Yesterday, I covered part of John Mayer’s Today interview with the lovely Ronan Farrow. John insisted that he’s not a womanizer but a “recovered ego addict.” He made no sense. Mayer is so obsessed with sounding clever and quirky, which has nothing to do with being a womanizer. Another part of this interview covers John’s thoughts on Taylor Swift. Way back in 2009, these two had a brief fling that ended horribly. Swift called John out with her “Dear John” song. He was very butthurt over the song but possibly wrote “Paper Dolls” as revenge. Is he still upset? Yeah.

To be fair, John does tell Ronan “that’s really cool” when asked about Swift’s refusal to play her music on Spotify. He then says, “The only reason we’re talking about Taylor Swift taking Spotify on is because she’s Taylor Swift.” John’s trying to seem diplomatic by saying Taylor is one of only a few artists who could pull the Spotify move. When he talks about Kanye West, John slips a little bit with his tone of voice. Here’s what happened:

Is John jealous of bigger artists? “Nooooo. Not at all. Nothing bothers me anymore, man. There are going to be times when I make music as popular or as empirically valuable as that … that won’t sell as many copies. I’m fine with that. Look, if I save a baby from a burning building, and Kanye saves a baby from a burning building, there’s more Google News hits on Kanye. I’m FINE with it.”

More on the Swift feud: “I put out a song called ‘Paper Doll.’ The song never got listened to as a song. It became a news story because of the lyrics. I’m not in the business of telling people what the song is about. I never said anything about it. And now I just go, ‘Look, I can say the name Taylor Swift. She’s an artist. I’m an artist. Everybody stop. Nobody’s got an incurable cancer. We’re rich people who get to live out our dreams. Let’s just stop it.’”

John is fine, really: “I’m a musician who’s bigger than one song or one record. So it’s really about the longevity of all the work that goes together. I’m just not interested in the things that won’t last forever.”

[From Today]

Well John’s not wrong with the “burning building” analogy. People pay more attention to Kanye West than little ol’ John Mayer. But John is wrong about not caring. He cares a lot. If he didn’t care, he wouldn’t talk about it. His wavering voice (as he talks about not caring) completely gives him away. At least Kanye is upfront about his meglomanaical status. John’s a fantastically bad liar. Just own up to caring, man.

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