- Taylor Lautner was simply currently requested in regards to the impending launch of “Talk Now (Taylor’s Mannequin).”
- “I imagine it’s a terrific album. Yeah, I actually really feel safe,” he instructed Presently. “Praying for John.”
- Lautner and John Mayer every dated Taylor Swift and reportedly impressed songs on the distinctive album.
Taylor Lautner equipped John Mayer his concepts and prayers when requested in regards to the impending launch of “Talk Now (Taylor’s Mannequin).”
“I imagine it’s a terrific album. Yeah, I actually really feel safe,” he simply currently instructed Presently. “Praying for John.”
Lautner doubled down by sharing a quick clip on TikTok soundtracked to Taylor Swift’s “Costly John,” throughout which he’ll get on his knees and locations his arms collectively in silence. He added the hashtag “prayforjohn.”
Swift will unveil the rerecorded mannequin of her third album on July 7. “Talk Now” was initially launched in 2010 (when Swift was merely 20 years outdated) and is renowned for being solely self-written.
Swift dated every Lautner and Mayer throughout the yr earlier “Talk Now,” and every males reportedly impressed songs on the distinctive tracklist.
Lautner has confirmed that he was Swift’s muse for the album’s second single, “Once more to December,” a breakup ballad that doubles as a heartfelt apology (“That’s me swallowing my satisfaction / Standing in entrance of you saying, ‘I’m sorry for that night time time’”).
Mayer moreover appeared to confirm that he impressed a “Talk Now” hit, albeit a rather a lot a lot much less flattering one.
On the album’s fifth monitor, “Costly John,” Swift eviscerates an older ex-boyfriend who carried out “darkish, twisted video video games” collectively along with her coronary coronary heart (“Don’t you assume I was too youthful to be messed with? / The lady throughout the costume cried the whole strategy home”).
In a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone, Mayer acknowledged he was “humiliated” by the observe and criticized Swift for “low-cost songwriting.”
The two musicians dated briefly in late 2009. He was 32 years outdated, whereas she was 19. When requested about Swift’s lyrics that reference their age gap, Mayer acknowledged, “I don’t want to go into that.”
For her half, Swift has under no circumstances confirmed that “Costly John” is about Mayer and known as him “presumptuous” for saying so.
In fact, Swift has made some extent all by way of her occupation to under no circumstances confirm the real-life subjects of her songs — save for “Innocent,” one different “Talk Now” decrease, which she addressed to Kanye West throughout the aftermath of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Nonetheless, Swift did describe “Talk Now” as a “roadmap” for each relationship that impressed her, admitting “everyone will know” who the songs are about.
“All people has had trustworthy warning. That’s my third album. I’ve under no circumstances been shy or secretive with the reality that when you occur to walk into my life, it’s attainable you’ll be strolling onto a report,” she instructed The Wall Avenue Journal on the time.