Via PopEater John Mayer’s new album, the smart, sophisticated, and sweet ‘Battle Studies,’ has just been released. And no one is happier than Mayer himself. "I have no problem releasing it into the open and letting everybody have at it, poke the bear with sticks — and that’s the fun of it," he told Popeater when they went to visit him at the Burbank, Calif., studio where he was rehearsing for an upcoming tour. Mayer, of course, is used to having every aspect of his life poked with a camera these days. He spoke with Popeater about why he can’t complain about that in song, how the whole music industry may one day be working for Taylor Swift and his epiphany moment with the new record. For the rest of the story visit PopEater. Photo: Fame Pictures