{
  "id": 16111080,
  "title": "John Mayer Sets Up His Own Label, Sob Rock Records, in Partnership With Mercury to Release First New Solo Music in Five Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/john-mayer-sets-up-his-own-label-sob-rock-records-in-partnership-with",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T21:21:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/john-mayer-new-label-sob-rock-records-mercury-1236921812/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "John Mayer has had his hands full with what felt like a hundred projects over the past few years — with putting out new music not among them. It takes a stretch of the memory to even recall that he announced a parting of ways with Sony Music back in 2022, with no followup revelation […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "John Mayer Signs With Mercury Records",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/john-mayer-signs-with-mercury-records",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:02:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}