--- --- # John Mayer Wants You to Know He's Not That Guitar Guy at the Party  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 7, 2017 7:16 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 7, 2017 7:16 PM UTC John Mayer may be in the midst of [his musical comeback](http://time.com/4711217/john-mayer-breakup-song-katy-perry/?iid=sr-link2) with the release of new album _The Search for Everything_, but he’s still got time to lurk around on Instagram and defend his reputation. As eagle-eyed Insta-scrollers discovered, Mayer stopped by comedy account and prolific meme-maker Tank Sinatra’s feed recently to comment on a post that name-called Mayer himself. The post in question was a meme of comedian [Hannibal Buress](http://time.com/3951777/why-with-hannibal-buress-amy-schumer-twitter-troll/). The caption? “When ur \[sic\] at a party having a nice time and some wanna be \[sic\] John Mayer whips out a guitar and ruins everything.” It’s a relatable experience; at some point or other, most of us have been unwittingly forced to become audience members for an amateur guitarist’s well-meaning but unwanted strumming. Mayer’s cutting response to the meme, however, takes it even farther: “I don’t even do this,” [he wrote](https://twitter.com/russianbabe54/status/850086967131779073). The openly emotive singer may be willing to [pine publicly for his ex](http://time.com/4711217/john-mayer-breakup-song-katy-perry/) and [dance with pandas](https://twitter.com/JohnMayer/status/849667256183336963) in his latest music video, but apparently he draws the line at playing sappy songs for an unwilling audience. Take note, internet and anyone who’s considered busting out the guitar at a party: even the pro himself won’t play that acoustic rendition of “Wonderwall” without a proper invitation. Party faux pas, indeed. John Mayer Wants You to Know He's Not That Guy at the Party ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4731175/john-mayer-on-guitar-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4731175/john-mayer-on-guitar-meme/"},"headline":"John Mayer Wants You to Know He's Not That Guitar Guy at the Party","datePublished":"2017-04-07T19:16:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:38.830Z","description":"\"I don't even do this,\" he said of the party faux pas of whipping out a guitar.","url":"https://time.com/4731175/john-mayer-on-guitar-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4731175/john-mayer-on-guitar-meme/","name":"John Mayer Wants You to Know He's Not That Guitar Guy at the Party"}}]}] ```