Taylor Swift pays homage to late music legend George Michael on “Father Figure,” the fourth song on her newly released new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

The song not only shares a title with Michael’s 1987 hit, it also borrows a melody from the original track in its chorus, thus earning the British musician a songwriting credit alongside Swift and her collaborators, Max Martin and Shellback.

Michael’s original song is sung from the perspective of a man who wants to be a “preacher” and “teacher” — and, notably, a “daddy” — to his younger lover.

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Swift sings her version from the perspective of someone in the music industry, possibly a mentor or an executive, who is allegedly taking care of his

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