• Taylor Lautner was not too long ago requested in regards to the impending launch of “Converse Now (Taylor’s Model).”
• “I believe it is an awesome album. Yeah, I really feel protected,” he instructed Right this moment. “Praying for John.”
• Lautner and John Mayer each dated Taylor Swift and reportedly impressed songs on the unique album.

Taylor Lautner provided John Mayer his ideas and prayers when requested in regards to the impending launch of “Converse Now (Taylor’s Model).”

“I believe it is an awesome album. Yeah, I really feel protected,” he not too long ago instructed Right this moment. “Praying for John.”

Lautner doubled down by sharing a brief clip on TikTok soundtracked to Taylor Swift’s “Expensive John,” during which he will get on his knees and places his arms collectively in silence. He added the hashtag “prayforjohn.”

Swift will unveil the rerecorded model of her third album on July 7. “Converse Now” was initially launched in 2010 (when Swift was simply 20 years outdated) and is famend for being totally self-written.

Swift dated each Lautner and Mayer within the yr previous “Converse Now,” and each males reportedly impressed songs on the unique tracklist.

Lautner has confirmed that he was Swift’s muse for the album’s second single, “Again to December,” a breakup ballad that doubles as a heartfelt apology (“That is me swallowing my delight / Standing in entrance of you saying, ‘I am sorry for that evening’”).

Mayer additionally appeared to substantiate that he impressed a “Converse Now” hit, albeit a a lot much less flattering one.

On the album’s fifth monitor, “Expensive John,” Swift eviscerates an older ex-boyfriend who performed “darkish, twisted video games” along with her coronary heart (“Do not you assume I used to be too younger to be messed with? / The woman within the costume cried the entire approach house”).

In a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone, Mayer stated he was “humiliated” by the music and criticized Swift for “low-cost songwriting.” 

The 2 musicians dated briefly in late 2009. He was 32 years outdated, whereas she was 19. When requested about Swift’s lyrics that reference their age hole, Mayer stated, “I do not need to go into that.”

For her half, Swift has by no means confirmed that “Expensive John” is about Mayer and known as him “presumptuous” for saying so.

In reality, Swift has made some extent all through her profession to by no means affirm the real-life topics of her songs — save for “Harmless,” one other “Converse Now” reduce, which she addressed to Kanye West within the aftermath of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Nonetheless, Swift did describe “Converse Now” as a “roadmap” for every relationship that impressed her, admitting “everybody will know” who the songs are about.

“Everybody has had truthful warning. That is my third album. I’ve by no means been shy or secretive with the truth that if you happen to stroll into my life, you could be strolling onto a document,” she instructed The Wall Avenue Journal on the time.