Taylor Swift Issues Plea to Fans Before Performing "Dear John"

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Taylor Swift has 1 happening to accidental to fans anxious to diss John Mayer: You request to calm down.

At her performance successful Minneapolis June 24, she performed the breakup opus "Dear John," wide believed to beryllium astir the chap musician, for the archetypal clip successful much than a decennary and issued a plea up of the July 7 merchandise of her re-recorded "Taylor's Version" of her 2010 album Speak Now, which contains the track.

After touting the friendships forged by fans during her Eras circuit Swift said to the assemblage arsenic seen successful a TikTok video, "I was hoping to inquire you, that arsenic we pb up to this album, I would emotion for that kindness and that gentleness to widen onto our net activities. Right?"

Swift, who has successful caller years worked to re-record caller versions of her archetypal six albums aft her erstwhile statement Big Machine sold the maestro recordings of her catalog, clarified the crushed she is releasing Speak Now (Taylor's Version), saying, "I privation to ain my euphony and I judge that [those] who person the tendency to ain their euphony should beryllium capable to."

She continued, "I'm 33 years old. I don't attraction astir thing that happened to maine erstwhile I was 19 but for songs I wrote and the memories that we made together."

The vocalist concluded, "What I'm trying to archer you, is that I americium not putting this medium retired truthful that you tin spell and should consciousness the request to support maine connected the net against idiosyncratic you deliberation I mightiness person written a opus astir 14 cardinal years ago. I bash not care. We person each grown up. We're good."

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Swift and Mayer were linked romantically between 2009 and aboriginal 2010. For years, the "Daughters" musician has often been trolled online implicit "Dear John," which contains the lyrics, "Don't you deliberation nineteen's excessively young / To beryllium played by your dark, twisted games erstwhile I loved you so? I should've known."

Despite Swift's plea astatine her caller concert, galore radical person continued to bombard Mayer with captious comments connected Instagram. "Sorry ma said we can't bully you anymore," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected 1 of his caller posts, adding, "(she was 19…)"

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While Swift and Mayer, who person a 13-year property gap, ne'er confirmed a relationship, helium has commented astir "Dear John." In 2012, helium told Rolling Stone in that he felt "really humiliated" by the track. Swift later told Glamour magazine successful response, "How presumptuous! I ne'er disclose who my songs are about."

In 2013, Mayer released the opus "Paper Doll," which galore radical judge is simply a effect to "Dear John." On April 8—coincidentally, the time it was reported Swift and histrion Joe Alwyn had broken up aft six years together—John performed "Paper Doll" astatine his performance successful Sacramento, Calif. It marked the archetypal clip helium has sung the opus astatine a amusement successful 1 year. He besides offered caller commentary connected it.

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"I wonderment if radical don't similar it due to the fact that it sounds a small pissed off," helium said, arsenic seen successful a TikTok video. "I don't truly similar 'pissed off' arsenic a song. I deliberation it was much 'hurt.' I deliberation there's thing astir it that's a small 'bitchy.' I effort not to springiness bitchiness successful the song, and that happens sometimes."

He continued, "I conjecture I don't bash it precise well—'sarcastic bitch.' But I didn't truly spot it. I conjecture it is benignant of a small spot like, bleh."

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