Taylor Swift Tells Her Fans Not to Bully John Mayer
Taylor Swift is calling on her fan base to keep it cool ahead of the re-release of Speak Now.
While introducing one of the surprise songs during the Eras Tour in Minneapolis this weekend, the superstar seems to be subtly guiding Swifties to make good choices when her next re-recorded album drops.
The "Anti-Hero" songstress reflected on the sweet interactions she's witnessed between fans while attending her concerts over the last several months in a video uploaded to Twitter.
"I get to stand on stage every single night of this tour and watch the most beautiful things happen," she began, pointing out the friendships that blossom over bracelet exchanges as an example. "It's the most unbelievable thing to watch."
She continued, "...So I was hoping to ask you, as we lead up to this album coming out; I would love for that kindness and that gentleness to extend onto our Internet activities."
Specifically, it's believed that she's requesting her fans not to cyberbully John Mayer, though she didn't express that in so many words.
"I’m putting this out now because I want to own my music and I believe that any artist who has the desire to own their music should be able to. That’s why I’m putting out this album," she elaborated.
It was her next sentence that led to the assumption that she was alluding to one specific ex, who she dated when she was just 19 years old: “I’m 33 years old. I don’t care about anything that happened to me when I was 19, except the songs I wrote. So, what I’m trying to tell you is that I’m not putting this album out so that you should feel the need to defend me on the Internet against someone you think I might have written a song about 14 billion years ago.”
Mayer is suspected to be the inspiration for the surprise song she went on to sing, "Dear John." It's a vulnerable break-up track with lyrics detailing the thoughts that follow a manipulative relationship, which has led many a Swiftie to send hate messages to the "Gravity" singer, which Swift likely anticipates to ramp back up when Speak Now (Taylor's Version) hits the shelves.