a pattern where people leave parents, live independently, and seek replacements. Swift's song shifts perspective toward the protégé and includes lyrics implying a bitter fallout over master recording ownership, appearing to reference disputes involving a former music executive and label.
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