While celebrity relationships often grab the public’s attention, Taylor Swift and John Mayer’s age difference was the focus of attention throughout their brief relationship between 2009 and 2010. Swift told Elle magazine in 2009 that Mayer was one artist with whom she was most interested in working.
“He Twittered the other day that he wrote a song, and he wants to make it a duet with me,” she said at the time. “I freaked out when I heard because I’ve been such a big fan of John for such a long time. I’m really excited about just the idea that he would even mention me in his Twitter!”Mayer spoke on his motivations for initially contacting Swift over social media in an interview with MTV. He said in jest that there“no better way to put it out into the universe than to tweet it,” adding, “but then it’s not like she reads the tweet and goes, ‘I’m in,’ although she may have. I don’t remember.”
Collaborate they did, later that year for “Half of My Heart”, on his album Battle Studies. They would go on to perform a handful of shows together.On January 24, 2010, Swift and Mayer dined for two hours at Nashville’s Bistro Cabana. which led to speculation that their friendship was growing. Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift split up when Swift moved out of her parents’ house in December and into her new residence in Tennessee, leaving Taylor squared as a single Taylor once more. According to reports, Swift and Mayer became close after being observed flirting in a studio on January 24 while both were in Nashville.
“She was sitting on John’s lap, her arms were around him, and she was talking in his ear,” a source told InTouch Weekly magazine. “They were acting like teenagers.”
While celebrity relationships often grab the public’s attention, Taylor Swift and John Mayer’s age difference was the focus of attention throughout their brief relationship between 2009 and 2010. Swift told Elle magazine in 2009 that Mayer was one artist with whom she was most interested in working.
“He Twittered the other day that he wrote a song, and he wants to make it a duet with me,” she said at the time. “I freaked out when I heard because I’ve been such a big fan of John for such a long time. I’m really excited about just the idea that he would even mention me in his Twitter!”Mayer spoke on his motivations for initially contacting Swift over social media in an interview with MTV. He said in jest that there“no better way to put it out into the universe than to tweet it,” adding, “but then it’s not like she reads the tweet and goes, ‘I’m in,’ although she may have. I don’t remember.”
Collaborate they did, later that year for “Half of My Heart”, on his album Battle Studies. They would go on to perform a handful of shows together.On January 24, 2010, Swift and Mayer dined for two hours at Nashville’s Bistro Cabana. which led to speculation that their friendship was growing. Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift split up when Swift moved out of her parents’ house in December and into her new residence in Tennessee, leaving Taylor squared as a single Taylor once more. According to reports, Swift and Mayer became close after being observed flirting in a studio on January 24 while both were in Nashville.
“She was sitting on John’s lap, her arms were around him, and she was talking in his ear,” a source told InTouch Weekly magazine. “They were acting like teenagers.” Neither Swift nor Mayer officially discussed their relationship, but both recorded breakup songs, “Dear John” by Swift and “Paper Doll” by Mayer, which are commonly thought to be references to their relationship.