John Mayer Was ‘Humiliated’ by Taylor Swift's “Dear John”—It Was ‘Really Lousy’

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in 2012, “It made me feel terrible, because I didn’t deserve it. I’m pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do.”

Fans also believed that John’s song “Paper Doll” was a response to “Dear John” with lyrical parallels like “You’re like twenty-two girls in one/ And none of them know what they’re runnin’ from.” Despite all of the backlash, Mayer still praises Swift as a songwriter. “[‘Paper Doll’] never got listened to as a song,” he toldin 2015. It became a news story because of the lyrics. I’m not in the business of telling people what the song’s about,” Mayer explained.

“I’ve been getting so many messages like these the past couple days,” Mayer wrote back. “I’m not upset, I just tend to have a curious mind and feel compelled to ask. Do you really hope that I die?”

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