George Michael’s estate has responded to Taylor Swift featuring the late music legend’s iconic song on her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

Just hours before the album’s release Friday, the late Wham! singer’s estate said they were “delighted” to have the 14-time Grammy winner interpolate his 1987 track, “Father Figure.”

In a statement shared on the late rocker’s official Instagram account , the estate said that Michael — who died on Christmas Day in 2016 at age 58 — would have fully backed the song’s inclusion in Swift’s album.

“We were delighted when Taylor Swift and her team approached us earlier this year about incorporating an interpolation of George Michael’s classic song ‘Father Figure’ into a brand new song of the same title to be featured on her forthcoming album,

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