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John Mayer admitted astatine a caller performance that his 2013 opus "Paper Doll," which galore fans person speculated to beryllium astir rumored ex Taylor Swift, sounds "a small bitchy" successful hindsight.
Taylor Swift Fans Believe THIS Midnights Song Is About John Mayer
John Mayer has gained clarity connected 1 of his songs.
The vocalist revisted his 2013 way "Paper Doll" during an April 8 performance at Golden 1 Center successful Sacramento, Calif. As seen successful a video circulating connected societal media, John mused arsenic helium strummed the opening chords connected his guitar, "I wonderment if radical don't similar it due to the fact that it sounds a small pissed off."
"I don't truly similar 'pissed off' arsenic a song," helium continued, earlier admitting "there's thing astir it that's a small bitchy."
While the 45-year-old tries "not to springiness bitchiness" successful his music, he acknowledged that it "happens sometimes" and called retired the opus for what helium described arsenic "sarcastic bitch" vibes.
John added, "I conjecture it is benignant a small spot bleh."
Released arsenic the pb azygous for his sixth workplace medium Paradise Valley, "Paper Doll" has long been speculated to beryllium a philharmonic response to John's rumored ex Taylor Swift and her 2010 way "Dear John." Though neither artists person ever revealed the inspiration down their respective tracks, fans person noted similarities betwixt their lyrics.
"'Cause you're like 22 girls successful 1 / And nary of them cognize what they're runnin' from," John sings successful the chorus of "Paper Doll."
Meanwhile, Taylor belts connected her track, "And you'll adhd my sanction to your agelong database of traitors who don't recognize / And I'll look backmost and regret however I ignored erstwhile they said 'run arsenic accelerated arsenic you can.'"
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In 2019, John addressed the speculation surrounding the taxable of "Paper Doll," saying that the opus "didn't get the emotion it deserved" due to the fact that of each the chatter.
"One of the tenets of being a singer-songwriter...is: We don't speech astir who the songs are either inspired by oregon reference," helium explained in an Instagram Live at the time. "And erstwhile 'Paper Doll' came out, 100 percent of the radical believed it was astir somebody and the idiosyncratic that they thought it was about brought a definite magnitude of a superficial popular civilization backmost and forth."
Refusing to stock the meaning down the track, John said helium "had to pain 'Paper Doll' to prevention the integrity of being a singer-songwriter."
"The opus didn't get the recognition it deserves," helium added. "I had to fto it go."
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