Overview
- Page Six published an exclusive on Monday that quoted lyrics from Simon’s track “Maybe I Never Loved You” and framed the song as addressing her estranged ex, a point the Daily Mail later corroborated.
- The song questions past love and references marriage and a child with lines such as “Maybe I never loved you” and “I married you, we had a kid,” though it does not name James Taylor.
- Comes in Waves, reported as Simon’s 24th studio album and her first collection of original songs in 18 years, was written and recorded at her Martha’s Vineyard home and is due to be released this Friday.
- Both Page Six and the Daily Mail said they reached out to Taylor and to representatives for comment and did not immediately receive a response.
- The reporting places the track in the context of Simon and Taylor’s 1972–1983 marriage, their two children Sally and Ben, and Simon’s recent July disclosure of Parkinson’s disease and skin cancer, which she said made songwriting therapeutic.