Few relationships have fueled as much fandom fervor as Taylor Swift’s brief romance with John Mayer.
Her short fling with the famous ladies man inspired her hit song “Dear John,” which cemented Mayer’s place as a villain in the minds of Taylor Swift fans.
The pair dated prior to the release of her third studio album, “Speak Now,” in 2010 when he was 32 and she was 19.
The “Karma” singer, who is in the midst of re-recording her first six albums, drops her new version of the “Speak Now” on July 7, 2023.
Read on to find out everything about her relationship with Mayer through the years.
John Mayer publicly states he wants to work with Taylor Swift
The pair’s first interaction happened very publicly in March 2009 when Mayer tweeted that he wanted to collaborate with Swift.
“Waking up to this song idea that won’t leave my head. 3 days straight now. That means it’s good enough to finish. It’s called ‘Half of My Heart’ and I want to sing it with Taylor Swift,” he wrote at the time.
“She would make a killer ‘Nicks’ in contrast to my ‘Petty’ of a song,” he added, referring to Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty.
Two months later, she invited him on stage during her “Fearless” tour stop in Los Angeles, marking their first performance together.
The pair sang Swift’s hit “White Horse” from her sophomore album and Mayer’s track “Your Body Is a Wonderland.”
They collaborate on “Half of My Heart”
In November 2009, Mayer’s proposed duet with Swift became a reality.
The duo dropped “Half of My Heart” on his album “Battle Studies,” marking their first — and only — collaboration.
On the track, he croons, “Half of my heart is a shotgun wedding to a bride with a paper ring, but half of the heart is the part of a man who’s never truly loved anything.”
Swift told Elle that she “freaked out” when she heard about…
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