Taylor Swift and John Mayer Probably Aren't Getting Back Together

Never, EverThough they were both at the Chateau Marmont last night, it doesnt seem likely that Taylor Swift and John Mayer are an item again.August 21, 2014 2:56 pm

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Just yesterday we heard tell that Drake and Rihanna may be re-kindling their romance, continuing the push/pull of a romantic ballet thats been danced for years now. But today we learn of a stranger romantic reunion that may be happening in the music world. One that could change everything we know about so-called popular music. Taylor Swift, the trembling alto voice of a generation, and her ex-lover John Mayer, bedroom-eyed soft rock casanova, may be getting back together. They were both spotted leaving the Chateau Marmont last night, where TMZ says they had supper together.

But The Cut alerts us to an E! news report that Swifts rep denies the dinner happened. They were both at the Chateau last night, yes, as every celebrity is always at the Chateau last night, but they didnt speak or even see each other. So what the hell is going on here? Are they ever, ever getting back together? (Get it? Like the song?) I dont know. I dont see how it would be possible.

I mean, they both wrote songs about each other. Thats pretty final in the world of music. Just ask Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. (Actually dont ask them.) Swift, of course, wrote the soaring self-help kiss-off Dear John in which she chastised a man named John for messing with an innocent girl. The song reaches its climax as Swift sings, Im shining like fireworks / Over your sad empty town, an obvious reference to the brief period in 2009 when Swift became a being of pure glowing energy and hovered above Fairfield, Connecticut, for seven nights. Its a pretty effective song.

So effective, in fact, that Mayer spoke out about feeling burned by the song. He was burned enough that, several years later, he issued something of a response, the song Paper Doll, which makes reference to an old love who is 22 girls in one, perhaps a reference to Swifts wild n out anthem 22. We dont know for certain that Paper Doll is about Swift, but it certainly seems like it is.

Which all means that, in the very unlikely event that Swift and Mayer got back together, theyd have to write all new songs. Sorry John, maybe, in which Swift sings, Sorry, sorry John / For that stupid song / Thought you were a jerk / But now we make it work, or something better. (Im not a lyricist.) And then Mayer writes something a little more oblique, about how he used to be a lothario but has reformed his ways and loves his old doll now. It would be an exciting age for music. But I really dont think well ever experience it. Because these two are probably not going to get back together.

Chances are, it was just an accidental thing that they were both at the Chateau Marmont on the same night, the other guests whispering or sighing with relief when Mayer strode in just after Swift left, imagining what awkward disaster could have happened had they run into each other. What stilted, perfunctory conversation would have taken place. Hi John. How are you? Im good, Taylor. And yourself? Great. Have a new song out. I saw the video. Lots of dancing. Mm. Well, I should get to my table. Yes, I suppose you should. And then the whole goddang Chateau turns to ice like in Frozen. Thank heavens that was avoided. It coulda been really bad.

Alas, it doesnt seem likely that anything exciting happened last night, positive or negative. Its just a small celebrity world, and thats that. They were bound to have a narrow miss eventually, and now its happened. I wonder if either of them complimented Joe Simpson on his beautiful shirt.

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