"In the Blood" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Mayer.
The song was released on May 1, 2017[1] as the third single from Mayer's seventh studio album The Search for Everything, following "Love on the Weekend" and "Still Feel Like Your Man".
Scott Conklin with Medium says of the song "that Mayer is wondering if the reason he is the way he is is because its something innate in his family.
"[5] Gabrielle Ginsberg of Hollywood Life found the record "relatable for anyone who feels like there’s too much of their parents’ personalities in them (and not in a good way).
"[6] Mayer has said it's the song that makes him feel the most on the album, and while hesitant to explain it, saying, "If I was gonna go that honest on a song, I wasn't gonna necessarily be a liability to it and color it in," he also said, "When I listened to that back, it was like an anthem for me, about me...[during] a certain time in your life where you just want to turn yourself upside down and shake everything out and go, 'Where's the loose change?