She has performed with some of the world’s biggest living artists including Stevie Nicks, Sabrina Carpenter and Justin Timberlake.
Now Taylor Swift, 35, is taking it one step further collaborating with a huge star from beyond the grave.
In a leaked photograph of the vinyl sleeve for her forthcoming 12th album The Life of a Showgirl there are twelve songs listed.
Included in the apparent list is a reimagined version of his 1987 track Father Figure by none other than the late George Michael, who is credited as a writer on the track which bears the same name as his song but features new lyrics.
The track is also written by pop product and longtime Swift collaborator Max Martin, who Taylor has cryptically confirmed she is working with by curating a playlist of all the tracks they have collaborated on to tease the new album.
George, who died aged 58 on Christmas Day 2016, wouldn’t be the first music icon to have inspired the Shake It Off singer.
Taylor Swift set to collaborate with huge star from beyond the grave after the pop megastar announced new album The Life Of A Showgirl
Included in the leaked playlist is a reimagined version of his 1987 track Father Figure by none other than the late George Michael
George, who died aged 58 on Christmas Day 2016, wouldn’t be the first music icon to have inspired the Shake It Off singer
Taylor previously credited Right Said Fred on Look What You Made Me Do, which she described as an ‘interpolation’ of their song.
The track’s credits list three members of Right Said Fred – Richard Fairbrass, Fred Fairbrass and Rob Manzoli – as songwriters alongside Taylor and Jack Antonoff.
After the song was released, the I’m To Sexy singers tweeted: ‘Thank you Taylor Swift, what a marvelous reinvention!’
With 1.3 billion streams globally the song have resulted in the duo receiving a fortune in royalties for the song.
George Michael’s estate is also likely to be in for a windfall from the collaboration with Taylor Swift experts predict the new album will be her most lucrative to date, following her record-breaking Era Tour which ended in December last year.
R&B ballad Father Figure featured on George’s debut studio album Faith in 1987.
It alluded to his life as a gay man who had not yet declared his sexuality and was operating during a homophobic time in the music industry and wider society.
Journalist Barry Walters sad it ‘established Michael both as a nuanced grown-up and as a skilled singer-songwriter, able to intertwine racy innuendo and romantic steadfastness’.
It comes as Taylor’s boyfriend Travis Kelce shared a clip of her announcing the new LP on his podcast.
‘So I wanted to show you something,’ Taylor said in a clip as she sat next to Travis. Then she pulled out a white case with ‘TS’ written on the side in orange block letters.
‘This is my brand-new album, The Life Of A Showgirl,’ Taylor said proudly as she held up a vinyl version of the album, which was censored in the video.
Travis’ brother Jason Kelce let out a piercing scream of joy as soon as the album title escaped her lips.
Many Swifties believe that orange will be the new color scheme of the 14-time Grammy Award winner’s 12th studio album ‘era’
Swift’s website transformed into a ‘pre pre-order’ store for the upcoming album. She was selling $30 orange-and-gold-glitter vinyl records, $13 CD-and-poster combos and $20 cassettes for retro-minded fans
‘TS 12!’ Travis cheered excitedly, referencing The Life Of A Showgirl’s status as her twelfth studio album, as the announcement clip came to an abrupt end.
Fans may be forced to wait until the New Heights episode drops on Wednesday to see an uncensored version of the album artwork.
Taylor’s website was back online, it had transformed into a ‘pre pre-order’ store for the upcoming album.
She was offering a $30 vinyl version of the album, a $13 CD that came with a double-sided poster decorated on either side with photos of the hitmaker and a $20 cassette version designed to appeal to fans with a retro streak.
Each display featured a heavily blurred version of what appeared to be the album cover, and the description promised that the various formats would have unique cover designs.
