Watch John Mayer Perform New Single, Talk Sobriety and Sunday-Night Instagram Show on ‘Ellen’
After dropping a new studio version of the track last week, singer-songwriter John Mayer recently stopped by Ellen to perform his low-key single “I Guess I Just Feel Like” and chat with host Ellen DeGeneres about his new Sunday-night talk show on Instagram, being two years sober and more.
Mayer calls the show Current Mood and says it “started as a goof” with a backdrop of a foam-core board that “looks like a science-fair presentation” but has become a way for fans to gather on Sunday evening and, as Mayer says, “use the buddy system.” The Dead & Company guitarist now likens Current Mood to “Mister Rogers [Neighborhood] for hungover adults,” noting that he loves comedic bits, the most recent one being his fake Vanity Fair Oscars party set constructed inside his living room, complete with Dave Chappelle, Diplo and Halsey. Mayer also shares how the unexpected response to the show helped him realize that “doing good” is another way to fee accomplished, rather than making something, like music, that is good.
Finally, Mayer addresses his two years of sobriety, casually saying, “I just finished—I completed my course in drinking. I just went, ‘You know, I think I’m done.’ It was like Forrest Gump running, then he just stops running. I punched out.”
Watch the interview and performance of “I Guess I Just Feel Like” below. Mayer has a batch of international tour dates slated for this spring, along with a summer tour with Dead & Co. and solo dates on his 2019 docket. See his full schedule here.