John Mayer Still Has Katy Perry’s Shampoo & It’s Time To Let It Go, My Dude

John Mayer, as far as my frame of reference goes, is most notable for wearing a giant dumb hat for most of 2012, and for dating a whole string of famous women (Jennifer Aniston, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift) whose better-known relationships are absolutely not John Mayer. (They’re actually better known for dating Justin Theroux, Orlando Bloom, and lol are you even kidding me.) 

Well, low and behold, John Mayer is also a singer, and one with a new album to boot. He’s landed himself a profile in the NY Times, and the piece – and this album – reflects Mayer’s last few years in celebrity and literal wilderness (okay, Montana) and his return to hopeful pop stardom.

If 2016 was the year of realising things for Kylie Jenner, then 2014 was that year for Mayer, who tells the NY Times that it was the year he realised:

“I’m a young guy. I like girls. I want girls to like me. I want to make music and be thought of as attractive. I was finally ready to re-enter that world and grow back into it.”

W O A H.

Which brings us back to his new album, ‘The Search for Everything‘, out April 14. Last month he released its first track, an upbeat heartbreak croon (trust me) titled ‘Still Feel Like Your Man‘.

Mayer confirmed to the NY Times that the track is about none other than Katy Perry, whom he dated from 2012 to 2014. (Quick reminder: it’s 2017. They broke up three years ago.)

“Who else would I be thinking about?” he said. “And by the way, it’s a testament to the fact that I have not dated a lot of people in the last five, six years. That was my only relationship. So it’s like, give me this, people.”

The track – which repeats the phrase “still feel like your man” no less than 16 times, and the phrase “I still feel” 12 times – includes these lyrics:

I still keep your shampoo in my shower

In case you wanna wash your hair

And I know that you probably found yourself some more somewhere

But I do not really care

‘Cause as long as it is there

John Mayer, my dude: it’s time to throw out Katy Perry’s shampoo.

Photo: Kevin Mazur / Getty.

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