John Mayer and Katy Perry make it clear who they love in the lovey-dovey new video for their mellow duet "Who You Love," which appears as the sixth song and the third single from Mayer's sixth studio album, "Paradise Valley." Yes, Mayer and his on-again-off-again girlfriend Perry are among the couples in love featured in their new clip trying not to get thrown from a mechanical bull which seems to be placed in the middle of the desert. This provides a more playful aspect to the video, which largely focuses on close-ups of twosome singing, snuggling, being adorable and unintentionally making single people cry.
This Folk-flavored soft ballad was written by Mayer, with Perry writing her verse. Lyrically, "Who You Love" is about accepting falling in love with someone, based around the idea that "you love who you love." Musically, it is a gentle and breezy song, drawing influence from country music. It has the feel of an old soul classic, while the lyrics discuss the joy of falling in love with someone when you least expect it. This was the first musical collaboration between the couple.
Mayer told Billboard magazine that he wanted to write a melodic and confessional song about accepting who you love. He explained on writing the song, "'Who You Love' is a sweet melody that tells the story of opening your heart up and allowing yourself to fully love the person in your life or specifically to 'love who you love, who you love.' It was a really great experience and the song is one of these like old FM '70s and '80s sort of like duets, and I listened back to it; it's, like, really convincing. And I watched it get made and I'm still kind of taken aback." There's romance here, but it's more of the greeting card variety.
"We set up the casting call for real couples," Mayer said of the Sophie Muller-directed clip that features him, Perry and real-life pairs snuggling while riding a mechanical bull and showered with flurries of confetti, the musical power couple laugh and gaze into each others' eyes. "There was nothing scripted in that video, except putting the bull in the middle of the desert." That's a metaphor about love, Perry explained, "Relationships are kind of like riding a bull. You hang on for dear life and sometimes you get a little buck here and there and sometimes you get things thrown at you but you get back on."
This Folk-flavored soft ballad was written by Mayer, with Perry writing her verse. Lyrically, "Who You Love" is about accepting falling in love with someone, based around the idea that "you love who you love." Musically, it is a gentle and breezy song, drawing influence from country music. It has the feel of an old soul classic, while the lyrics discuss the joy of falling in love with someone when you least expect it. This was the first musical collaboration between the couple.
Mayer told Billboard magazine that he wanted to write a melodic and confessional song about accepting who you love. He explained on writing the song, "'Who You Love' is a sweet melody that tells the story of opening your heart up and allowing yourself to fully love the person in your life or specifically to 'love who you love, who you love.' It was a really great experience and the song is one of these like old FM '70s and '80s sort of like duets, and I listened back to it; it's, like, really convincing. And I watched it get made and I'm still kind of taken aback." There's romance here, but it's more of the greeting card variety.
"We set up the casting call for real couples," Mayer said of the Sophie Muller-directed clip that features him, Perry and real-life pairs snuggling while riding a mechanical bull and showered with flurries of confetti, the musical power couple laugh and gaze into each others' eyes. "There was nothing scripted in that video, except putting the bull in the middle of the desert." That's a metaphor about love, Perry explained, "Relationships are kind of like riding a bull. You hang on for dear life and sometimes you get a little buck here and there and sometimes you get things thrown at you but you get back on."
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