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Taylor Swift seems to address Scooter Braun’s acquisition of her masters from Scott Borchetta six years ago in a song on her latest album The Life of a Showgirl, titled Father Figure.
Though the song, positioned fourth on the album, shares a title with the 1987 ballad by George Michael—who is credited as a co-writer—it is not a cover.
Upon the album’s highly-anticipated release on Friday, many fans speculated online that Swift could be alluding to Scott Borchetta, the head of her former label Big Machine, in the lyrics.
The pointed lyrics include: ‘You made a deal with this devil / Turns out my d***’s bigger… You pulled the wrong trigger / This empire belongs to me / Leave it with me.’
One fan commented, ‘Father figure being about Scott Borchetta makes so much sense and yet I never saw it coming,’ while others voiced their enthusiastic support for Swift.
In June 2019, Braun purchased the master recordings of Swift’s first six albums in a contentious deal estimated to be worth $300 million. The controversial transaction in 2019 was managed by Braun through Ithaca Holdings and covered Swift’s first six records.
Taylor Swift appears to take aim at Scooter Braun’s purchase of her masters from Scott Borchetta six years ago, on a track from her new album The Life of a Showgirl titled Father Figure
Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta posed for a photo June 28, 2019 in Montecito, California after making the deal, which set off the feud with the Shake It Off singer
Swift complained six years ago that she wasn’t given a proper opportunity to obtain the masters for herself. Swift announced that she finally bought the masters earlier this year.
Swift’s eventual response was to re-record all six albums, with four of them have already been released. The nostalgic music helped fueling her wildly-successful The Eras Tour.
Hours before The Life of a Showgirl officially dropped, all 12 tracks leaked online in low-quality audio across Discord and other platforms.
Within minutes, Swifties were dissecting every verse, from the scathing to the swoon-worthy, sparking feverish speculation about whether she was singing about her fiancé Travis Kelce, or rumored industry rivals like Charli XCX and Olivia Rodrigo.
The record marks a major milestone for Swift: her first as an engaged woman, following Kelce’s romantic, garden proposal in August 2025.
It also ushers in a bold new era for the 14-time Grammy winner, who ditched her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff for the first time in over a decade.
Instead, she co-produced the album with pop powerhouses Max Martin and Shellback, pairing her sharpest storytelling with their high-gloss, hit-making touch.
Hours before The Life of a Showgirl officially dropped, all 12 tracks leaked online in low-quality audio across Discord and other platforms
The record marks a major milestone for Swift: her first as an engaged woman, following Kelce’s proposal in August 2025
Alongside the music, Swift unveiled a daring new visual aesthetic, embodying a sultry Vegas showgirl for the album’s imagery.
The title itself, she revealed, was inspired by her days juggling her record-breaking Eras Tour, which spanned 21 months, and late-night studio sessions in Sweden.
‘I would do like three shows in a row, have three days off, fly to Sweden, go back to tour — I was physically exhausted but so mentally stimulated,’ Swift recalled on her husband-to-be’s New Heights Podcast over the summer. ‘I was just so excited to be creating.’
In August, Kelce teased to his listeners that he couldn’t stop ‘listening to this album’ and had ‘been dancing throughout the house’ to it.
‘I know she mentioned that it’s gonna be a lot more pop beats, but it’s just still so poetic in her melodies and her references and stuff,’ he assured Swifties. ‘It’s just so much fun to listen to.’
He also gushed his favorite track was Opalite.
Kelce was reportedly only one of five people who have been granted access to the new album which has been kept under wraps in an encrypted folder.
Others include Swift’s formidable publicist Tree Paine, an unidentified studio engineer, and Max Martin and Shellback who both helped to produce the music.
Within minutes, Swifties were dissecting every verse, from the scathing to the swoon-worthy, to decode if she was singing about her fiancé or rumored industry rivals like Charli XCX (seen in 2014)
The Life of a Showgirl follows Swift’s 2024 record, The Tortured Poets Department, which shattered records before it was even released
In August, Kelce teased he couldn’t stop ‘listening to this album’ and had ‘been dancing throughout the house’ to it
The Life of a Showgirl follows Swift’s 2024 record, The Tortured Poets Department, which shattered records before it was even released.
Last month, Swift announced she was having a theatrical release party to celebrate her record, which will play across 540 AMC theaters this weekend.
Fans will see the exclusive world premiere of the Fate of Ophelia music video, plus behind-the-scenes footage, lyric videos and personal insights from Swift herself.
The special theatrical release is slated to be 89 minutes long.
It is expected to rake in around $30-$50million, per Deadline – and presale tickets reached $15 million over the span of 24 hours since the event’s announcement.
Ticket prices sit at $12 – which was decided by the award-winning performer herself.
