Taylor Swift is in the process of re-recording and releasing most of her albums with the aim of owning them all herself. In the process, many of her past heartbreaks have been revisited. As Taylor Swift prepares to re-release her hit 2010 album, “Speak Now,” she is asking her fans to keep the past in the past, particularly when it comes to her relationship with fellow singer John Mayer.
Taylor Swift’s Past Relationship with John Mayer
Many of the songs on “Speak Now,” including “Dear John,” are thought to be about Taylor Swift’s relationship with John Mayer. The relationship took place for a few months in 2009 and 2010, when she was 19 and he was 31. Despite the years that have passed, Taylor Swift’s fans are still unhappy with John Mayer over the questionable age gap. His comments section on Instagram is often flooded with call-outs over it, particularly Taylor’s famous line from “Dear John”: “Don’t you think nineteen’s too young?”
Taylor Swift Asks Fans to Move On
During Taylor Swift’s Minneapolis stop from her Eras Tour, ahead of singing the “surprise song” of the night, the star made an effort to keep her fans away from her ex’s comments section. As she highlighted the beautiful moments and gestures she has seen from her fans at her concerts, she asked her fans to extend that kindness and gentleness to their internet activities. Taylor explained that she is putting this album out because she wants to own her music and does not care about anything that happened when she was 19, except for the songs that she wrote and the memories they made together. She makes it clear that she is not putting this album out so that her fans can go and defend her on the internet against someone she might have written a song about. Taylor insisted that she does not care and that they have all grown up.
John Mayer’s Instagram Comments Section
Following Taylor’s warning to her fans, John Mayer’s comments section on his Instagram page looks different now. While before he would get comments such as “DEAR JOHN” and “Prepare John July 7th is coming” about “Speak Now’s” new release date and “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve dated someone your own age” about another one of Taylor’s hits allegedly about John, now fans are erring on the side of caution. Some fans wrote “Sorry mom said we can’t bully you anymore,” while others added “Mom said we have to be nice to you” and “I’m sorry John I won’t be mean anymore,” as well as “I’ll be nice to you from now. No bad blood.”
Taylor Swift’s “Dear John” lyrics read: “Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with?” and “Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong.” In “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve,” from 2022’s “Midnights” album, she also sings: “I damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil… At nineteen” and “Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts. Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first.” Meanwhile, John Mayer’s 2013 song “Paper Doll,” where he sings: “You’re like twenty-two girls in one. And none of them know what they’re runnin’ from.”