John Mayer releases ridiculous music video for 'New Light'

'I needed to make a video for New Light but nobody could agree on a budget. (MUSIC INDUSTRY amirite?) So I went to a place downtown and made this with a company that usually does birthday and Bar Mitzvah videos'

John Mayer goes for a low-budget appear in his new music video (John Mayer/YouTube)

John Mayer - or Mayor, as he's credited in this new release - has dropped the video for his latest single "New Light" and it is one of the goofiest things we've ever seen, in an endearing way.

Dressed in a scruffy purple hoodie, trainers and what looks like pyjama bottoms, the low-budget effects transport him from a farm road to a ski slope, then a boring office; and a convertible; the pyramids in Egypt, Time's Square... quickly becoming more and more absurd.

Mayer released the video joking his label hadn't been able to agree on a budget, so "I went to a place downtown and made this with a company that usually does birthday and Bar Mitzvah videos".

The clip was directed by Fatal Farm and posted on Mayer's YouTube channel with the title: "John Mayer - New Light (Premium Content!)".

It also features endearingly silly moments such as Mayer suspended over a town, waving to himself, taking part in a baseball game without a bat, and swimming over a lake with huge, flying goldfish.

"New Light" was produced with No I.D, who has worked with notable hop hop artist including Common, Jay Z, Drake and Kayne West.