Taylor Swift’s Plea: Let John Mayer Be, as She Unleashes an Epic Diss Track Encore!
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Ahead of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Taylor Swift appealed to her fans at The Eras Tour in Minneapolis over the weekend to share ‘kindness and gentleness’ on social media platforms. It wasn’t until Swift performed the night’s surprise song, ‘Dear John,’ a track that fans believe has something to do with her romance with John Mayer from her 2010 Speak Now album, that the news was revealed to the crowd. “What I’m trying to say is that I’m releasing this album because I want to own my own music,” Swift explained, adding that she is now re-recording her music in order to gain complete control of her songs.
“I’m not releasing this album so you can defend me on the internet against someone who thinks I wrote a song 14 million years ago.” Although the 12-time Grammy winner did not specifically address Mayer, Swifties believe the song, which shares a name with her ex-lover, pertains to Swift and Mayer’s relationship. “My age is 33.” “I don’t care what happened to me when I was 19,” Swift stated, holding her acoustic guitar. In late 2009, Swift was 19 years old, and Mayer was 32 years old, and they started dating. The pair ended their relationship in mid-2010, with the title ‘Dear John’ released in October. Mayer went up regarding the song in a Rolling Stone interview in 2012, claiming he felt ‘humiliated’ and ‘awful’ about it.
Taylor Swift Gets Ready To Re-Drop Epic Diss Track As She Begs Fans Leave John Mayer Alone
For the first time in 11 years, Taylor Swift performed “Dear John” live. Singer-songwriter Jennifer Lopez is widely believed to have written the song about her relationship with musician John Mayer. According to reports, Swift and Mayer dated between December 2009 and February 2010, when she was 19 and he was 31. She played the song and talked about its re-release on Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) at Saturday’s concert (24 June) at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. In the middle of a rights dispute with music producer Scooter Braun, Swift is re-recording much of her back catalogue. Her video introduction to the song shows Swift telling fans: I am 33 years old. It doesn’t matter what happened to me when I was 19… This album wasn’t released so you could defend me against someone who thinks I wrote a song 14 million years ago.
According to USA Today, she said she is releasing this album because she wants to own her music, which should be able to be done by any artist who wants to do so. The last time Swift performed “Dear John” live was in New Zealand, in 2012. Despite the fact that she has never explicitly stated that the song is about her relationship with Mayer, fans commonly interpret it as such, and Mayer has stated in interviews that he feels it is. Swift sings in “Dear John”: “Don’t think that I was too young to be messed with?” If I had known the girl in the dress would cry the entire way home, I would have ignored them when they told me to run as fast as I could. And I would have added my name to your long list of traitors who don’t comprehend. The 2013 song “Paper Doll” by John Mayer is widely thought to be a reaction to “Dear John.” Mayer stated to Rolling Stone in 2012 that Swift’s track had “really degraded” him, adding he’d “never did anything to deserve that.”
