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Posted by: ThePensmith 15th December 2016, 11:04 PM

His social media accounts have all changed to a pale blue square, year on from his hiatus announcement. Amy Wadge who he co-wrote "Thinking Out Loud" with has also confirmed the album is "pretty much done".

And he's also heavily rumoured to be headlining the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury next year. I so need to see him live on this album era! Be good having Ed back

Posted by: Steve201 15th December 2016, 11:13 PM

A January release would be huge - 6 weeks at the top!

Posted by: sorryislayed 15th December 2016, 11:16 PM

I was quite enjoying having a break from him tbh .

Posted by: mr_pmt 15th December 2016, 11:19 PM

I liked the last era way more than I was expecting to, let's see what this brings.

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 15th December 2016, 11:39 PM

Please keep it

Posted by: Steve201 15th December 2016, 11:47 PM

If it's anyway decent with hit potential it could sell 200k first week!

Posted by: Cremey 15th December 2016, 11:48 PM

I'm here for something like 'Sing'. The ballads can just DIE please.

Posted by: 🏆award🏆inary 15th December 2016, 11:55 PM

Hope this will be good.

Posted by: christmdhas 15th December 2016, 11:56 PM

Whenever someone posts in here I pray it's a single announcement

Posted by: Steve201 16th December 2016, 12:14 AM

Just for this week though, right?

Posted by: ML Hammer95 16th December 2016, 12:20 AM

QUOTE(Cremey @ Dec 15 2016, 11:48 PM)

Posted by: 🎄cqmerqn🎄 16th December 2016, 12:22 AM

I don't think I can cope with another era from him. Don't was his death

Posted by: PAJ88 16th December 2016, 12:37 AM

So what will follow + and X? / or - ?

Posted by: Jonjo 16th December 2016, 12:42 AM

Would love a song as personal and moving as 'Photograph' again. The progression in that song is stunning. Looking forward to hearing what he brings, coz 'x' was a really good album!

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 16th December 2016, 01:50 AM

I am looking forward to this, i love his x album, but i prefer the ballads.

Posted by: truly talented 16th December 2016, 05:53 PM

Looking forward to hear what he comes back with. He's grown on me and find him a versatile artist. Admire him for releasing outside the 4th quarter, not that he needs to.

Posted by: 🏆award🏆inary 16th December 2016, 11:34 PM

QUOTE(PAJ88 @ Dec 16 2016, 12:37 AM)

Posted by: WiseManFromLeeds 20th December 2016, 05:54 PM

His songs have certainly been hit and miss for me. As long as it doesn't spend half a year in the charts I'll be happy

Posted by: liamk97 20th December 2016, 06:44 PM

QUOTE(PAJ88 @ Dec 16 2016, 12:37 AM)

Posted by: Atonement 24th December 2016, 03:41 PM

QUOTE(mr_pmt @ Dec 16 2016, 12:19 AM)

Posted by: Liаm 24th December 2016, 04:11 PM

x was a brilliant album, one of the highlights of 2014! I did really like + but x just had a lot more to it, I especially love Sing but also Nina, Afire Love, Runaway, Thinking Out Loud, Don't and I See Fire. I hope this one lives up to it!

Posted by: Inna Selez 28th December 2016, 05:36 PM

Hope next year we will hear his new album.

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/1213/838524-is-ed-sheeran-about-to-release-a-new-album/

Posted by: crazy christmas 29th December 2016, 09:45 AM

QUOTE(Atonement @ Dec 24 2016, 03:41 PM)

Posted by: ThePensmith 1st January 2017, 10:35 AM

New single coming Friday! https://twitter.com/edsheeran/status/815505331656806400

Posted by: HarryEzra 1st January 2017, 10:40 AM

I saw that!

Im so excited!!!

Posted by: cqmerqn 1st January 2017, 10:40 AM

But I wanted Rockabye to do a One Dance

Ugh can't stand him. I really don't want to have to put up with him in the chart

Posted by: Jack 1st January 2017, 10:41 AM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Jan 1 2017, 10:40 AM)

But I wanted Rockabye to do a One Dance

Ugh can't stand him. I really don't want to have to put up with him in the chart

Posted by: John-James 1st January 2017, 10:55 AM

I guess 2017 will be worse than 2016

Posted by: JosephStyles 1st January 2017, 11:31 AM

Hyped! His last era was excellent

Posted by: Josh. 1st January 2017, 11:51 AM

Really excited for his comeback (yay that it's so soon) because every track on his last album was very strong. I hope it's as good as Don't which has since become his best single ever for me now A bit gutted that it's probably going to stop Major Lazer/Nicki from having a chance at the top spot though

Posted by: Doctor Mysterio 1st January 2017, 11:54 AM

The singles run of 'x' was flawless, particularly the latter three! Never expected my favourites to be his ballads after aiming for another 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' at the start of the campaign. It often takes a while for his songs to click with me though which I think is why I never actually listened to the album, I should sort that out! Looking forward to hearing this new song anyway.

QUOTE(John-James @ Jan 1 2017, 10:55 AM)

Posted by: Mart!n 1st January 2017, 12:14 PM

This Friday... great... RIP 2017 probably going to beat Drakes' run at #1 Well I hope its something good, I liked his first era material after that it just went all downhill for me.

Posted by: CHRISTIANmas 1st January 2017, 12:15 PM

yes YES YES OMG!!!

Starting as we mean to go on with two new entries in next weeks top 10, then *.*

Posted by: Liаm 1st January 2017, 02:48 PM

I cannot wait, he's like Adele for me in that I don't get fed up of him even with the overexposure (well, nowhere near as good as Adele). I'd prefer the lead to be something like Sing, Nina, Don't or Runaway rather than One, Photograph or Thinking Out Loud, because he just excels with the former styles but it will be good to have him back anyway.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 1st January 2017, 03:25 PM

Something like I See Fire would be nice, his most underrated song easily. I feel like this'll be like all his singles - I'll think this is 'quite nice' on first listen and then become sick to death of it when six months later it's still all over the radio and in the top 10, surprise me plz Ed~

Posted by: lewistgreen 2nd January 2017, 04:04 PM

Looks like this era is going to be 'divide'

Posted by: Hadji 2nd January 2017, 04:18 PM

QUOTE(lewistgreen @ Jan 2 2017, 04:04 PM)

Posted by: JosephStyles 2nd January 2017, 04:21 PM

QUOTE(Hadji @ Jan 2 2017, 04:18 PM)

Posted by: Hadji 2nd January 2017, 04:39 PM

QUOTE(JosephStyles @ Jan 2 2017, 04:21 PM)

Posted by: John-James 2nd January 2017, 04:43 PM

QUOTE(Hadji @ Jan 2 2017, 04:39 PM)

Posted by: CodySleighBell-y 2nd January 2017, 04:54 PM

Now we've got a veritable chart battle going here!

Posted by: Danuary 2nd January 2017, 05:04 PM

really hope he continues his trend of releasing an uptempo as the lead, don't think I could deal with an Ed Sheeran ballad clogging up the chart all year.

I very much enjoyed 'Sing' and 'Don't' so I'm reasonably hyped.

Posted by: Jonjo 2nd January 2017, 09:10 PM

'Sing' & 'Don't' were my least favourite songs from his last album. Or is it just that they're not downtempo that people like them? 'Sing' sounds so much like a Justin Timberlake circa 2003 reject and 'Don't' is hella pretentious and annoying.

Very excited to hear what he can do though! 'Thinking Out Loud' was always a timeless classic and I adore the sentiment behind 'Photograph' so much, it's gone on to become one of my fave songs. I do miss 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' Ed a little bit though...

Posted by: jase. 2nd January 2017, 09:15 PM

"Don't" was the only decent thing from his last album so I can't say that I'm particularly excited about new music.

Posted by: *Tim 2nd January 2017, 09:19 PM

Don't is his best song so pls that more

I dont really see how its pretentious either ��

Posted by: Dobbo 2nd January 2017, 09:26 PM

I'm the complete opposite here in that I loved his first album but utterly loathed almost everything on his second (only good songs were Don't & Bloodstream).

I expect this will be crap but I'll it give it a chance.

Posted by: Josh. 2nd January 2017, 10:23 PM

Been listening to 'x' tonight in anticipation for new music from him and it's reminded me how great a musician he is and now I'm so hyped for new stuff from him. If that shade of blue ends up being the album cover then I am so buying my first physical CD in about a year, it is gorgeous ! I imagine the album cover will look like/be this and wow, what a lovely colour

Posted by: burbe 2nd January 2017, 10:30 PM

It feels quite a while since his last album, so quite excited for this!

QUOTE(*Tim @ Jan 2 2017, 09:19 PM)

Posted by: The Snake 2nd January 2017, 11:45 PM

Isn't Ed Sheeran, being an acoustic singer songwriter, more indie, rock and alternative rather than pop, so I thought this would be in that forum He's not much more pop than Twenty One Pilots and they are in that forum iirc.

Posted by: awardinary™ 3rd January 2017, 12:00 AM

QUOTE(PAJ88 @ Dec 16 2016, 12:37 AM)

So what will follow + and X? / or - ?

QUOTE(🏆award🏆inary @ Dec 16 2016, 11:34 PM)

÷

Posted by: *Tim 3rd January 2017, 12:43 AM

QUOTE(The Snake @ Jan 3 2017, 12:45 AM)

Isn't Ed Sheeran, being an acoustic singer songwriter, more indie, rock and alternative rather than pop, so I thought this would be in that forum He's not much more pop than Twenty One Pilots and they are in that forum iirc.

Posted by: Liаm 3rd January 2017, 07:21 AM

Ed is in no way indie or alternative Twenty One Pilots are because they have eclectic influences from electronica, rap, rock, indie-pop, hip-hop etc. and they deviate from pop a lot by mixing them all and having their own unique style. Ed is mostly acoustic pop, with a bit of R&B in songs like Don't and Sing. Having a guitar as the main instrument doesn't make you indie.

Posted by: PAJ88 3rd January 2017, 07:52 AM

QUOTE(awardinary™ @ Jan 3 2017, 12:00 AM)

Posted by: Tinasha 3rd January 2017, 09:36 AM

Do we think it'll be a single, or a full album on Friday?

Posted by: Samantha1989 3rd January 2017, 10:38 PM

Adverts during CBB revealed whatever this is is being released at 5am (on Friday of course)!

Posted by: mdh 3rd January 2017, 11:15 PM

Ed's been working in the studio with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Rudimental, Nicole Scherzinger, Tori Kelly, Beyoncé, Kygo and Martin Garrix! Bloody hell, should be some ace collaborations on the album - plus the last two hint to us that he is indeed sticking mainstream, might even be going tropical

Just for the record, here're the registered tracks from Ed recently~

21st Century Fox | Ed Sheeran, Jethro James Sheeran & Jaja Soze
Brother’s Blood | Edward Sheeran & Benjamin Levin
City Lights | Jake Gosling, Tayo Jarrett & Edward Sheeran
Fall | Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Follow The Girl | Ed Sheeran, Rupert Christie NEW
Jigsaw | Ed Sheeran & Jake Gosling NEW
Laura | Edward Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Learning to Count | Edward Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Lift Me Up | Jake Gosling & Edward Sheeran
Make Me Better | Ed Sheeran, James Blount & Johnny McDaid NEW
Replay Rewind | Martijn Garristen, Edward Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Social Worker | Ed Sheeran & Jake Gosling NEW
Stranger | Edward Sheeran & Benny Blanco
Sure | Ed Sheeran
Ticket in the Tin | Jonathan Green, Edward Sheeran & Jack McManus
West Coast of Clare | Ed Sheeran
What I Want | Charles Igleby & Edward Sheeran

Nice to see there definitely IS a song recorded with Martin Garrix! (Replay Rewing)

Posted by: Liаm 3rd January 2017, 11:17 PM

Omg Tori Kelly on the album PLEASE. I Was Made For Loving You was beautiful and she needs a hit.

Posted by: jase. 3rd January 2017, 11:26 PM

Ed + Bey Now that WOULD break the internet

Posted by: Steve201 4th January 2017, 10:44 PM

Something tells me this could be an album on Friday!

Posted by: JosephStyles 4th January 2017, 10:57 PM

I'm expecting it to be the album pre-order and the new single as an instant grat. He's been teasing lyrics recently and it's playlisted on Radio 2 already (albeit without a track name), so I think that rules out an album release!

Posted by: Steve201 4th January 2017, 11:08 PM

I didn't realise it was on the radio 2 playlist which as you say seems like a more conventional style release. I expect radio 1 will A list it immediately!

Posted by: Hadji 4th January 2017, 11:24 PM

R1 will make that or Major Lazer Friday's TOTD

Posted by: mdh 4th January 2017, 11:42 PM

QUOTE(Hadji @ Jan 4 2017, 11:24 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 5th January 2017, 12:05 AM

Will the Sound of No1 not be Friday's TOTD?

Posted by: Tinasha 5th January 2017, 12:20 AM

TOTDs don't matter on Fridays because new songs by big artists get the same amount of plays anyway.

Posted by: 🚡🚟🍥-b 5th January 2017, 12:28 AM

QUOTE(mdh @ Jan 3 2017, 11:15 PM)

Ed's been working in the studio with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Rudimental, Nicole Scherzinger, Tori Kelly, Beyoncé, Kygo and Martin Garrix! Bloody hell, should be some ace collaborations on the album - plus the last two hint to us that he is indeed sticking mainstream, might even be going tropical

Just for the record, here're the registered tracks from Ed recently~

21st Century Fox | Ed Sheeran, Jethro James Sheeran & Jaja Soze
Brother’s Blood | Edward Sheeran & Benjamin Levin
City Lights | Jake Gosling, Tayo Jarrett & Edward Sheeran
Fall | Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Follow The Girl | Ed Sheeran, Rupert Christie NEW
Jigsaw | Ed Sheeran & Jake Gosling NEW
Laura | Edward Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Learning to Count | Edward Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Lift Me Up | Jake Gosling & Edward Sheeran
Make Me Better | Ed Sheeran, James Blount & Johnny McDaid NEW
Replay Rewind | Martijn Garristen, Edward Sheeran & Amy Wadge
Social Worker | Ed Sheeran & Jake Gosling NEW
Stranger | Edward Sheeran & Benny Blanco
Sure | Ed Sheeran
Ticket in the Tin | Jonathan Green, Edward Sheeran & Jack McManus
West Coast of Clare | Ed Sheeran
What I Want | Charles Igleby & Edward Sheeran

Nice to see there definitely IS a song recorded with Martin Garrix! (Replay Rewing)

Posted by: Danuary 5th January 2017, 07:06 AM

oh wow 'Rewind Repeat It' is finally happening then!! Although under a different name, but still - it's been teased for years.

Posted by: mdh 5th January 2017, 07:52 AM

Wonder if Martin Garrix will get feature credits or not

Posted by: Jonjo 5th January 2017, 10:24 AM

QUOTE(JosephStyles @ Jan 4 2017, 10:57 PM)

Posted by: Danuary 5th January 2017, 10:30 AM

Ed Sheeran is probably one of a few people who could pull off releasing a whole album at once without there being a lead single, he'd probably get about half his album in the official top 40 with streams and cherry picking!!

Posted by: JosephStyles 5th January 2017, 12:50 PM

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Jan 5 2017, 10:24 AM)

The fact they say "music" instead of "song" makes me think its ab album

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2017, 01:06 PM

That would certainly be a way to return from a total break from the limelight - he was off social media for a while as well! *.* Either way I can't wait but the whole album being dropped would slay me.

Posted by: Tinasha 5th January 2017, 02:54 PM

Posted by: common sense 5th January 2017, 03:21 PM

Would annoy me if it was an album as I'd have to wait for the CD.

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2017, 03:28 PM

Yeah those sound like two different intros as if he is teasing the album rather than the song, I am really thinking it could be the album It could just be album pre-order and a single as the instant grat with the other song just being a different teaser for the album, but it's the "music" rather than "song" that's really raising my suspicions.

Posted by: mdh 5th January 2017, 06:21 PM

Looks most likely that he's releasing at least two tracks tomorrow, very excited although it'd be a shame if this lack of sole focus on a song means he misses #1.

Posted by: Jonjo 5th January 2017, 06:36 PM

Very excited. The first one sounds like it could be quite anthemic similarly to 'I Will Wait' by Mumford and Sons. The 2nd one reminds me (ever so slightly) of 'Be Alright' by Ariana mixed with a bit of 'Cheap Thrills'! (Tropical influence but not a tropical song)

Posted by: Envoirment 5th January 2017, 07:30 PM

Looks like it'll be the whole album going by what's being said/those teasers! Guessing it's 5am 6th January so it can be released everywhere WW at the same time?

Posted by: Tinasha 5th January 2017, 07:40 PM

What is the likelyhood of a duo single release tomorrow?

Posted by: Liаm 5th January 2017, 08:03 PM

Perhaps it's the album pre-order with an instant grat album track and a single?

Posted by: mr_pmt 5th January 2017, 08:03 PM

If it is a single release, they've done really well to not let a title be known up to 4 hours beforehand.

Posted by: Jonjo 6th January 2017, 12:27 AM

He could be doing what Drake did with 'Pop Style' and 'One Dance'? Throwing more than one option out there and seeing which one sticks?

But yeah. I don't think this is an album anymore!

Posted by: cqmerqn 6th January 2017, 01:20 AM

The single is called Shape Of You

Posted by: cqmerqn 6th January 2017, 01:24 AM

I saw a tweet on twitter which put Cheap Thrills on top of the teasers of the song and it sounds identical!

Posted by: Juan Carlos 🕊 6th January 2017, 04:38 AM

Dual release. "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill" are out now.

Posted by: Cody Lightwood 6th January 2017, 05:36 AM

"Shape Of You" sounds like it's going to be really big

(so naturally i will love it and buzzjack will hate it)

Posted by: Tinasha 6th January 2017, 07:30 AM

Shape of You sounds really good! Funny he's gone tropical, the same as the rest of the pop world, the general public will still see it as 'real music' though. Castle on The Hill sounds like a U2 track, not a fan.

Posted by: mdh 6th January 2017, 07:52 AM

It's very barely tropical, but still tropical. Shape Of You is brilliant!

Posted by: mdh 6th January 2017, 07:59 AM

Castle on the Hill is also great.

Posted by: J▲hq 6th January 2017, 08:12 AM

Shape Of You sounds off-puttingly similar to Cheap Thrills when it starts, but I'd forgotten by it by the end of first listen. I think it is the better of the two, catchier for sure, but I really enjoyed both so subject to change!

Slayed that he's given us two tracks that have different vibes from each other, and neither are a Boring Out Loud!

Posted by: Liаm 6th January 2017, 08:15 AM

I definitely prefer Shape Of You as well, Castle On The Hill is great too but I think it will be more of a grower. If the power of the last 30 seconds was the whole song it'd be my favourite of the 2, but it builds nicely. Shape Of You is such a tune, it definitely succeeds in being bang on trend with the tropical influences but it's still got everything that makes me love an Ed Sheeran in it so it doesn't feel like like a jump the shark moment just to get an easy hit.

Sia WISHES Cheap Thrills was as good as SOY tbh.

Posted by: common sense 6th January 2017, 09:13 AM

Shape Of You is really good and catchy chorus.

Anyone been listening to him on R1? Wondering if he's said when the album will be out. It'll be huge but not as big first week sales as Adele obviously.

Posted by: Atonement 6th January 2017, 09:37 AM

I don't like 'Shape of You'. Maybe it will grow. I hate the chanting after the chorus, which sound too much like 'Speeding Cars' by Walking on Cars. It also annoys me in the lyric video that the girl is holding the same phone as the boy lol, with the text balloons on the wrong side.

'Castle on the Hill' is definitely preferable for me at the first listen although it doesn't set me alight either.

Posted by: Rossco 6th January 2017, 10:02 AM

I'm liking the sound of both so far however castle on the hill is the more instant track for me. Hoping shape of you will grow on me.

Posted by: *Tim 6th January 2017, 10:33 AM

Shaoe of You sounds more The Greatest than Cheap Thrills to me melodywise. I absolutely love it, already up there with Don't and A-Team

Goddamnit Rih tho, she coulda have this smash for herself

Posted by: Danuary 6th January 2017, 10:35 AM

Shape Of You sounds massive. Impressed with it myself anyway, and the other one isn't bad for what it is.

Posted by: Liаm 6th January 2017, 10:43 AM

I don't really get the Cheap Thrills comparisons, as if Sia invented tropical house I can hear The Greatest a bit more too. It would have been incredible for Rihanna though!

Posted by: Atonement 6th January 2017, 10:45 AM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Jan 6 2017, 11:33 AM)

Posted by: Hayzayy 6th January 2017, 11:09 AM

Castlle on the hill sounds great on first listen, I love the lyrics and the pace, nice number!

Shape of you is a total "Cheap thrills" rip-off instrumental wise, it's basically the same intro. I'm always suprised how big acts can come up with such obvious rip-offs



And the press is already on it : http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/06/ed-sheeran-drops-two-new-singles-and-everyone-reckons-one-sounds-just-like-sias-cheap-thrills-6364530/

Posted by: Tinasha 6th January 2017, 11:18 AM

It's fine though, it's still its own song. The similarities in the intros are quite striking but the song itself is very different.

Posted by: Cameron 6th January 2017, 11:26 AM

I feel as though Castle On The Hill needs some form of clapping or a guitar taking the lead on the chorus. Shape Of You really is reminding me of Sia in terms of the instrumental. I do feel both tracks just need a bit more oomph in the chorus

Posted by: Jack 6th January 2017, 11:30 AM

Shape Of You is good but the instrumental sounds very cheap? It's so off putting. I actually think I would like it if it had a stronger instrumental/voice. Shoulda stayed with Rihanna.

Posted by: burbe 6th January 2017, 12:24 PM

Shape of You is definitely sounding the better of the two songs! I don't really hear Cheap Thrills, it sounds much more like The Greatest. In fact that are VERY similar instrumentals. Castle on the Hill sounds decent and will probably be the grower of the two!

Posted by: Jonjo 6th January 2017, 12:32 PM

So I'm in the minority it seems and prefer 'Castle On The Hill' to 'Shape Of You'?

'Castle On The Hill' seems pretty anthemic to me. Absolutely brilliant! 'Shape Of You' reminds me of 'Cheap Thrills' (mixed with a bit of 'Be Alright' by Ariana) also, but without the personality of it.

Both tracks are at least very good though. Really excited for his album!

Posted by: JosephStyles 6th January 2017, 12:49 PM

I'm not really sure which one I prefer out of the two yet but I'm really liking both, they offer something different from his usual style I think which is great. Shape of You definitely gives me Sia teas with the instrumental like everyone's said but I don't think it's any kind of rip-off, the song as a whole is nothing like Sia. Very impressed anyway, hope they can both get a turn at #1!

Posted by: Hayzayy 6th January 2017, 12:51 PM

Casttle on the hill is so amazing
I feel like it's going to be completely overshadowed by Shape of you though

Posted by: Jonjo 6th January 2017, 02:01 PM

'Castle On The Hill' is winning the Youtube Views! ;D

'Castle On The Hill': 1,013,790
'Shape Of You': 948,502

Posted by: Jade 6th January 2017, 02:13 PM

Very pleased with these new singles! Both strong, though 'Castle On The Hill' has the edge for me.

Posted by: jark 6th January 2017, 02:37 PM

Shape of You is sublimely well produced. I don't feel it's too close to Cheap Thrills. Feels like it could be a great 'driving at night' banger.

Castle on the Hill is going to be gobbled up by UK audiences too. He done good.

Posted by: seltinpixmile 6th January 2017, 02:52 PM

I prefer Castle On The Hill, I wish the chorus was more powerful.

As you say the instrumental in Shape Of You is a beat cheap.

Posted by: 🚡🚟🍥-b 6th January 2017, 03:07 PM

Shape Of You just following the overused tropical house style production but at least the vocal is good.

Castle On the Hill is better a decent indie rock style song, we haven't seen much indie rock in the charts recently so it is refreshing

Posted by: andibob 6th January 2017, 03:24 PM

I didn't hear Cheap Thrills at all on first listen as the songs are different different overall. Had to go back and give the intro a listen once you lot said it. Very similar intro until the vocal kicks in.

Posted by: Josh. 6th January 2017, 04:56 PM

Only heard SOY three times and COTH once but definitely enjoying the former the most of the two so I'm glad that it seems to be the most likely to hit #1 out of the two, another great change in sound after he surprised us all with Sing and it's already got in my head with the hook. COTH was nice enough on first listen and I'll have to give it a bit longer to settle in but it wasn't one of his best at all, I probably prefer every other track on the 'x' album but I'm way more familiar with them so maybe it's a bit early to write it off already

Posted by: mr_pmt 6th January 2017, 05:55 PM

I can't hear 'Cheap Thrills' in 'Shape Of You'. I can see it as having a very vague tropical influence but it sounds organic and like it's completely him*. I'm quite impressed!

*Unlike for example what Maroon 5 recently did.

Posted by: mdh 6th January 2017, 07:22 PM

OBSESSED NOW. What a f****** amazing track!

Posted by: Cody Lightwood 6th January 2017, 07:24 PM

I love seeing Ed experiment with styles different from his own. "Shape Of You" seems a bit generic at parts but it's so new for him that I think we'll give him a pass. I'm surprised everyone isn't hating it upon first listen though. "Castle On The Hill" seems like a grower, I can agree with that, and it's more within his comfort zone than SOY but it's still really nice. That break has done wonders for him.

Posted by: Liаm 6th January 2017, 07:32 PM

I think having played them a few times throughout the day I prefer Castle On The Hill now. Both are pretty much equally great but it really is anthemic.

Posted by: Taylor Jago 6th January 2017, 07:45 PM

"Castle On The Hill" definitely has the edge for me right now. "Shape Of You" is quite good too though.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 6th January 2017, 10:16 PM

OK, fair play, I'm actually quite impressed with both of these. I agree Shape of You sounds like an experimentation but it's one that suits him (I actually hear Cold Water more than Cheap Thrills in there) and wayyy better than Sing ever was. Castle on the Hill sounds VERY U2-esque but that's certainly not a bad thing in my book~

I mean they're not favourites and I could still get sick of them a few months down the line, but at least he seems to be going somewhere with his sound rather than rehashing past glories.

Posted by: Ryan. 6th January 2017, 11:13 PM

Castle On The Hill is Ed's best song ever comparing first listens, fantastic lyrics, so anthemic with a wonderful nostalgic feel. This is the sort of song I imagined Taylor would release when I read her new album would be "alternative rock"-infused. Shape Of You is more generic but I'm still a fan, and perhaps it will actually have more longevity as Castle On The Hill's emotional pull wears off the more you hear it. We shall see but it is two fantastic tracks from Ed that are immediately amongst his best ever, my heart is with Castle On The Hill though!

Posted by: slowdown73 6th January 2017, 11:16 PM

Shape of you is bit bland and boring. Castle on the hill is way better but im not a big Ed Sheeran fan at all. He's way overrated.

Posted by: Tinasha 6th January 2017, 11:50 PM

Shape of You is quite the bop. I've had it stuck in my head all day, easily one of my favourite tracks of his with Photograph.

Unlike others here, the lyrics what put me off Castle on the Hill. It reminds me of 7 Years in the way that it pulls on the heart strings using nostalgia as a technique. I really hate he part when he describes what his other friends are doing. 'One's already on his second wife, One's just barely getting by.'

Posted by: Cremey 7th January 2017, 12:12 AM

I've never been a fan (although I liked 'Sing') but I'm loving these two singles.
Easily his two best for me already!

Posted by: Dobbo 7th January 2017, 11:37 AM

Shape Of You sounding very good actually. The other one not so much, sounds like a Mumford & Sons song (which is almost never a good thing).

Posted by: Cucumberella 7th January 2017, 11:50 AM

both of the songs are actually okay but they're not anything new nor special, shape of you sounds like a soundcloud song by a barely signed / unsigned artist that is decent but rly never takes off, castle on the hill has been done before with the nostalgia and general feel and the lyrics being overpoignant

Posted by: Atonement 7th January 2017, 12:56 PM

QUOTE(Tinasha @ Jan 7 2017, 12:50 AM)

Posted by: lewistgreen 7th January 2017, 01:50 PM

I just can't properly get into either of the tracks

Posted by: Andrew. 7th January 2017, 04:00 PM

Castle On The Hill might be one of my favourite Ed songs already Shame it's doing the worst out of the two songs. Shape Of You is horrific, so bland imo. It's already smashing though so fair play to him I guess

Posted by: jase. 7th January 2017, 04:27 PM

Well, I'm surprised! I normally can't abide his music but I actually like both. 'Castle' is far superior imo.

Posted by: Bré 7th January 2017, 05:15 PM

Really like both of these, 'Castle On The Hill' has the edge for me, the chorus has potential to be one of my favourite Ed songs! It doesn't sound anywhere near as much of a hit as 'Shape Of You' though so a bit surprised it's doing nearly as well so far, expecting it to fall away fairly quickly a la Drake's 'Pop Style' while 'Shape Of You' continues to smash.

'Shape Of You' sounds so much like Sia's recent hits as literally everyone has said ~ but it manages to sound on trend while not being exceedingly basic (I mean I do still love both 'Cheap Thrills' and 'The Greatest' so sounding like them isn't a bad thing) so I'm on board with it at the moment.

Posted by: ThePensmith 7th January 2017, 05:27 PM

Loving both of these so far, but "Castle on the Hill" does have the edge for me too. The chorus and the build up to it is just amazing, I could already picture festival crowds going nuts for it in the summer. And I love that it's about his hometown as well! In fact yesterday on our local news bulletin (I'm in Essex, so about an hour or so away from Framlingham in Suffolk, where he's from), they did a piece in Framlingham where they were playing it to residents and local school kids and they were all kind of proud and patriotic of their own, and I love that.

"Shape of You" has its charms too. I can see why he originally wrote it for Rihanna as it's got her sort of beats and feeling to it!

Posted by: mdh 7th January 2017, 07:57 PM

Both of these tracks are EVERYWHERE right now. Heard them multiple times in the shops and on car radios etc today, I can't seem to escape them Definitely very rare to see a song have such a big buzz around it - certainly can't remember an instance like this in recent memory!

When was the last time you experienced a song being practically omnipresent and MASSIVELY popular?

Posted by: Jade 7th January 2017, 07:59 PM

QUOTE(mdh @ Jan 7 2017, 07:57 PM)

Posted by: Samantha1989 7th January 2017, 07:59 PM

Probably Hello! That was everywhere around me instantly!


Not too sure on both songs. I liked them on first listen but I am already getting bored of them oops!

Posted by: Dobbo 7th January 2017, 08:01 PM

QUOTE(mdh @ Jan 8 2017, 07:57 AM)

Posted by: gooddelta 7th January 2017, 08:37 PM

I'm liking both of these. Shape Of You is relevant and a huge smash, will easily be one of the year's biggest sellers.

Castle On The Hill is great because I love the idea of a song about growing up in Suffolk that sounds straight out of 2004 (specifically like Irish Son by Brian McFadden) becoming a global smash!

I've been following Ed since 2009 and it's just bizarre to me how big he's become. I wish his old friend Leddra Chapman (who I discovered at around the same time) had achieved one tenth of his success

Posted by: cqmerqn 8th January 2017, 02:52 AM

Ok I hate Ed Sheeran a lot but I'm about to check out the songs in full

Posted by: cqmerqn 8th January 2017, 03:00 AM

Shape Of You: I really don't like this, it's so bland and repetitive and sound very similar to Cheap Thrills by Sia.

Castle On The Hill: This is 100x better than Shape Of You. If Ed is going to rule the top 2 for the next few months then I'd rather this be the no.1. The same concept of 7 Years though

Posted by: assoomed 8th January 2017, 05:35 PM

Listening to it right now

Posted by: JosephStyles 11th January 2017, 12:20 PM

Standard album tracklist, confirmed on Facebook:

1 Eraser
2 Castle On the Hill
3 Dive
4 Shape of You
5 Perfect
6 Galway Girl
7 Happier
8 Hearts Don’t Break Around Here
9 New Man
10 What Do I Know?
11 How Would You Feel (Paean)
12 Supermarket Flowers

Posted by: lewistgreen 11th January 2017, 01:00 PM

4 further additional tracks to come on a deluxe edition too

Posted by: AV102 11th January 2017, 11:24 PM

Shape of you is much better for me it's such a bop

Posted by: gooddelta 12th January 2017, 11:41 AM

This will be out 3rd March according to Music Week.

The titles of the deluxe tracks are:

13. Barcelona
14. Bibia Be Ye Ye
15. Nancy Mulligan
16. Save Myself

I really hope Galway Girl is a cover, a version of it made top 75 here somewhat unexpectedly in 2008 (despite being a huge No.1 in Ireland) but deserves to be much better known in the UK.

Posted by: liamk97 12th January 2017, 11:58 AM

We won't need to worry about low sales for the #1 albums this Spring then! I feel like Ed could quite easily beat Take That's first week sales with his third week sales - Take That will have strong sales but I imagine lower than they are used to, probably not even over 100k.

Posted by: gooddelta 12th January 2017, 12:10 PM

Yeah, Ed could potentially go 500k+, 200k, 100k and Take That will open with about 60-70k max this time I suspect.

Posted by: Hadji 12th January 2017, 12:12 PM

He should release it on his birthday (17th February) to coincide with the BRIT Awards

Posted by: Bjork 12th January 2017, 03:26 PM

so there are sure gonna be more singles before the album, or at least one single, if it's out in March

Posted by: liamk97 12th January 2017, 05:33 PM

Don't think it's been posted yet, but I'll just leave this here:

Posted by: ThePensmith 12th January 2017, 05:43 PM

Updated topic with release date now. I wrote a small piece on my blog in light of his return: http://wp.me/p4UO9N-ib

Posted by: Jonjo 12th January 2017, 06:28 PM

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Jan 12 2017, 05:33 PM)

Posted by: Danuary 12th January 2017, 06:33 PM

I take it the Martin Garrix collab won't appear on the album then. Can't say I'm surprised though, it's always seemed more likely it'd be on the Garrix album whenever that happens.

Posted by: common sense 12th January 2017, 06:46 PM

Ed for 2017 best-selling album I'd say and well over a million sales, 1.5m+ in fact.

Posted by: Tinasha 13th January 2017, 02:20 PM

Castle On the Hill is #1 on airplay this week. I'm pretty sure this is the first time an on air sale song has debuted at #1 on the airplay chart. Maybe Hello did too, but I think i remember it going 2-1...?

Shape of You is also #5. He really is gearing up to Adele heights. Shape of You may debut on less sales than Hello, but I assume if he released just 1 single, the sales would have been a bit higher.

Posted by: Noahspike 15th January 2017, 03:12 PM

Multiple plays later and 'Shape Of You' is yet to make any sort of impression on me, and despite the sentimentality throughout 'Castle On The Hill', it's only the chorus that resonates. That chorus is properly gorgeous though <3 and it's exciting to witness the scale of his chart dominance with both tracks regardless.

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Jan 12 2017, 11:41 AM)

Posted by: liamk97 15th January 2017, 03:39 PM

QUOTE(Tinasha @ Jan 13 2017, 02:20 PM)

Posted by: Tinasha 16th January 2017, 08:51 AM

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Jan 15 2017, 03:39 PM)

Posted by: Juliano 16th January 2017, 12:36 PM

I much prefer Shape Of You at the moment, but my issue with both songs is I felt like we have been there before, they are a bit too very generic and cliché, which I guess is good for pop, but I don't know, I was expecting more. They could be Sia and Lukas Graham (Blurgh!!) songs.

Posted by: Jake 16th January 2017, 04:41 PM

how didn't someone tell ed he's just recorded a shit 'cheap thrills' with 'shape of you'?! she should sue!

what gets anyone excited about this man other than his major label, major budget credentials?

Posted by: run 17th January 2017, 10:34 AM

Shape of You > Castle on the Hill

Posted by: Steve201 20th January 2017, 11:49 PM

Album cover and artwork revealed on Graham Norton tonight!

Posted by: Tinasha 21st January 2017, 10:09 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jan 20 2017, 11:49 PM)

Posted by: gooddelta 21st January 2017, 10:31 AM

I'll be interested to see where he goes artistically after album number four. I guess Subtract is the inevitable conclusion to this series.



He can have that for free, save himself money on a graphic designer in three years time!

Posted by: cqmerqn 22nd January 2017, 05:55 PM

COTH mv tomorrow

Posted by: gooddelta 22nd January 2017, 06:17 PM

He realllly wants Castle On The Hill to climb to #1 doesn't he, it's like he's just letting Shape Of You do it's own thing and pretending that Castle is the main single

It's surely too far adrift on sales and streams to catch up, even with the promo/video etc...

Posted by: Jonjo 22nd January 2017, 07:26 PM

Tbf, from what I have read, 'Shape Of You' was the last song he did for the era and almost gave it away to someone else, but Ed played it to the label as a "surprise" and the label jumped on it and obviously got him to keep it for himself! So, I think COTH was always meant to be the lead single and SOY just seemed to have happened!

Had he kept SOY out of the company's reach and never played it to them, I think he would've just released COTH instead as opposed to two new songs like he did!

EDIT: Oh and I can already envision all the Buzzfeed type articles swooning over the video

Posted by: gooddelta 23rd January 2017, 11:36 AM

The vid is good, it's a bit PG-rated Skins-esque but it's a good nod to his youth and his local area.

Posted by: DannyAdelante 23rd January 2017, 08:38 PM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Jan 12 2017, 06:41 AM)

QUOTE(Noahspike @ Jan 15 2017, 10:12 AM)

Posted by: gooddelta 23rd January 2017, 08:51 PM

That's a shame, but interesting at the same time, I guess a cover midway through one of his albums might have seemed odd anyway, he's not exactly known for doing them.

Posted by: Jonjo 23rd January 2017, 09:15 PM

The video is pretty much exactly what I expected! But it's a very sweet video. Great casting too! The guy who plays younger Ed looks exactly like him haha.

Maybe Mikey is right and all gingers DO look like each other

Posted by: J▲hq 30th January 2017, 11:30 AM

And tour tickets go on sale this week!

16th April 2017 - Glasgow - The SSE Hydro Arena (AEG)
17th April 2017 - Glasgow - The SSE Hydro Arena (AEG)
19th April 2017 - Newcastle - Newcastle Arena
20th April 2017 - Newcastle- Newcastle Arena
22nd April 2017 - Manchester - Manchester Arena
23rd April 2017 - Manchester - Manchester Arena
25th April 2017 - Nottingham - Motorpoint Arena
26th April 2017 - Nottingham - Motorpoint Arena
28th April 2017 - Birmingham - Barclaycard Arena
29th April 2017 - Birmingham - Barclaycard Arena
1st May 2017 - London - The O2 Arena
2nd May 2017 - London - The O2 Arena

Going to try and make a Nottingham date

Posted by: cqmerqn 30th January 2017, 11:40 AM

Ed Sheeran says that Adele is the only artist within the past 10 years to outsell him. Is this true?

Posted by: liamk97 31st January 2017, 06:04 PM

I feel like I can now hear 'No Scrubs' in 'Shape of You' ("Girl, you know I want your love / Your love was handmade for somebody like me" sounds similar to "No, I don't want no scrub / A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me").

Posted by: Rooney 31st January 2017, 07:20 PM

Good luck to anyone trying for tickets on Thursday.

I was lucky enough to get some in the pre-sale, the website crashed completely for everyone, then after that it was pot luck. See you all in Manchester!

Posted by: Kye 31st January 2017, 08:05 PM

I've seen lots of people saying the site crashed for them but it worked fine for me? I got 4 seated tickets from Eventim's site with no problems.

Posted by: vidcapper 2nd February 2017, 10:08 AM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Jan 21 2017, 10:31 AM)

I'll be interested to see where he goes artistically after album number four. I guess Subtract is the inevitable conclusion to this series.

Posted by: gooddelta 2nd February 2017, 11:05 PM

I didn't get any tickets despite trying at 10am on the dot...that's all of his tours in a row since 2011 I've missed for the same reason

I can only hope that one of these days it will be made illegal to sell on concert tickets at more than face value...

Posted by: liamk97 7th February 2017, 11:02 AM

Omg!!

Posted by: lewistgreen 9th February 2017, 11:02 PM

Galantis Remix of Shape Of You is out tomorrow!

Posted by: mr_pmt 9th February 2017, 11:08 PM

QUOTE(lewistgreen @ Feb 9 2017, 11:02 PM)

Posted by: Soulcity 10th February 2017, 04:43 PM

Brilliant (Y) Both new songs.

Posted by: common sense 11th February 2017, 04:24 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Jan 30 2017, 11:40 AM)

Ed Sheeran says that Adele is the only artist within the past 10 years to outsell him. Is this true?

Posted by: Soulcity 13th February 2017, 05:35 AM

QUOTE(common sense @ Feb 11 2017, 05:24 PM)

Posted by: Cremey 14th February 2017, 05:58 PM

Major Lazer remix of 'Shape of You' dropping soon 💃🏼

Posted by: Tinasha 14th February 2017, 06:06 PM

I've heard he has a new song out on Friday


"How Would You Feel (Paean)"

Posted by: cqmerqn 14th February 2017, 07:21 PM

Yep he just confirmed it on twitter ffs. He knew SOY was dying so quickly releases something!

Posted by: Steve201 14th February 2017, 09:40 PM

Ugh, this one prob won't be playlists won't it not? But it'll be huge anyway?!

Posted by: mdh 14th February 2017, 09:49 PM

Oh bloody hell

Posted by: Jonjo 15th February 2017, 12:54 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Feb 14 2017, 07:21 PM)

Posted by: JosephStyles 15th February 2017, 05:41 PM

Confirmed to be just an instant grat:

Ed Sheeran ‏@edsheeran 28m28 minutes ago
How Would You Feel (Paean) comes out tomorrow at midnight wherever you are in the world, its not the next single, but is one of my favzzzzz

Posted by: mdh 15th February 2017, 05:48 PM

It'll still be massive

Posted by: mdh 15th February 2017, 05:48 PM

(wait, grat's are eligible to chart aren't they?)

(and can you buy them standalone just as you would do a single?)

Posted by: cqmerqn 15th February 2017, 06:14 PM

QUOTE(mdh @ Feb 15 2017, 05:48 PM)

Posted by: Bré 15th February 2017, 07:46 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Feb 14 2017, 07:21 PM)

Posted by: Tinasha 16th February 2017, 01:42 PM

I'm shocked at how unoriginal this sounds. It makes SOY and Castle sound like total masterpieces in comparison.

Posted by: gooddelta 16th February 2017, 02:03 PM

Oh, so this is the track where he attempts to recreate Thinking Out Loud...right down to the similar production and being track 11 on the album

Wise move to showcase three very different sounds from the album but yes, it is very derivative. I suspect it will become his next classic million-selling love song though, and it's pretty clear that he wrote it exactly for that purpose.

It's pleasant though.

Posted by: Bjork 16th February 2017, 02:48 PM

sounds like classic ed, surefire #1

Posted by: mdh 16th February 2017, 04:57 PM

Oh my days this is SHITE. Laughably horrid.

Posted by: Liаm 16th February 2017, 05:56 PM

It's nice but yeah it's just a Poundland TOL that's the lazy, easy hit.

Posted by: Jonjo 17th February 2017, 02:30 AM

It's "nice" but that's all. Strong filler imo. It really doesn't sound much like a hit at all. Well maybe if this was the 90's, but I really can't imagine it now. TOL had much more to it. A lot more power and a hook that catches!

Hopefully this dies off towards the end of the week, once those that have ordered the album have got their copies or whatever.

Posted by: Fruity 20th February 2017, 05:39 AM

Predictions for opening numbers of the album?

300k pure? 400?

Posted by: Jonjo 20th February 2017, 09:19 AM

The label are expecting at least 250k! I think we're looking at nearly DOUBLE that tbh.

Posted by: Tinasha 20th February 2017, 09:20 AM

Yeah, I think we're looking at 500k+, there's a prediction thread in the chart forum though.

Posted by: BridgeCow 21st February 2017, 10:51 AM

Apparantly he's debuting a new single at the BRITS, and he also said 'we', so collab?

Posted by: BigMixer 21st February 2017, 11:20 AM

600k at least.

Posted by: cqmerqn 21st February 2017, 11:35 AM

I'm thinking that it could beat Adele now.

Posted by: burbe 21st February 2017, 11:45 AM

I'm really intrigued to see the collab Hopefully someone inspired!

There's no way Ed's getting close to 800k. ~500k is most realistic I think, with it being less frontloaded than 25 in the longer term.

Posted by: *Tim 21st February 2017, 12:10 PM

QUOTE(Tinasha @ Feb 20 2017, 10:20 AM)

Posted by: mdh 21st February 2017, 12:19 PM

Do we not think the fact that 5 songs will be available for purchase by the time the album gets a release will kind of marr his pure sales a bit? I mean, there'll probably be people that don't bother buying the album because they already have a fair few songs. Probably won't make too much difference but I reckon it'll still take a few k away from his total.

Posted by: Liаm 21st February 2017, 12:20 PM

IMAGINE if the collab was Drake, Spotify would implode almost instantly. There was the Beyonce rumour but I doubt she'd do the BRITs

Posted by: mdh 21st February 2017, 12:22 PM

QUOTE(Liаm @ Feb 21 2017, 12:20 PM)

IMAGINE if the collab was Drake, Spotify would implode almost instantly. There was the Beyonce rumour but I doubt she'd do the BRITs

Posted by: Liаm 21st February 2017, 12:34 PM

Omg that just will happen won't it?

Posted by: Ryan. 21st February 2017, 04:28 PM

I really want it to be Taylor, perfect way to keep her career ticking over until she gets round to a new album and Taylor is good at keeping things super secretive just like Ed. I'm sure it'll be someone less interesting though~

I see there's a Tedder song on the album and Taylor has worked with him a lot recently for 1989 so we can hope!

Posted by: gooddelta 21st February 2017, 04:31 PM

It's not like Ed and Taylor haven't collaborated before though. Their stock is much higher now of course but it wouldn't be THAT unexpected a collab.

Posted by: Tinasha 21st February 2017, 10:11 PM

I really feel like it could be Drake or Weeknd. Excited to find out. Watch it turn out to be like Meghan Trainor.

Posted by: Mart!n 21st February 2017, 10:18 PM

QUOTE(Tinasha @ Feb 21 2017, 10:11 PM)

Posted by: PAJ88 21st February 2017, 10:22 PM

Jessie Ware? I think she co-wrote a song on the album.

Posted by: mr_pmt 21st February 2017, 10:26 PM

QUOTE(PAJ88 @ Feb 21 2017, 10:22 PM)

Posted by: burbe 21st February 2017, 10:27 PM

Jessie Ware would be incredible!

Posted by: Cremey 21st February 2017, 10:29 PM

QUOTE(Mart!n @ Feb 21 2017, 10:18 PM)

or Kanye West

Posted by: Regina 21st February 2017, 10:30 PM

It's Amy Adams. After being snubbed by the Oscars she's decided to go for a Grammy.

Posted by: PAJ88 21st February 2017, 10:30 PM

QUOTE(PAJ88 @ Feb 21 2017, 10:22 PM)

Posted by: ML Hammer95 21st February 2017, 10:38 PM

QUOTE(Tinasha @ Feb 21 2017, 10:11 PM)

Posted by: mdh 21st February 2017, 10:39 PM

QUOTE(ML Hammer95 @ Feb 21 2017, 10:38 PM)

Posted by: mdh 21st February 2017, 10:39 PM

Watch it be hyped up all throughout tomorrow and turn out to be Jessie J.

Posted by: Regina 21st February 2017, 10:46 PM

In all seriousness, what about John Mayer? Didn't Ed do guitar on one of his new songs? Or vice versa. I dunno.

Posted by: mdh 21st February 2017, 10:56 PM

Full production credits~


Tracklist:

Eraser | Ed Sheeran & Johnny McDaid
Castle On the Hill | Ed Sheeran & Benjamin Levin
Dive | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin & Julia Michaels
Shape of You | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid & Steve Mac
Perfect | Ed Sheeran
Galway Girl | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Amy Wadge, Damian McKee, Eamon Murray, Johnny McDaid, Liam Bradley, Niamh Dunne, Sean Graham & Foy Vance
Happier | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin & Ryan Tedder
Hearts Don’t Break Around Here | Ed Sheeran & Johnny McDaid
New Man | Ed Sheeran, Ammar Malik, Jessie Ware & Benjamin Levin
What Do I Know? | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid & Vance Foy
How Would You Feel (Paean) | Ed Sheeran
Supermarket Flowers | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin & Johnny McDaid

Deluxe Edition

Barcelona | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Johnny McDaid, Vance Foy & Amy Wadge
Bibia Be Ye Ye | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Addison, Abiona & Woode
Nancy Mulligan | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Johnny McDaid, Vance Foy & Amy Wadge
Save Myself | Ed Sheeran, Timothy McKenzie & Amy Wadge

...doesn't give any hints to who the collab is with! At the moment I'd say New Man is likely to be the collab, as far as I recall Ammar Malik has wrote songs for The Vamps recently, kinda indicating a pop track? And I bet the collab is a pop track. The title also seems perfect to be a collaboration. Look into it how you please.

Posted by: ___∆___ 22nd February 2017, 11:38 AM

Duet with Adele please along with an announcement of a new album from her and both to occupy the entire Top 40 with album tracks between them

Posted by: Liаm 22nd February 2017, 11:45 AM

They're probably hiding a credit for whoever the collaborator is, if it's someone like Taylor who'd most probably have a hand in writing it or a rapper who'd do their own bit of a verse. New Man could easily be a sort of two part duet with Ed like "she's got a new man I can't move on" and Taylor singing about the new guy I guess

I am expecting to be disappointed by it being Drake or The Weeknd or someone like that, but I'll blindly hope for Taylor *.*

Posted by: HausofSZA 22nd February 2017, 12:04 PM

Bieber please.

Posted by: burbe 22nd February 2017, 12:26 PM

QUOTE(___∆___ @ Feb 22 2017, 11:38 AM)

Duet with Adele please along with an announcement of a new album from her and both to occupy the entire Top 40 with album tracks between them

Posted by: Dexton 22nd February 2017, 02:19 PM

Dive was co-written by Julia Michaels so maybe there's a collab with her? A bit of a stretch and she's not exactly the sort of person who "people will go a bit nuts for"...but one can wish.

Just saw that Robbie Wiliams is set to perform at the Brits so perhaps he'll be joining Ed on stage at some point...

Also whatever happened to that Martin Garrix x Ed Sheeran track that was teased a long long time ago?

Posted by: mdh 22nd February 2017, 06:19 PM

QUOTE(Dexton @ Feb 22 2017, 02:19 PM)

Posted by: mdh 23rd February 2017, 02:08 PM

OUT TOMORROW~

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (Stormzy Remix)
Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (Major Lazer Remix) [feat. Nyla & Kranium]
Ed Sheeran - TBC Album Track

Posted by: cqmerqn 23rd February 2017, 02:11 PM

QUOTE(mdh @ Feb 23 2017, 02:08 PM)

Posted by: common sense 23rd February 2017, 02:54 PM

Do you all tend to pre-order the Deluxe edition? I hate paying £1.99 postage and the standard is the one most supermarkets stock so usually just get that. Mind you think my daughter's got Amazon Prime as she got it half-price as a student so if she still has it she can order me the Deluxe. Don't know why supermarkets can't order some of each in.

Posted by: mdh 23rd February 2017, 02:57 PM

Do HMV not stock the deluxes of albums where you live? The nearest ones to me are Birmingham and Worcester (I'm smack bang in the middle of the two cities) and they both tend to sell plenty of deluxe albums!

Posted by: common sense 23rd February 2017, 03:02 PM

Yes, HMV Westfield in Stratford should have them so a ride there next Friday I think if daughter's Prime has expired. Still 3 quid bus fares. Gosh I am a tight Yorkshire bugger aren't I?

Posted by: Conderella 23rd February 2017, 03:44 PM

I heard walking is fun too

Posted by: Red. 23rd February 2017, 10:59 PM

Counting down until tomorrow so I can listen to the Stormzy remix of SOY on Spotify . Their performance was my moment of the BRITS and made a brilliant song so much better. Absolutely love Stormzy's rap.

Posted by: MOTTFAN 26th February 2017, 06:47 PM

Hi, relative newbie her.

Yes the stormzy rap transforms SOY. I could take or leave the original but I've downloaded the stormzy version today, and it will be replacing the original on my itunes version divide when it's released.

(Also downloaded the acoustic version of castle on the hill which is def worth a listen)

Posted by: MOTTFAN 26th February 2017, 06:50 PM

QUOTE(common sense @ Feb 23 2017, 02:54 PM)

Do you all tend to pre-order the Deluxe edition? I hate paying £1.99 postage and the standard is the one most supermarkets stock so usually just get that. Mind you think my daughter's got Amazon Prime as she got it half-price as a student so if she still has it she can order me the Deluxe. Don't know why supermarkets can't order some of each in.

Posted by: cqmerqn 27th February 2017, 01:04 AM

I've heard rumours that Ed's getting sued for Castle On The Hill due to similarities of Lukas Graham's '7 Years'. Would be great if it is true

Posted by: Liаm 27th February 2017, 12:57 PM

That would be utterly ridiculous, they just have similar themes. Loads of songs do... Then again Lukas Graham seem up themselves enough to think that they invented h concept of nostalgic songs.

Posted by: JosephStyles 27th February 2017, 03:00 PM

I very much doubt this would happen, they wouldn't have a leg to stand on as beyond some similar themes, they're totally different tracks.

Posted by: Jonjo 27th February 2017, 10:45 PM

Lmao Lukus Graham trying to hold onto that last bit if relevancy :')

Nice try hennies.

Posted by: deepinside 2nd March 2017, 04:20 PM

"Divide" is now officially available on iTunes and Spotify for East Asian countries, Australia, and New Zealand.

"Nancy Mulligan" was my favourite track right now. I like the Irish folk feel on this song.

Posted by: Dircadirca 2nd March 2017, 05:54 PM

My early observation is that if "Perfect" is made a single, it'll be huge and sell albums by the truckload.

Posted by: common sense 2nd March 2017, 06:58 PM

QUOTE(Dircadirca @ Mar 2 2017, 05:54 PM)

Posted by: Liаm 3rd March 2017, 12:37 AM

Perfect sounds MASSIVE. Like this won't leave the top 10 all bloody year It's absolutely incredible but I'll probably hate it when this happens.

Posted by: burbe 3rd March 2017, 01:13 AM

This album is amazing

I'm speechless at Galway Girl and Nancy Mulligan!!!! Simply incredible!

Posted by: lotita 3rd March 2017, 01:54 AM

So good from what I've heard so far

Posted by: mdh 3rd March 2017, 08:05 AM

FIRST IMPRESSIONS (regular version)

▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▥ 01. Eraser
▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▥▥▥ 02. Castle On The Hill
▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▥▥ 03. Dive
▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▥ 04. Shape Of You
▩▩▩▩▩▥▥▥▥▥ 05. Perfect
▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩ 06. Galway Girl
▩▩▩▩▩▩▥▥▥▥ 07. Happier
▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▥ 08. New Man
▩▩▩▩▥▥▥▥▥▥ 09. Hearts Don't Break Around Here
▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▥▥ 10. What Do I Know?
▩▩▥▥▥▥▥▥▥▥ 11. How Would You Feel? (Paean)
▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▥▥ 12. Supermarket Flowers

Galway Girl is my favourite by far, followed by New Man, Shape Of You and Eraser. Overall it's a pretty decent album, at the moment I feel like it's a step down from 'x' but we'll see about that. A decent listen!

Posted by: burbe 3rd March 2017, 11:01 AM

Proper album rating ~

08.5 Eraser
10.0 Castle on the Hill
09.5 Dive [This reminds me of a male "Love on the Brain" ]
10.0 Shape of You
09.0 Perfect [this is obviously going to be #1 until the end of time]
10.0 Galway Girl [Actual Irish river dance anthem, I can't get enough of it]
06.0 Happier [typical Ed ballad really]
06.5 New Man
05.0 Hearts Don't Break Around Here [another typical Ed ballad]
07.0 What Do I Know?
03.0 How Would You Feel (Paean)
10.0 Supermarket Flowers [this wrecked me, lovely song and a very relatable message]

08.0 Barcelona [Ed singing in Spanish!!!!!]
08.5 Bibia Be Ye Ye
10.0 Nancy Mulligan [ACTUAL MIDDLE AGES ANTHEM!!! WHY IS THIS ONLY ON DELUXE?!]
06.0 Save Myself [slightly weak "Afire Love"]

Posted by: ML Hammer95 3rd March 2017, 11:16 AM

'New Man' is truth! Well played Ed.

Posted by: Liаm 3rd March 2017, 12:18 PM

Omg @ Bibia Ye Ye Ye, serve that calypso jam Ed *.*

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd March 2017, 12:33 PM

He's done it again! Aside from a tiny dip in the middle this album is such high quality...the two Irish songs *.*

Supermarket Flowers is beautiful and heartbreaking and Perfect is so good...though it sort of reminds me of something Boyzone might release in 1998, albeit with far better lyrics. I think it's the strings...

Posted by: Davidson 3rd March 2017, 02:28 PM

09.0 Eraser
08.0 Castle On The Hill
05.0 Dive
06.0 Shape Of You
05.0 Perfect
02.0 Galway Girl (soz I hate this with a passion)
07.0 Happier
04.0 New Man (lyrics are tragic)
05.0 Hearts Don't Break Around Here
04.0 What Do I Know?
03.5 How Would You Feel (Paean)
01.0 Supermarket Flowers
05.0 Barcelona
07.0 Bibia Be Ye Ye
00.0 Nancy Mulligan
02.0 Save Myself

I'll keep 'Eraser' and 'Castle On The Hill'. The rest is trash.

Posted by: cqmerqn 3rd March 2017, 02:30 PM

Is this really as bad as people are saying?

Posted by: JosephStyles 3rd March 2017, 02:33 PM

Really enjoyable album, enjoyed it a lot more on second listen actually as the songs started to stand out individually to me. Hearts Don't Break Around Here is my favourite of the new songs, not getting enough love on here. Galway Girl, What Do I Know? and Supermarket Flowers are my other faves on the standard album, plus the first three deluxe tracks are all solid. I think it's a more consistent album than x actually!

Posted by: Bibia Be Ye Ye 3rd March 2017, 02:33 PM

Personally I think it's better than x. It's a lot more distinctive!

Posted by: jakewild 3rd March 2017, 02:50 PM

galway girl is a bop tbh

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 3rd March 2017, 02:51 PM

Perfect is really basic and like an Adele rip-off.

I get Ed Sheeran wants to be the male Adele, even with the album title theme, and makes real music, buut it's not the same quality.

Posted by: Dexton 3rd March 2017, 02:52 PM

It's a well-rounded album with some very catchy songs, however, he doesn't seem to experiment as much as he could have in my opinion and is basically just repeating what worked well for + and x. A few songs are very Ed Sheeran if you know what I mean. That's not a necessarily bad thing though, and it is what's to be expected these days.

Rate
08.0 Eraser
10.0 Castle On The Hill
09.0 Dive
08.0 Shape Of You
06.0 Perfect
07.0 Galway Girl
08.0 Happier
08.0 New Man
05.0 Hearts Don't Break Around Here
08.0 What Do I Know?
04.0 How Would You Feel (Paean)
07.0 Supermarket Flowers
07.0 Barcelona
07.0 Bibia Be Ye Ye
06.0 Nancy Mulligan
07.0 Save Myself

There's some very strong songs, but there's also some pretty mediocre ones too. It just seems very straightforward for the most part...predictable almost. How Would You Feel is very Thinking Out Loud, and What Do I Know? is a more upbeat Love Yourself. Dive is possibly my favourite from the album right now, and even that reminds me heavily of his collab with The Weeknd, Dark Times.

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 3rd March 2017, 02:54 PM

Agreed! The whole album is Sheeran by numbers. I'm not impressed.

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd March 2017, 05:24 PM

There are certainly very few risks here, but he's very savvy. He knows that the follow-up to x would be huge anyway so probably wants to capitalise on it by making the whole thing as accessible/mainstream as possible to take his star even higher into the stratosphere. I think the next album will be more risky and different to all the others, once he's had that 21-esque era he's obviously craving with this album.

Even though a lot of it is formulaic though, it's still very strong to my ears! And still way more interesting and varied to listen to than a lot of albums by mainstream popstars.

Posted by: Jonjo 3rd March 2017, 05:33 PM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Mar 3 2017, 05:24 PM)

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 3rd March 2017, 05:36 PM

I just find it laughable he says he doesn't care about charts, but this whole campaign has been focused around them, excwpt from not releasing COTH a week earlier.

Posted by: lotita 3rd March 2017, 05:52 PM

QUOTE(Queen LeQueefa @ Mar 3 2017, 05:36 PM)

Posted by: Liаm 3rd March 2017, 06:07 PM

If he knows he's popular, why not capitalise on that? It's smart rather than greedy imo. It's not his fault people like what he does so much, he's not gonna squander that by alienating fans with a death metal album or sth...

Posted by: common sense 3rd March 2017, 06:18 PM

Am awaiting my Deluxe from Amazon, hopefully tomorrow but have heard all 16 tracks on Youtube. Standouts so far are Perfect and New Man.

Posted by: Jonjo 3rd March 2017, 06:19 PM

07.5 Eraser
10.0 Castle On The Hill > I thought I was getting bored of this until we played it at work today... turns out I'm nowhere near getting bored <
07.0 Dive
07.0 Shape Of You
09.0 Perfect > I get that this is possibly the most unoriginal song on the album, but I actually really like this! It's very R Kelly - Turn Back The Hands Of Time meets Beyonce - Ave Maria. I can already envision the video to be a TOL sequel. Maybe at a dinner garden party or something. <
10.0 Galway Girl > This is a bop and a half! <
06.5 Happier
08.0 New Man
06.0 Hearts Don't Break Around Here
06.5 What Do I Know? > This is an infectious little number. <
06.5 How Would You Feel (Paean)
08.0 Supermarket Flowers > This is really sweet. <
---
08.0 Barcelona > Sounds like it should be the soundtrack to some animation movie! <
08.5 Bibia Be Ye Ye
07.0 Nancy Mulligan > This is a Eurovision entry, that never was <
06.5 Save Myself


His bonus tracks are better than a fair amount of his standard tracks! It's a good album. I liked 'x' a lot more though, but this is growing with each listen so far!

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd March 2017, 06:24 PM

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Mar 3 2017, 05:33 PM)

Wanna know what you think to 'Galway Girl' tbh!

GRAB THAT CORRS INSPIRED BOP TBH.

Posted by: DannyAdelante 3rd March 2017, 06:50 PM

Haven't listened to every song yet, but I am LOVING Galway Girl. Some of my friends (who wouldn't be pop fans to be honest) aren't fans, as it's not a "pure" traditional song. But I love it. Perfect combination of pop/RnB and Irish trad that reminds me of home. I played the fiddle for 10 years growing up in the Gaeltacht, but am definitely more of a pop music fan. This song is exactly the sort of thing I would have loved to have played along with!

Posted by: MOTTFAN 3rd March 2017, 11:23 PM

Really liking this album so far. Of the new - not heard til today - songs I'm loving Galway Girl, New Man and Supermarket Flowers (i think he could've picked a better title for the latter however; it really doesn't do it justice)

And I don't get why Ed thinks Perfect tops Thinking Out Loud ! *scratches head*

Posted by: Jade 3rd March 2017, 11:42 PM

Really liking this album on the whole! The quality dips a bit when it gets to 'Hearts Don't Break Around Here' and the two after that ('How Would You Feel' is still falling to make a real impression on me) but then picks right up again at 'Supermarket Flowers' which is a real stunner 'Galway Girl' and 'Barcelona' are right bops, yay for the brief Spanish part interjected in the latter *.*

I need more listens for a full rate but my top 5 of the album atm:

01. Castle on the Hill
02. Galway Girl
03. Barcelona
04. Supermarket Flowers
05. Shape of You

'Perfect' and 'Eraser' are definitely up there as well. The lyrics for the former are adorable <3

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd March 2017, 11:52 PM

QUOTE(MOTTFAN @ Mar 3 2017, 11:23 PM)

Posted by: HarryEzra 4th March 2017, 12:03 AM

Full album Rank

07.5 Eraser
11.0 Castle On The Hill Still My favourite this era so far!
07.0 Dive
08.0 Shape Of You
09.0 Perfect
08.0 Galway Girl This has the most potential to grow I think
07.0 Happier
09.0 New Man LOVE THIS
08.0 Hearts Don't Break Around Here
07.5 What Do I Know?
06.5 How Would You Feel (Paean)
08.0 Supermarket Flowers
---
09.0 Barcelona
09.0 Bibia Be Ye Ye
08.0 Nancy Mulligan
07.0 Save Myself

Such a solid album overall! How Would You Feel is my least favourite but still good I guess I dont like it much for being a carbon copy of Thinking Out Loud

Posted by: liamk97 4th March 2017, 01:12 AM

I listened to the Radio 1 Album Party this morning and whilst everything I heard was quite pleasant, nothing really stood out to me. It is very formulaic and songs just morphed into one another (at first I thought Radio 1 were skipping songs but I'm pretty sure they weren't). I'll give it a few more listens and take what I like from it, but I don't think it'll be one I return to as a whole, nor will it be making me officially an Ed Sheeran fan (I thought I was being totally won over by his two singles, but it seems that was just a "two-off"(?)).

Posted by: PAJ88 4th March 2017, 01:18 AM

Galway Girl & Nancy Mulligan, my top two Ed Sheehan tracks.

Maybe it's the Irish elements.

Posted by: P@ul 4th March 2017, 09:59 AM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Mar 3 2017, 05:24 PM)

Posted by: rafik4u 4th March 2017, 10:14 AM

My top 5 so far after a few listens [not counting previously released singles]

1. Galway Girl [this should be the third single]
2. Barcelona [great effort trying to sing in Spanish!]
3. New Man
4. Strawberry Flowers [am I the only one who couldn't stop crying after first listen?]
5. Eraser

not into Perfect yet...

Posted by: gooddelta 4th March 2017, 11:11 AM

QUOTE(P@ul @ Mar 4 2017, 09:59 AM)

Posted by: mdh 4th March 2017, 11:19 AM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ Mar 4 2017, 11:11 AM)

Posted by: Rooney 4th March 2017, 01:12 PM

Galway Girl is the best track. SO catchy and it's definitely different to what is in the charts at the moment. Instantly my favourite.

I think it's a really strong album, definitely can tell he is going for worldwide success, and I can't blame him. But I think the album is actually quite experimental at the same time as not being entirely alienating. There are bits and pieces for everyone.

I really like the deluexe tracks, I think they're probably stringer than some of the album tracks. How much does that Yibba (can't remember it's full name) sound like Crystal Castles? Such a good up-tempo feel to it.

Posted by: cqmerqn 4th March 2017, 04:16 PM

Ed co-wrote just FOUR songs from this album apparently!

Posted by: mr_pmt 4th March 2017, 04:18 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Mar 4 2017, 04:16 PM)

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 4th March 2017, 04:22 PM

Yeah but so does Beyonce for changing a word or two

Posted by: danG 4th March 2017, 04:27 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Mar 4 2017, 04:16 PM)

Posted by: Liаm 4th March 2017, 04:50 PM

There is no way Ed wouldn't at least co-write every song, that's the kind of artist he is. He writes his own stuff and that's a lot of the reason for him doing music, to make his own songs. He co-produced a fair chunk of the album too (Eraser, Shape Of You, Perfect, Hearts Don't Break Around Here, What Would I Know?, How Would You Feel, Supermarket Flowers and all the bonus tracks).

There is such a thing as google before you post questions or statements just for the sake of it without checking

Posted by: cqmerqn 4th March 2017, 05:05 PM

QUOTE(mr_pmt @ Mar 4 2017, 04:18 PM)

Posted by: cqmerqn 4th March 2017, 05:05 PM

I have screen grabs too

Posted by: Liаm 4th March 2017, 05:09 PM

Seriously please stop double posting all the time, there is an edit button for a reason

Also at the time when less was known about the album I assume people were just piecing together who they knew he worked with on certain tracks etc.

Posted by: HarryEzra 4th March 2017, 05:09 PM

I highly doubt that though I mean Ed nhas always been a songwriter when making his music he has never had that taken away from him

Posted by: cqmerqn 4th March 2017, 05:39 PM

QUOTE(Liаm @ Mar 4 2017, 05:09 PM)

Seriously please stop double posting all the time, there is an edit button for a reason

Posted by: MOTTFAN 4th March 2017, 08:49 PM

Played the album to my partner today who reckons much of it is quite samey (have to agree that some of the ballads do kind of blend into one another, although that may just because they are new to my ears).

The most amusing comment, however, was being asked whether or not the into to Barcelona featured guest vocals from Rolf Harris!!

Posted by: Dobbo 5th March 2017, 12:02 PM

Well I must say am I pleasantly surprised by a lot of what I've heard from this album! Those Irish folk inclusions are both brilliant and definitely show a unique side to the album, Galway Girl in particular sounded fantastic on first listen. There were a couple of others that sounded good too & potential to be growers.

There's still a bit of the old dirge loitering (Perfect, Supermarket Flowers & the worst of all How Would You Feel) but overall this is a far superior album to x (thank heavens).

Posted by: mr_pmt 5th March 2017, 01:10 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Mar 4 2017, 05:05 PM)

Last month Ed only had 4 writing credits on the album. He then got confronted/questioned about it then suddenly he had credits on every song

Posted by: Regina 5th March 2017, 01:12 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Mar 4 2017, 06:05 PM)

Last month Ed only had 4 writing credits on the album. He then got confronted/questioned about it then suddenly he had credits on every song

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Mar 4 2017, 06:05 PM)

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 5th March 2017, 01:17 PM

QUOTE(cqmerqn @ Mar 4 2017, 05:05 PM)

Posted by: MrIndependent 5th March 2017, 02:06 PM

I've given the album two spins so far and, whilst there is some filler that should be subtracted [some of that boyband-esque tosh in the name of Happier, Hearts Don't Break Around Here and How Would You Feel (Peen)], I find much of the album instantly likeable. The uptempo songs are the highlights, they are more interesting and more unique; and the deluxe edition songs are far, far stronger than the songs I've listed above that made the standard edition. The sequencing of the album is, for the most part, a mess; and some much needed rearranging of the ordering of the tracks is necessary. I'm enjoying it on the whole, and it grew on me the second time around in comparison to the first listen; but it is not as strong as x or +.

I hope that his next album will be more experimental. It's a shame because his pre-frame EPs showcase his individuality more; they are more diverse and cover a wider range of genres, particularly No. 5 Collaborations Project. He should delve deeper into his acoustic-meets-urban roots, and combine that with some grime and dance music on his next record alongside stronger, more meaningful lyrical content. With the exception of Dive, which is glorious -- and though I enjoy Perfect -- the bland lovelorn balladry on here really bogs the record down. Galway Girl and Nancy Mulligan are in particular a refreshing change of sound, and tracks like Eraser, New Man and Barcelona are more in line with the direction that I was more of the album was in. The songs are well written, strongly sang and slickly produced on the whole but he's not fulfilling his full potential as an artist here.

I've picked up on some complaints around other music forums about his business-savvy attitude and chart-thirsty comments in recent interviews making him seem unlikeable, and I agree. He needs to learn how to be selective with what he says. In his defence, you don't stay this successful with such a huge demand without some idea of how to manipulate the business; however, he should let the music speak for itself and allow his artistry to shine more. I believe that many people would think his commercial greed is quite an unattractive trait for an artist to have. He is in the position where he can afford to experiment with his music more as he did with his pre-fame work. I hope he takes that opportunity with the fourth album.

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 5th March 2017, 02:09 PM

Where did you find the chart thirsty comments except for from me on hwre btw? Generally interested as it has turned me RIGHT OFF him being so obsessed with the charts.

Posted by: MrIndependent 5th March 2017, 02:21 PM

QUOTE(Queen LeQueefa @ Mar 5 2017, 02:09 PM)

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 5th March 2017, 02:28 PM

That is awful.

I have seen youtubers complaining that fame went to his head too.

I am no longer surprised by how disappointed I was with the trash commercial album he made. He is overproduced and using aong writers and obsessed with the chart - after claiming he didn't care one time!! - especially with him ignoring artistrt.

Posted by: JosephStyles 5th March 2017, 02:31 PM

Why shouldn't he care about the chart? Every artist on a major label surely does, Ed's just being more vocal about it.

Posted by: Liаm 5th March 2017, 02:34 PM

Exactly He knows he can sell, why not capitalise on that. It's like he's sold out by producing an EDM album, the songs still feel like him. The thing about him only writing four songs is obviously BS anyway, I think it would just ave been a site like Josepvinaxia collating the artists we knew he was working with on certain songs, and posting that as an incomplete list of credits. There is no way that Ed would release an album he had not much of a hand in crafting.

Posted by: Queen LeQueefa 5th March 2017, 02:37 PM

It is basically McDonald's for Music at this point!

Posted by: HarryEzra 5th March 2017, 02:38 PM

I really don't see how its a negative to care about the charts especially for a big artist like him...he knows he can sell so why not capitalise on that

Posted by: Liаm 5th March 2017, 02:44 PM

QUOTE(Liаm @ Mar 5 2017, 02:34 PM)

QUOTE(HarryEzra @ Mar 5 2017, 02:38 PM)

he knows he can sell so why not capitalise on that

Posted by: HarryEzra 5th March 2017, 02:47 PM

QUOTE(Liаm @ Mar 5 2017, 02:44 PM)

Posted by: Bibia Be Ye Ye 5th March 2017, 02:48 PM

QUOTE(HarryEzra @ Mar 5 2017, 02:47 PM)

Don't eyes emoji me I couldn't think of another way to say what I wanted to say

Posted by: Rooney 5th March 2017, 06:28 PM

QUOTE(MrIndependent @ Mar 5 2017, 02:21 PM)

Posted by: ThePensmith 5th March 2017, 11:11 PM

I really don't get where all this supposed "backlash" has come from to be honest. Typical British attitude and tall poppy syndrome, storm in a teacup if you ask me. So he wants to succeed and do well? Good on the man. As he has said himself, when you get to the crazy levels of success he has, you are bound to change. But his ethos and his approach to his music has never been in question for me. I'd still take him over your Biebers and Drakes any day. The album is quite wonderful as well - just really consistent from start to end. 'Perfect' and 'Supermarket Flowers' are my favourites.

Posted by: Klaus 6th March 2017, 12:57 PM

I liked both 'Shape of You' and 'Castle on the Hill' but I never fully warmed to them, especially not in the same way as the entire world has apparently done so. I just listened to 'Galway Girl' though because, why not, and its fantastic, I already prefer it to the two singles! It'll definitely be another smash for him.

Will need to listen to the full album soon, and actually listen to X whilst I'm at it too because I never got round to it despite adoring 'Thinking Out Loud', 'Bloodstream' and 'Photograph'!!

Jessie Ware getting those royalties as well!

Posted by: pippa 6th March 2017, 09:06 PM

Galway Girl seems to be hugely popular, it is the track that keeps popping up in most forums.

Posted by: Cassidy 10th March 2017, 07:03 PM

Pitchfork wrote a pretty venomous piece about this for anybody/nobody interested.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 11th March 2017, 01:26 PM

ED has manged to occupy the full top 16 here in Ireland this week with Galway Girl entering at number 1, also has 3 top 5 albums, and loose change ep is number 39 in the albums giving a brand new and much higher peak as i dont think it ever managed top 100 here.

He also a further 9 songs in the lower end of the chart, in total he occupies a quarter of the Irish top 100 this week having 25 songs in total on the chart. This is a massive achievement.

Posted by: jonny 11th March 2017, 08:48 PM

QUOTE(Cassidy @ Mar 10 2017, 07:03 PM)

Posted by: gooddelta 17th March 2017, 04:59 PM

Galway Girl is confirmed as the third single, quelle surprise! Here's the lyric video:



Got to admire the 'throw it all to the wall and see what sticks' approach. You can bet this wouldn't have been a single if it had 'done an Eraser' on streaming.

Posted by: cqmerqn 11th April 2017, 07:33 PM

Shape Of You sounds like Cheap Thrills by Sia.
Castle On The Hill copies the concept of 7 Years by Lukas Graham.
Perfect sounds like Famous by Nathan Sykes.

Posted by: LustForLife 3rd May 2017, 06:26 PM

Galway Girl video coming tomorrow *.*

Posted by: pippa 3rd May 2017, 07:10 PM

Should help give the song a sales boost, could it possibly be in contention for number 1 next week?

Posted by: UltraGreenLight 4th May 2017, 07:32 AM

Really love the video! Saoirse is fabulous as ever! <3

Posted by: mdh 4th May 2017, 07:36 AM

QUOTE(pippa @ May 3 2017, 08:10 PM)

Posted by: LustForLife 4th May 2017, 10:24 AM

Cute video!

Posted by: Tombo 4th May 2017, 10:47 AM

I was listening to some tracks yesterday and they still sound so amazing!

Bibia Be Ya, Barcelona, Dive, Eraser, Martin Jensen remix of Galway Girl, Major Lazer remix of Shape Of You

Posted by: ~josh~ 12th May 2017, 11:41 AM

His videos are never all that strong (he suffers from Calvin Harris syndrome where I like the single but the videos are always a bit dull) but the Galway Girl is his best video (and song tbh!) in a long time for me. Still not the most eventful video ever but Saoirse is just so vibrant and she looks gorgeous throughout the whole thing, she fits the video very well!!

Posted by: Juan Carlos 🌊 18th May 2017, 02:26 PM

"What Do I Know?" has been sent to UK radio through HitDisc compilation this week, so looks like his label will be pushed this as the fourth overall single of the album.

Posted by: gooddelta 18th May 2017, 02:34 PM

Curious choice if so. I'm certain Perfect will get a single release but maybe they're waiting until October for that so it can get an X Factor live show slot.

Posted by: JosephStyles🐶 18th May 2017, 02:36 PM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ May 18 2017, 03:34 PM)

Posted by: Tombo 18th May 2017, 02:39 PM

QUOTE(gooddelta @ May 18 2017, 03:34 PM)

Posted by: ~josh~ 19th May 2017, 08:25 PM

Awww, I do like this album a lot so I'm kind of gutted that they've picked What Do I Know as a single as it's easily my least favourite on the album. It has the cheesiest lyrics and I think the message it gives is kind of stupid. I know it's only a bonus track but he should have gone with Nancy Mulligan off the back of the success of Galway Girl, it's almost as good !!

Posted by: mdh 19th May 2017, 08:37 PM

No

Posted by: burbe 19th May 2017, 09:17 PM

What Do I Know? is a pretty awful single choice! I hope it's not true.

Posted by: jw123 19th May 2017, 10:01 PM

QUOTE(Atonement @ Dec 24 2016, 08:41 AM)

Posted by: danG 15th June 2017, 08:50 PM

Seeb remix of 'Castle on the Hill'

Posted by: danG 27th June 2017, 01:24 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-reveals-hes-been-working-on-his-fourth-album-for-the-last-seven-years__19514/

Apparently his next studio album is going to "very acoustic"... yay.

It could be released as late as 2021 though (glad we're getting a break from him) and he's been working on it since 2011.

Posted by: awardinary 27th June 2017, 02:39 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Jun 27 2017, 02:24 PM)

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-reveals-hes-been-working-on-his-fourth-album-for-the-last-seven-years__19514/

Apparently his next studio album is going to "very acoustic"... yay.

It could be released as late as 2021 though (glad we're getting a break from him) and he's been working on it since 2011.

Posted by: danG 27th June 2017, 02:43 PM

I think it's all but confirmed that the album will be called - (Subtract).

I hope his fifth album is titled x=(-b±√(b²-4ac))/2a (The Quadratic Formula) just to teach the whole world a bit of slightly more challenging math equations. *_*

Posted by: awardinary 27th June 2017, 04:38 PM

What about π (Pi) ?

Posted by: Logged in as: 27th June 2017, 04:39 PM

I think something like % would be a more probable fifth album title tbh

Posted by: liamk97 27th June 2017, 04:43 PM

Ed Sheeran saying he's going to do an "acoustic" record left me the same reaction as when Taylor Swift her next album (1989) would be her first "pop" album.

Posted by: ThePensmith 27th June 2017, 05:16 PM

Am I the only one baffled by the sudden backlash he seems to be on the receiving end of? Ever since that interview he did for GQ just before the album came out, the press seem to have been on their 'tall poppy syndrome' agenda and him having to justify using his loop pedal on stage at Glastonbury that he has used since before the first album even came into being is the icing on the cake.

I can't think of anyone less deserving of all the bile. I can see why he took his leave of absence from social media for as long as he did!

Posted by: PAJ88 27th June 2017, 07:35 PM

QUOTE(danG @ Jun 27 2017, 02:43 PM)

Posted by: ThePensmith 5th July 2017, 08:22 AM

Perhaps unsurprising following all the Glastonbury/last few months backlash...he's quit Twitter: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/04/ed-sheeran-twitter-abuse-trolls

I know it's easy to say 'Fair game and he should expect it with his level of success', but regardless of your level of status no one deserves the sort of flack he's copped.

I wouldn't be surprised if his hiatus between this album and next is even longer than the one following the 'X' era.

Posted by: Joe. 5th July 2017, 08:45 AM

Was his backlash even that bad? Surely it was nowhere near as bad as what female popstars have to put up with?

Posted by: danG 5th July 2017, 08:53 AM

Well he has been way too overexposed so I'm not surprised that there is some level of backlash. He needs to go on at least a 2 year hiatus at the end of this year.

Posted by: gooddelta 5th July 2017, 09:00 AM

He's only human and I do feel for him. Twitter can be a vile place, especially when fan communities turn on one another and target other artists. He doesn't deserve the personal abuse he gets and it would be hard for anyone to cope with it, hopefully he will be alright.

But at the same time he's been so overexposed this year that I was sort of waiting for some sort of backlash - even some big fans of his (as I am) are starting to get a bit tired of seeing and hearing him absolutely everywhere all the time. Plus I guess it doesn't help that before Divide came out he was starting to come across as slightly arrogant and more like a businessman calculating his every next profitable move, rather than being the endearing artist he seemed to be five years ago. He's obviously a passionate musician and incredibly talented, he should let the music speak for itself more. If the music is as good as he keeps saying it is then it will sell itself.

Posted by: liamk97 5th July 2017, 09:04 AM

QUOTE(Joe. @ Jul 5 2017, 09:45 AM)

Posted by: Joe. 5th July 2017, 09:09 AM

QUOTE(liamk97 @ Jul 5 2017, 10:04 AM)

Posted by: Ryan. 2nd August 2017, 09:51 PM

Are we taking this as the 4th single? I know What Do I Know? was planned, but maybe they've changed their minds, or maybe its just a non-single video? I love What Do I Know? and was very happy with that single choice but Bibia Be Ye Ye is absolutely perfect for summer and is a guaranteed mega-smash. I never thought they'd make it a single as its a deluxe track but it was always an album stand-out for me.

Posted by: Ryan. 2nd August 2017, 10:31 PM

He's just posted on Facebook it isn't a single but I have a feeling that it might be successful anyway and become one in a few weeks time!

Posted by: lewistgreen 9th August 2017, 07:13 AM

Apparently 'Perfect is the next single which is wonderful

Posted by: mdh 9th August 2017, 07:22 AM

QUOTE(awardinary @ Jun 27 2017, 03:39 PM)

Any other guesses on an album name?

Posted by: Lenny 9th August 2017, 08:26 AM

The answer is 4pi

Posted by: ThePensmith 22nd September 2017, 10:18 AM

Confirmed by the man himself this morning that "Perfect" is the next single:

Posted by: White Mustang 22nd September 2017, 10:52 AM

It's already a platinum top 10 single, so it's funny to see it getting a release. I guess he'll perform it on X Factor though.

Posted by: lewistgreen 22nd September 2017, 11:09 AM

This was my friend's first dance song at her wedding recently... And it was the first time I'd heard it properly, but I've listened to it a lot since and I'm happy it's the next single!

Posted by: TMD_24Quavo 22nd September 2017, 03:28 PM

Perfect has been added to Hot Hits so watch it smash!!

Great choice of next single by the way. The perfect for the time of year!

Posted by: Jonjo 22nd September 2017, 10:05 PM

Yeah. This is gonna be the ultimate wedding song I reckon. But great choice. It's one of just a couple that I'm not completely sick of! It's really sweet. I can see this doing similarly to 'Photograph' in it's 2nd chart life. Not quite going top 10 (the 2nd time), but it's gonna be around for ages.

But then again it could always be the 'All Of Me' of this year.

Posted by: Steve201 22nd September 2017, 10:11 PM

Glad he's waited a while for single 4!

Posted by: gooddelta 6th October 2017, 09:00 PM

I still think Perfect reallllly feels like something Westlife or Boyzone would have released in the late 90s, so dated and straight from the Steve Mac 'boyband November ballad' production line. Not that I don't like it though, but only Ed could get away with making something like this a hit in 2017!

Posted by: TheGhostPensmith 16th October 2017, 11:36 AM

Oh goodness, this isn't good news - Ed was involved in an accident on his bike this morning - looks like some of his tour dates might be affected as a result:



Hope it heals up OK. Poor lamb

Posted by: cqmerqn 16th October 2017, 11:41 AM

That should lower the amount of cases of hearing loss then

Posted by: cqmerqn 17th October 2017, 07:07 PM

Ed came to my work as a result of his injury

Posted by: lewistgreen 9th November 2017, 12:39 PM

Perfect video is here

Posted by: gooddelta 9th November 2017, 01:34 PM

The return of the winter themed pop video. Everything about this release is so late 90s

Posted by: Bjork 9th November 2017, 02:53 PM

everything is sooooo westlife, it isn't even funny

Posted by: Juliano 9th November 2017, 04:12 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Nov 9 2017, 02:53 PM)

Posted by: D0bz 9th November 2017, 07:23 PM

Perfect is actually turning into one of his better ballads for me. I'll prob be hating it in 2 months time but it's not insta-hate like with I See Fire, Photograph & Boring Out Loud...

Posted by: lewistgreen 9th November 2017, 07:36 PM

This just screams Wham! - Last Christmas, but I love it.

Posted by: lewistgreen 9th November 2017, 10:24 PM

Acoustic Version and Mike Perry Remix of Perfect are out tomorrow

Posted by: Steve201 10th November 2017, 02:00 AM

He's even given it a Christmas video!

Posted by: Dexton 10th November 2017, 11:25 AM

QUOTE(D0bz @ Nov 10 2017, 03:23 AM)

Posted by: burbe 10th November 2017, 09:57 PM

ffs everything about "Perfect" is just so cash in :')

Posted by: liamk97 24th November 2017, 11:07 AM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-to-release-perfect-remix-with-a-featured-artist__21098/

A Justin Bieber collab perhaps?

Posted by: Bjork 24th November 2017, 11:15 AM

oh my, he really wants the xmas #1 :/

I used to like ed, loved the a-team and some other oldies like Give me love, Photograph
but this one is too Westlife and the lyrics are terrible, his worst ever

a duet with Taylor could save the song
but if it's with Bieber, it will be even worst

Posted by: Bjork 24th November 2017, 11:16 AM

but not sure what does it mean to do a despacito???

to make it sound latin? or to add bieber?

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 24th November 2017, 11:20 AM

Maybe he means ensure he gets 15 weeks at #1.

Posted by: Bjork 24th November 2017, 11:26 AM

the bit that goes
"I wanna find a woman to carry love, to carry children"
I can't, that's the wrorst song lyrics ever

Posted by: Liаm 24th November 2017, 11:53 AM

I don't mind the song but it's so cheesy, like Westlife could have had a #1 with it in 2002 Thinking Out Loud at least felt a bit timeless, like it had a bit of a 70s vibe to it, however boring and overplayed it got.

Posted by: Jack 24th November 2017, 11:54 AM

I don't understand why him / his team are so DESPERATE for a #01, when he's had a hugely successful era anyway?!!

Posted by: Dexton 24th November 2017, 02:26 PM

QUOTE(Jack @ Nov 24 2017, 07:54 PM)

Posted by: Jonjo 25th November 2017, 04:07 AM

QUOTE(Jack @ Nov 24 2017, 11:54 AM)

Posted by: Steve201 25th November 2017, 07:55 AM

Difference between Westlife which Ed is getting a lot of comparisons with is that ed at least wrote most of his songs!

What's wrong with promoting a single??

Posted by: lewistgreen 26th November 2017, 12:01 PM

Robin Schulz Remix of Perfect now available

Posted by: Dexton 30th November 2017, 11:38 AM

Wild thought but what if the Perfect remix on Friday is like a Christmas Remix featuring Mariah Carey or someone

Posted by: cqmerqn 30th November 2017, 12:24 PM

Ed Sheeran (ft. Beyonce) - Perfect

Dropping tomorrow. Ugh, poor Rita.

Posted by: pippa 30th November 2017, 02:28 PM

Rita may just take the number 1 this week as she is so close if this happens i would welcome Ed Sheeran going to number 1 next week.

Posted by: Jay ☆ 1st December 2017, 04:16 AM

Posted by: JosephStyles 1st December 2017, 09:31 AM

I prefer the original tbh Beyoncé adds nothing and I prefer the instrumental of the original.

Posted by: lewistgreen 1st December 2017, 01:33 PM

Amazing! Christmas #1 probably in the bag

Posted by: Jonjo 1st December 2017, 02:10 PM

The production on the original has much more oompf. But it's really nice to hear Beyoncé on a pop hit again. Especially as it reminds me of 'Avé Maria' by her and that's one of my Bey faves.

It's nice, but not really exciting.

Posted by: Jack 1st December 2017, 03:12 PM

The desperation is real.

Posted by: Snow❄Diploughmat 1st December 2017, 03:29 PM

I realized recently that Perfect seems to be inspired by Eric Clapton's song Wonderful Tonight, especially in the bit 'you look perfect tonight'.

Note the snow falling in the lyric video possibly a hint at targeting the Christmas number 1 race.

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 1st December 2017, 09:13 PM

Is the video not a Christmas one?

Posted by: George.keh 3rd December 2017, 09:27 AM

Ed has said that a 3rd version will be released before Christmas

Posted by: cqmerqn 3rd December 2017, 09:31 AM

QUOTE(George.keh @ Dec 3 2017, 09:27 AM)

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 3rd December 2017, 05:12 PM

QUOTE(George.keh @ Dec 3 2017, 09:27 AM)

Posted by: mdh 3rd December 2017, 05:16 PM

even the people defending Ed in this can't deny this is blatant chart manipulation to get the christmas #1.

yes, any artist could do it but the point is that they DON'T do it... he's ruining what has been a level playing field for all all year.

Posted by: Klumzee 3rd December 2017, 05:22 PM

QUOTE(mdh @ Dec 3 2017, 05:16 PM)

Posted by: mdh 3rd December 2017, 05:27 PM

every artist releases remixes, yeah, but not all artist release high-profile new versions of the song and give them a push ALONGSIDE the original. my point is that him and his team are promoting two versions of the same song, essentially giving the song an advantage over all others.

Posted by: D0bz 3rd December 2017, 05:30 PM

Nothing stopping other artists doing that though. Rita could drop a remix of Anywhere if she wanted, not that'll stand much of a chance against Ed & Bey of course but it's not like it's against the rules for everyone but Ed to try it!

Posted by: Liаm 4th December 2017, 07:06 PM

Why is Perfect growing on me ffs it's such a lovely song <3

And yeah anybody can do remixes, performances, a lot of artists do. Ed just happens to be big enough to perform on anything and pretty much get anyone on his songs.

Posted by: Bjork 8th December 2017, 08:54 PM

just read the next version of perfect is with andrea bocelli!!!!

http://peopleschoice.com/2017/12/08/ed-sheeran-perfect-with-andrea-bocelli/

Posted by: mdh 8th December 2017, 08:57 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Dec 8 2017, 08:54 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 8th December 2017, 09:29 PM

this is gonna be the AOR version to secur the xms #1

Posted by: Rudolph 8th December 2017, 10:34 PM

This is going to be the #1 track of 2018 for the next 12 months with different collaborations, who's next in the queue... Bob The Builder

Posted by: lewistgreen 8th December 2017, 11:02 PM

Big Shaq remix coming to sleigh you all!

Posted by: lewistgreen 15th December 2017, 05:04 PM

Posted by: Crazy Christmas 15th December 2017, 05:35 PM

Will there be a Deluxe with all the new versions on it?

Posted by: Sqntq Clqus 16th December 2017, 01:27 PM

Apparently Ed has written a bond themed song ‘just in case he gets asked’.

Posted by: Bjork 16th December 2017, 03:11 PM

hahaha when you think sam smith wrote the worst song theme ever there comes ed

Posted by: Sqntq Clqus 16th December 2017, 04:43 PM

He wrote it 3 years ago, hoping that they’d ask him, but they’ve never did

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 17th December 2017, 11:59 AM

Where did yous find this out?

Posted by: Sqntq Clqus 17th December 2017, 12:29 PM

Interview

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 17th December 2017, 02:50 PM

Source ?

Posted by: lewistgreen 17th December 2017, 04:28 PM

QUOTE(ChristmasEve201 @ Dec 17 2017, 02:50 PM)

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 17th December 2017, 04:36 PM

Il maybe check it out!

Posted by: Sqntq Clqus 17th December 2017, 07:44 PM

Saw the video on twitter. He actually says it.

Posted by: ChristmasEve201 17th December 2017, 08:34 PM

Must give it a watch myself!

Posted by: Jonjo 21st February 2018, 12:27 PM

'Supermarket Flowers' is being performed on BRITs tonight. A choice in which I think will give him that 'Someone Like You' BRITs moment.

Posted by: Dexton 21st February 2018, 02:52 PM

Taylor is rumoured to be appearing/performing, perhaps dueting Supermarket Flowers with Ed? Might be a bit of a long shot but it’s not impossible. Taylor’s album campaign is in the toilet right now so maybe a hit joined on to Ed would be just the right thing for both of their campaigns...

Posted by: Karma 21st February 2018, 04:32 PM

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Feb 21 2018, 12:27 PM)

Posted by: Botchia 21st February 2018, 06:51 PM

Supermarket Flowers is one of my faves, such a beautiful song <3

Posted by: Dobbo 21st February 2018, 07:09 PM

Eurgh worst song on the album. Ah well back to the Ed-hating days again!

Posted by: Hadji 21st February 2018, 07:37 PM

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Feb 21 2018, 12:27 PM)

Posted by: indielife 22nd February 2018, 12:53 PM

I'm also looking forward to a single or an EP from this album. I know it will be released in only few more days but....still too long to wait!

Posted by: danG 22nd February 2018, 01:27 PM

Has 'Supermarket Flowers' actually been confirmed as the next single then? Because at this point it seems just as likely for it to remain as an album track, he may have just wanted to perform it because it's very personal and will attract album sales but have a 'New Man' remix up his sleeve for an easy Spotify megahit.

Posted by: cqmerqn 22nd February 2018, 02:22 PM

I’m sure a New Man Remix is coming

Posted by: Bjork 22nd February 2018, 08:00 PM

I wacthed Ed being interviewed during the brits red carpet and he said he's re-done one of the album tracks as a new duet and is coming soon
don't think he meant Supermarket flowers aka my nana's song

Posted by: Tombo 23rd February 2018, 10:31 AM

Oh my god, I hate when artists just redo all the song with additional artists

Posted by: Bjork 23rd February 2018, 10:41 AM

you must love Ed then

Posted by: Tombo 23rd February 2018, 10:48 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Feb 23 2018, 10:41 AM)

you must love Ed then

Posted by: Dexton 23rd February 2018, 03:58 PM

I imagine a New Man remix maybe with Stormzy again, the other man of the moment. Either that or someone else grime or just completely different really, although I’m hoping for Stormzy

Posted by: mdh 23rd February 2018, 04:09 PM

QUOTE(Dexton @ Feb 23 2018, 03:58 PM)

I imagine a New Man remix maybe with Stormzy again, the other man of the moment. Either that or someone else grime or just completely different really, although I’m hoping for Stormzy

Posted by: JosephSprayberry 23rd February 2018, 04:11 PM

Barcelona feat. Not3s could actually be really quite good tbh

Posted by: Dexton 23rd February 2018, 04:14 PM

He could even re-release the entire album with features/remixes on every track. There’s already official Beyoncé (Perfect) and Stormzy (SOY) releases so a full album of remixes could work well, of course then led by Perfect and the next single. He said he recorded a duet too, which I would presume to think “duet” as like a feature on a ballad (eg Happier) rather than a guest rapper.

Not3s and Kojo would be welcome additions to me

Posted by: Tombo 23rd February 2018, 08:40 PM

Oh no, please not more Stormzy, I could count his good songs on a couple of fingers.

Posted by: Bjork 24th February 2018, 08:54 AM

what about Anne Marie? not sure what track though

Posted by: Juan Carlos 🌴 27th February 2018, 02:46 PM

"Galway Girl" has been sent to US radio as the fourth single there, after "Shape of You", "Castle on the Hill" and "Perfect". I expect a new single from him to be released overseas, although it was implied that "Happier" will be the next sometime in spring. I'm not sure if this plan is still going or not.

Posted by: Dexton 27th February 2018, 03:10 PM

To sort of coincide with St Patricks day I guess, an entire year after he did the same in the UK

Posted by: Cody Rippon 28th February 2018, 04:46 PM

QUOTE(Juan Carlos 🌴 @ Feb 27 2018, 06:46 AM)

Posted by: Joe. 28th February 2018, 04:46 PM

Poor the US

Posted by: Juan Carlos 🌴 1st March 2018, 05:49 PM

QUOTE(Juan Carlos 🌴 @ Feb 27 2018, 09:46 AM)

Posted by: lewistgreen 10th April 2018, 05:57 PM

The blog Ultimate Music has thrown it out there that apparently 'Happier' is the next single!

Posted by: -SCOTT- 20th April 2018, 06:49 PM

Yep video for Happier coming next week according to a post on his Facebook

Posted by: ¡ʎpp∀ 20th April 2018, 07:02 PM

Jesus, this album already feels like it's been released 3 years ago...but it's been just a year

Posted by: lewistgreen 21st April 2018, 12:15 PM

QUOTE(¡ʎpp∀ @ Apr 20 2018, 08:02 PM)

Jesus, this album already feels like it's been released 3 years ago...but it's been just a year

Posted by: Dexton 27th April 2018, 01:54 PM

Nice to see the puppet back in action, although I prefer Sing

Posted by: lewistgreen 7th May 2018, 08:55 PM

So Smooth Radio ran a listener's poll recently for the greatest song of all time. They counted down the Top 500 songs... and Perfect won

Posted by: mdh 7th May 2018, 09:43 PM

QUOTE(lewistgreen @ May 7 2018, 09:55 PM)

So Smooth Radio ran a listener's poll recently for the greatest song of all time. They counted down the Top 500 songs... and Perfect won

Posted by: JosephAvery 7th May 2018, 09:47 PM

You have to laugh really :') I like the song but it's not Ed's best or even close, let alone the best song ever

Posted by: danG 7th May 2018, 10:02 PM

How tragic. Not just Perfect but that top 500 in general. MOR central.

Posted by: UltraReputation 7th May 2018, 10:04 PM

And Radio X suddenly don't have the worst results for a best songs ever countdown by a radio station in 2018.

Posted by: Dexton 25th May 2018, 02:12 AM

Acoustic version of Happier released today, actually better than the original tbh

Posted by: Rooney 17th June 2018, 06:48 PM

Has anyone else been to see him at his stadium gigs?

Posted by: Rossco 17th June 2018, 08:56 PM

QUOTE(Rooney @ Jun 17 2018, 06:48 PM)

Posted by: gavindeejay 17th June 2018, 09:14 PM

QUOTE(Rossco @ Jun 17 2018, 09:56 PM)

Posted by: JosephAvery 17th June 2018, 09:19 PM

When I saw him at the O2 I was more amazed at how he managed to command 20,000 people with just a guitar for 90 minutes, it's very impressive and didn't work against the show at all for me!

Posted by: Rooney 17th June 2018, 10:54 PM

QUOTE(Rossco @ Jun 17 2018, 09:56 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 24th February 2020, 03:43 PM

And 'Perfect' managed to re-enter the Top 40 last week thanks to it being on SCR.