After dating more age-appropriate celebrities such as Joe Jonas, Lucas Till, and Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift teamed up with musician John Mayer. They supposedly dated for a few months in 2009-2010. The couple went online for the first time after Mayer tweeted on Swift, hoping to write a song with her. They then proceeded to work together for months, on stage and in the studio.
The rumors about Swift and Mayer as a couple were not corroborated until Jingle Ball’s 2009 release of the song in question, “Half of My Heart” in December 2009. Months later, and both had moved on. However, some of Swift’s songs from this era are supposed to be about Mayer. Find out what clues they are and how they were plotted on the Billboard Hot 100.
‘Ours’
The sixth single Speak Now, the 2010 album on which Swift received the only composition for each song, is “Ours”. In the country ballad, the artist sings about a romance that others judge. She comforts her partner while telling him how special their relationship really is, singing, “Don’t worry about your pretty little mind / People throw rocks at things that sparkle.”
In addition to the moment, references such as the subject’s tattoos and “the gap between your teeth”, as well as the general theme of a taboo relationship, led fans and critics to believe that this song is about Mayer. “Nuestro” peaked at number 13, spending 20 weeks on the Billboard chart.
‘The story of us’
Swift offered enough explanation behind the Speak Now “Our Story” to determine who he’s singing to. She told USA Today: “‘The Story of Us’ is about meeting someone you had been in a relationship with at an awards ceremony, and we sat a few seats away from each other.” She wanted to speak to the person, but “we both had these silent shields.”
Since Mayer and Swift attended the CMT Awards in June 2010, and she told the publication that it was “the last song I wrote on the album,” this fits. In addition, she claimed that it was the same person as the next song on this list. “The Story of Us” spent 12 weeks on the Billboard chart, reaching number 41.
‘Dear John’
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Given the title, it was easy for even the most casual listener to realize who Speak Now it’s about “Dear John”. Swift sings about a relationship that went wrong, holding the subject responsible for hurting her. Most notable is her mention of their age difference in lines like “Don’t you think 19 is too young / To be played by your dark and twisted games?”
Mayer himself responded years later when asked how he felt about the track, which spent a week listed at number 54. He told Rolling Stone that “he really caught him off guard, and he really humiliated me.” when she called him. , saying, “I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for him to do. ”
