
Alas, he continued to unknowingly dig the grave for the primary chapter of his superstar life when he tweeted he was engaged on a tune and he needed to sing it with the 19-year-old Fearless artist. “Waking as much as this tune thought that will not go away my head. 3 days straight now. Which means it is adequate to complete,” the once-prolific Twitter consumer wrote in March 2009. “It is known as ‘Half of My Coronary heart’ and I need to sing it with Taylor Swift. She would make a killer Stevie Nicks in distinction to my Tom Petty of a tune.”
So, no expectations there in any respect. However they did meet as much as report “Half of My Coronary heart” for his 2009 album Battle Research, which got here out that November, and carried out reside collectively a number of occasions.
However whereas he did not make the identical mistake he did with Aniston, it was Swift who made positive that individuals kinda-sorta knew what was what. That he was a person who ended a relationship.
Mayer instructed Rolling Stone in 2012 that he was fairly devastated by the 2010 tune “Pricey John,” which known as out a sure fellow’s “darkish twisted video games.” He insisted that, on this case, he “did not deserve it. I am fairly good at taking accountability now, and I by no means did something to deserve that. It was a extremely awful factor for her to do.”(Swift has by no means explicitly stated that the tune is about Mayer, however earlier than the tune got here out she stated in an interview that “little hints” would guarantee that it might be clear who the man was, no additional clarification crucial.)
Furthermore, he continued, “I by no means obtained an e-mail. I by no means obtained a cellphone name. I used to be actually caught off-guard, and it actually humiliated me at a time once I’d already been dressed down. I imply, how would you are feeling if, on the lowest you’ve got ever been, somebody kicked you even decrease?”