Watch: John Mayer, Katy Perry get close in ‘Who You Love’ video

Slow motion, couples caressing, wind-swept close-ups, sun-burnt-shaded images of wide-open vistas -- consider John Mayer’s video for his duet with girlfriend Katy Perry, “Who You Love,� an unintended lovey-dovey response to Kanye West’s “Bound 2,� with a mechanical bull instead of a motorcycle.

There’s romance here, but it’s more of the greeting card variety. In addition to the promised intimate shots of Perry and Mayer, the two told ABC’s “Good Morning America� on Tuesday that everyone else in the video is a real-life couple.

Said Mayer on the telecast, “There’s nothing scripted in that video except putting a bull in the middle of the desert.�

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As for the mechanical bull that Mayer mentioned, that’s a metaphor, said Perry.

“Relationships are kind of like riding a bull,� she told “Good Morning America.� “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.�

The “Paradise Valley� ballad, styled for dentist-office waiting rooms, puts a sweet spin on the heart wants-what-it-wants theme. The video also features some glitter, fireworks and confetti-gun-wielding Mayer, but you’re on your own when it comes to that metaphor.

Pop & Hiss writers have previously gone all gooey-eyed over “Who You Love.�

Times critic Randall Roberts, for instance, wrote when introducing the song that “musically, Mayer has seldom sounded more relaxed, and has rarely written guitar works as elastic and forgiving.�

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The single, continued Roberts, “has the feel of an old soul classic, and producer Don Was records it with a claustrophobic tightness. Featuring pedal steel, a nearly liquid Mayer guitar strum and an impressive duet with a surprisingly real-sounding Perry, the song shows an artist both relaxed and well-practiced.�

Mayer’s album “Paradise Valley� could certainly benefit from a little shot of Perry. As of last week, “Paradise Valley� has sold 288,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, while Perry’s “Prism� is still in the top 10 and has sold more than 711,000 copies.

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