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3 days ago
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George Michael's ex thinks he'd love what Taylor Swift did with ‘Father Figure'
NEW YORK — George Michael's former long-term partner thinks the late Wham! star would be as excited to hear Taylor Swift's interpolation of 'Father Figure' as Swifties are. 'Father Figure,' the fourth track on Swift's upcoming 12th studio album, 'The Life of a Showgirl,' takes its title and part of its melody from Michael's 1987 song of the same name, as ex Kenny Goss told TMZ. Goss, 66, said he's confident that Michael — who he dated for 13 years — would have loved to see someone of Swift's stature 'taking an interest in his work,' as the outlet put it. Rather than directly sampling Michael's track — which was also spotlit in a pivotal scene from 2024's 'Babygirl' — Swift's will have it 'woven into' her own, according to the outlet. Speaking to The Dallas Morning News in early 2017, Goss remembered Michael as 'truly the love of my life. And I think I was the love of his life.' The couple split up in 2011 and Michael died of heart failure on Christmas 2016. He was 53. Swift, 35, announced earlier this week that she'll drop 'The Life of a Showgirl' on Oct. 3. She revealed on boyfriend Travis Kelce's 'New Heights' podcast Wednesday that she recorded the new album in the summer of 2024 between shows on the European leg of her tour.
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3 days ago
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George Michael would have approved of Taylor Swift tribute
George Michael's former partner believes the late singer would have been proud of Taylor Swift's upcoming tribute. The Bad Blood hitmaker announced her long-awaited new album, The Life of a Showgirl, earlier this week and among the tracks is a song called Father Figure, which will feature the melody from George's 1987 track of the same name. Kenny Goss - who was in a relationship with George from 1996 to 2009 - told TMZ the Careless Whisper singer would have totally approved of Taylor's song and while he never met the 35-year-old pop star before his death in 2016, the art dealer is pretty sure his former partner would have been a fan and appreciated someone of her standing taking an interest in his work. Kenny himself is a big fan of Taylor's music and though he had no idea she planned to interpolate Father Figure on her new album, it was a welcome surprise. Taylor announced The Life of a Showgirl earlier this week and has explained the prominent use of the colour orange in the artwork and promotional teasers for the record. During an appearance on the New Heights podcast with her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce, she said: "I've just always liked it ... It feels like energetically how my life has felt - and this album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during [The Eras Tour], which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant." The Karma singer also talked about the album's artwork, which shows her wearing a jewelled costume under the water in a bath and confessed the picture represents her at the end of a concert night because she always ends with a soak in the tub. She explained: "This represents the end of my night ... My show days are the same every single day, I just have a different city. And my day ends with me in a bathtub - not usually in a bedazzled dress ... [The album represents] the life beyond the show ... I would say it's everything that was going on behind the curtain." The Life of a Showgirl will be released on 3 October.
