John Mayer is an asshole. This, by now, is common knowledge — everywhere, that is, but in his songs, which are pleasant display after pleasant display of the sort of kindly, anodyne proficiency that gets guys called “sensitive.” Generally the lyrics are less so, but it’s nevertheless easy while listening to forget that the man strumming once bragged about having a “David Duke ****,” in a tone that suggested it was at least the fifth time he’d used the brag. “Paper Doll,” though, brings his persona far closer to his personality: a cut of endless condescension and lines like “this [dress] we made just for fall — in winter it runs a bit too small.” (For any aspiring RapGenius annotators out there, some free IQ: he’s calling her fat.) The titular doll is Taylor Swift, and Mayer plants Speak Now and Red references like clickbait beacons or — with apologies to Maggie Nelson — like red flags on a moon whose sole purpose it is to host red flags. (His celestial body is a — no.) Predictably, this has nabbed all the press — because it’s the only compelling thing about “Paper Doll”: too overwrought to be a lullaby, too inert to be a song. (Ironically, that’s also the problem with Swift’s ballads, but I doubt that’s what Mayer was going for.) Mayer betrays a pulse only once: on “someone’s gonna paint you another sky,” where in a spot of synesthesia you can actually see him triumphantly slam his pen and nod solemnly at his cleverness. He should’ve left it there, because voice, guitar and tempo fade again to muddling, and dear John is left smirking alone into silence. John Mayer’s only good at demolishing himself.
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The fact that countless websites can run a “Is This John Mayer’s Diss Song Towards Taylor Swift?” headline regarding this track sums up its biggest problem — as a response song aimed at a specific person, “Paper Doll” comes off as wishy-washy and passive-aggressive, soft-rock swagger propping up some petty “u mad?” sentiments.
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“Sure was fun being good to you,” sulks Mayer while his fingers weave wispy guitar threads into fussy lace trim. The acidity is an awkward counterpoint to the tune’s blousy softness, as if a sour undertone had been allowed to drift into the tune’s bourgeois placidity by mistake. Nonetheless, this turn about soft rock’s manicured lawn would be pleasant were it not waylaid by that nursery rhyme coda. Condescend to your subject if you must, John, but please don’t offer the listener the same treatment.
Not as bland and overused as your shades though. Just keep trying tho. Last Blissus is my all time fave there's no need to sell it to me and I don't intend to join any bandwagon. The seats are always taken there
I Almost Died shall remain bland and basic as much as you remain this bothered.
All I want is for Selegend to come to the Pittsburgh show and sing Slow Down so her and The Lord can dance suggestively with each other during the chorus.
July is full of stadium dates:
7/6 Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA
7/13 MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, NJ
7/19 Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA
7/20 Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA
7/26 Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA
7/27 Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA
Still have a chance for watching an iconic pouring rainy performance.
It's been raining all week in Pittsburgh. Right now there's a 40% of rain on Saturday.
Demi said she’d also like to collaborate with Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift. She explained, “I have always wanted to do a duet with Taylor Swift." When asked if she talks with Taylor, Demi said, “I talk to her all the time"
I remember Demi stanning for Dear John in April 2012. It would be awesome if they collaborated, but I doubt that would help erase Taylor's teen star image to some people.
Yesssss. I have been waiting for this to come out since Tavi tweeted about it a couple weeks ago. I'll try to scan it Corry if I end up buying it(goodbye the rest of my limited funds )
Just keep trying tho. Last Blissus is my all time fave there's no need to sell it to me and I don't intend to join any bandwagon. The seats are always taken there
When other artists smash, they smash everywhere. Except for Taylor.
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