John Mayer suggests his rumored Taylor Swift song is indeed a “Little B*tchy.”

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - MARCH 24: Singer & songwriter John Mayer performs at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on March 24, 2023.  (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)Image Source: Getty/Jason Kempin

Some musicians never reveal their secrets. However, John Mayer recently provided some insight into one of his most controversial songs. During the Sacramento, CA stop of his solo acoustic tour on April 8, the singer stopped to talk about “Paper Doll,” a song long believed to have been written about his ex, Taylor Swift. “I wonder if people don’t like it because it sounds a little pissed off,” he said, adding that this isn’t entirely accurate. “I don’t really like ‘pissed off’ as a song. I think it was more hurt.”

Mayer admitted that the song could be perceived as somewhat bitter. “Is there anything a little b*tchy about it?” he asked. “That could be. I try not to put b*tchiness in the songs, it happens sometimes. I guess I’m not doing very well – sarcastic b*tch – but I didn’t really see it. I guess it’s a kinda like, “Mehhh,” he continued with feigned irritability.

Mayer dated Swift in 2009. He was 32 at the time and she was 19. Their breakup inspired Swift’s “Dear John” which was released the following year. “Dear John, I see it all now that you’re gone,” Swift sang in the song, “Don’t you think I was too young to be messed around with?” Then, in 2013, “Paper Doll” appeared serving as Mayer’s answer , with the lyrics, “You’re like 22 girls in one, and none of them know what they’re running from. Was it just too far to fall for a little paper doll?”

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While he now seems to recognize how the song came across, Mayer has maintained that the song wasn’t really about Swift at all. In a 2019 InstagramLive he said that “100 percent of people” believed the song was about a person “bringing back and forth a certain amount of superficial pop culture”. In reality, he said, “the song wasn’t about that person, and I could never tell anyone that isn’t true because then I would be breaking my rule that songwriters don’t say who their songs are or aren’t about.”

We may never know the whole truth, but given that Mayer chose to perform “Paper Doll” on the same day Swift’s split with Joe Alwyn was made public, it seems the song will continue to maintain its controversial legacy .





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