: This post has been updated to include more accurate information about Taylor Swift's credited interpolations verses the fan ...

On Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl, track four, Father Figure, includes the late George Michael as one of the credited songwriters. But Swift’s song is not a cover ...

As Taylor Swift songs like "Wood" from "The Life of a Showgirl" spark debate over whether she copied other songs, Charlie Puth explains interpolation.

"When we heard the track we had no hesitation in agreeing to this association between two great artists and we know George would have felt the same," they said in a statement.

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