{"id":654891,"date":"2026-10-23T14:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/654891\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:20:11","slug":"john-mayer-shares-tom-and-jerry-as-first-new-single-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/654891\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mayer Shares ‘Tom and Jerry’ as First New Single in Five Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJohn Mayer<\/a>\u2018s new single \u201cTom and Jerry\u201d began with a voice note and an urge to follow a new idea to the end of the road. Along the way, the singer-songwriter recruited a dream team of musicians to help hone in on the heart of the song, the lyric, \u201cAnd if you ever come through, which I doubt you\u2019ll do, I\u2019ll run away with you.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFrom that moment on, the adventure began in bringing that feeling to life,\u201d Mayer shared on Instagram about the origin of the record, which marks his first single as a lead artist in five years. \u201cI\u2019ve said it before, but it bears repeating every time \u2013 I get to work with a group of incredibly talented and deeply dedicated artists who will stop at nothing until the sound comes into focus and becomes a picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen announcing the single, Mayer emphasized that \u201cit\u2019s important that you know who contributed to this track.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tA full personnel listing shows contributions from Blake Slatkin, who co-wrote and co-produced \u201cTom and Jerry\u201d with Mayer, as well as Pino Palladino on bass, Aaron Sterling on drums and percussion, Lenny Castro on percussion, and Larry Goldings on organ. Mayer helmed vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, and synths himself, as well as programming.<\/p>\n

\n\tMayer first teased \u201cTom and Jerry\u201d in brief snippets shared via Instagram. \u201cAdmit that if you met me\/Tonight for the first time\/You\u2019d never forget me\/We\u2019d be livin\u2019 on the same dime,\u201d he sang in one. \u201cIt\u2019s not too late\/It\u2019s easy if you try\/Whatever his name is\/Just tell him goodbye\/And if you never come through\/Well then you showed me why\/You should never make a good girl cry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn another, the verse he revealed goes, \u201cYou\u2019re my badge\/Baby, I\u2019m your scar\/Throwin\u2019 daggers\u2005at\u2005the camera\/Tryin\u2019 hit\u2005me from afar.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tMayer last released a full-length LP in 2021 with Sob Rock. While no new record has been announced, the singer-songwriter has the Sphere booked <\/a>for a special run of shows in 2027. The musician will perform three distinct sets: solo, with a full band, and with his blues-rock trio. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Mayer\u2018s new single \u201cTom and Jerry\u201d began with a voice note and an urge to follow a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,53070,409],"class_list":["post-654891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-john-mayer","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}