#TaylorSwift
· Taylor Swift’s upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl features a track called “Father Figure” that interpolates George Michael’s 1988 number one hit.
· Instead of sampling the original, she reimagines it in her own style.
· Fans had speculated Michael would be credited as a songwriter, and his ex-partner Kenny Goss told TMZ that Michael “would have loved” the tribute.
· Swift previously showed her admiration for him in 2008 when she covered Wham!’s “Last Christmas.”
· The album drops this Friday, and Swift is pairing it with The Official Release Party of a Showgirl in theaters.
· The 89-minute event will include the premiere of her “The Fate of Ophelia” music video along with lyric videos for other tracks.
o Industry projections suggest $35 to $40 million at the box office opening weekend, likely enough to land Swift the number one spot, beating out films like The Rock’s The Smashing Machine and Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another.