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Taylor Swift dishes out which show inspired her to make ‘Father Figure’
Taylor Swift spills the tea on what inspired her song ‘Father Figure’

Taylor Swift finally opened up about the popular show that inspired her to create the song Father Figure from her newly released album, The Life of a Showgirl.
Speaking on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the 35-year-old singer, as reported by Mirror, named a popular comedy TV drama on HBO which inspired her to make he fourth on the singer's album.
According to the The Fate of Ophelia hitmaker, the show is none other than Succession.
For Swift, the singer was influenced by the relationship between the ruthless, fictitious patriarch character Logan Roy, played by Brian Cox and his children in the drama.
"It's like, protégé-mentor, and the relationship between the two, right?" the Ruin the Friendship songstress said, adding, "And the power dynamics and idea that power could flip and somebody could betray somebody — that's so fun to write.”
The fiancé of Travis Kelce went on to say, "I kept thinking about that scene in Succession when Logan looks at his kids and says, 'I love you but you are not serious people.' And I think about that scene constantly. I just think it's one of the coolest scenes ever."
Before concluding, Taylor Swift expressed that she wanted to write a song that "has that energy" of Logan telling his kids that they “bit the hand that fed” them.