Taylor Swift’s ‘Would’ve, Might’ve, Ought to’ve’ Is About John Mayer – Hollywood Life

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Taylor Swift’s new track “Would’ve, Might’ve, Ought to’ve” is a couple of relationship she had at 19 years outdated, and eagle-eyed followers had been all too fast to do not forget that she quietly dated John Mayer at the moment. On the 2010 observe about John, aptly titled “Expensive John,” Taylor sang, “Don’t you suppose 19’s too younger,” and this new track calls again to that. “I rattling certain by no means would have danced with the satan at 19,” Taylor sings on “Would’ve, Might’ve, Ought to’ve.”

The track is absolutely about regretting a relationship that after was, and there are a number of clues that it may very well be about John. “If I used to be some paint, did it splatter on a promising grown man? And if I used to be a baby did it matter for those who obtained to scrub your arms?” she sings within the first verse, referencing the pair’s age distinction. All through the track, Taylor makes it clear that this relationship modified her, and never in a great way. Within the bridge, she continues, “I miss who I was, the tomb received’t shut, stained glass home windows in my thoughts, I remorse you on a regular basis.”

The most important punch, although, comes proper earlier than she sings the refrain for a last time. “Give me again my girlhood, it was mine first,” Taylor sings, which may very well be a reference to only how far issues obtained between her and John when she was simply a young person. Instantly after the track dropped, followers started commenting on Twitter about how John have to be the topic, they usually praised Taylor for lastly writing one other scathing track about him.

“Would’ve, Might’ve, Ought to’ve” was a part of the 3 A.M. version of Midnights, which Taylor launched three hours after the unique album on Oct. 21. The unique model included 13 songs, solely to be adopted up with seven extra at 3:00 within the morning. “I consider Midnights as a whole idea album, with these 13 songs forming a full image of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour,” she wrote on Instagram. “Nonetheless! There have been different songs we wrote on our journey to seek out that magic 13. I’m calling them 3am tracks. These days I’ve been loving the sensation of sharing extra of our inventive course of with you, like we do with From The Vault tracks. So it’s 3am and I’m giving them to you now.”