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If you were my one and only high school girlfriend that was actually about you.
Despite the math not adding up, some still speculated that the ballad was about theGhost Whispererstar.
On Dec. 21, Mayer appeared on theCall Her Daddypodcastand put an end to those rumors.
No, thats one of those things where people just sort of formed the idea.
It gets reinforced over the years.
He then clarified what the song was actually about.
I was 21 when I wrote that song and I was nostalgic for being 16.
When host Alex Cooper asked, Did your high school girlfriend know you wrote that about her?
Mayer responded, Maybe she didnt.
To this day, maybe she didnt.
Mayer also revealed that he has a rule when composing to keep his songs sanctity intact.
I dont write songsaboutpeople, he said.
Who else would I be thinking about?
he said of his then-recent ex.
In 2010, Swift released Dear John and fans immediately linked the song to the Gravity singer.
For starters, his name is in the title.
Swift dated Mayer, who is 13 years her senior when she was just 19.
In October 2022, Swift released her tenth studio albumMidnightsandshrewd Swifties think theres another Mayer-dedicated track on it.
In Wouldve, Couldve, Shouldve, Swift again alludes to the time she dated Mayer.
Mayer has yet to respond to the song.
source: www.bustle.com
