Taylor Swift thrilled Swifties around the world with the launch of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) on Friday (July 7). In enhancement to numerous formerly unreleased “From the Vault” tracks, the document likewise includes re-recorded tunes from the 2010 cd — consisting of “Dear John (Taylor’s Version),” which is mostly hypothesized to be around Swift’s connection with John Mayer when she was 19 years of ages.
On the evening before the launch of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Mayer shared a message by means of Instagram, in addition to a slide carousel of images from his Dead & Co. show at Colorado’s Folsom Field. “It doesn’t get better than three nights at Folsom Field in Boulder with @deadandcompany. Oh wait no yes it does… it gets way better when Dave Matthews (@davematthewsband) shows up and for four songs makes everyone believe they’re dreaming. The afterglow is still shining bright…”
The last image in the slide carousel includes holograms overhead that review “Please Be Kind” — a message that had Swifties increasing their brows.
“I know this isn’t supposed to be funny but… posting this tonight is the funniest thing John Mayer has ever done,” one Twitter individual composed. Meanwhile over on Instagram, an individual commented, “Y’all see the caption? He’s telling us to stream ‘Afterglow’ by Taylor Swift,” while one more included, “It’s funny because I bet he’s listening to ‘Dear John (Taylor’s Version)’ like ‘damn me breaking her heart made her write an amazing a– song about me.’” Other followers spammed Mayer’s remarks area on the article with the totality of the “Dear John (Taylor’s Version)” verses.
During the Minneapolis quit of Swift’s Eras Tour last month, she prompted her followers to be type in advance of the launch of the re-recorded cd as well as firmly insisted that any kind of viewed dramatization concerning anybody on the document is water under the bridge. “I’m 33 years old. I don’t care about anything that happened to me when I was 19,” she claimed. “I was hoping to ask you, that as we lead up to this album, I would love for that kindness and that gentleness to extend onto our Internet activities. Right? I’m not putting this album out so you can go on the Internet and defend me against someone you think I wrote a song about 14 million years ago. I do not care, we have all grown up, we’re good,” she claimed prior to playing “Dear John” for the first time in a decade.
See Mayer’s Instagram article here as well as follower responses to “Dear John (Taylor’s Version)” listed below.
I understand this isn’t expected to be amusing yet… publishing this tonight is the craziest point John Mayer has actually ever before done. pic.twitter.com/0lbIM8e5qf
— Okay, English significant. (@space_femalien) July 7, 2023
John Mayor stands for every older man we experienced at 19. So yes, he’s obtaining “hate” every single time we pay attention Dear John.
It’s not individual, the tune it’s THAT proficient at defining adolescent agony as well as broken heart.
— an excellent individual (@mafaldaOpinando) July 7, 2023
the means you can plainly listen to the distinction on dear john’s rerecording is making me ill… the intolerable despair on the initial variation as well as the angriness when you understand all the spunk you experienced on the more recent one…
— gio (@thislovve) July 7, 2023
the button from “I should’ve known” to “YOU should’ve known” in dear john is still one of the most brilliant point ever before pic.twitter.com/2d1ayJjOLx
— jo (@my_old_scarf) July 7, 2023
anyone else sobbing throughout dear john like woah the spunks as well as laughs more than pic.twitter.com/gMU59tU8Vp
— nicky (@getawayonce) July 7, 2023
likewise it’s amusing exactly how dear john is certainly what a 19 years of age would certainly believe that would certainly in some way make their abuser see just how much discomfort they created as well as when you obtain some viewpoint you resemble oh honey….. that discomfort is all they wished to see
— lou analysis points (@lazyuniverses) July 7, 2023
dear john being sung by a recovered grownup is in some way a lot more excruciating as well as a lot more purposeful
— taylor 🪩 listened to tosotd & coney island live (@shivroyapologst) July 7, 2023
