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Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 19 2021, 01:02 PM

Ed's second release from 'Equals' is out now! Certainly more traditional Ed than Bad Habits


Posted by: Hadji Aug 19 2021, 01:07 PM

Please no

Posted by: darrens94 Aug 19 2021, 01:08 PM

Is this definitely the 2nd single and not just an instant grat as I didn’t think Ed would release on a Thursday? It certainly sounds more of an album seller than a big hit single like ‘Bad Habits’ so I don’t expect it to be massive.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 19 2021, 01:13 PM

He said on his livestream that this is not the second single, that will be released on September 10th

Posted by: LiamSime Aug 19 2021, 01:14 PM

Seems way too early for a follow up to Bad habits, I expect this to get a lot of curiosity streams and streams just cause it’s a big name, but I still expect bad habits to stay miles ahead and be his biggest hit for some time to come.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Aug 19 2021, 01:29 PM

Wasn't Kylie supposed to be on this song somewhere? What happened to that?!

It's definitely more traditional Ed but I quite like it, at least it feels more heartfelt and genuine than the ballads on ÷

Posted by: Dobbo. Aug 19 2021, 02:07 PM

"Instant grat" is a term I don't think I've seen since 2014.

Posted by: Mullo Aug 19 2021, 02:07 PM

QUOTE(Tawdry Hepburn @ Aug 19 2021, 02:29 PM) *
Wasn't Kylie supposed to be on this song somewhere? What happened to that?!

It's definitely more traditional Ed but I quite like it, at least it feels more heartfelt and genuine than the ballads on ÷


You can hear her during the 'oooooo's' but apart from that its hard to make her out. But then I guess thats what backing vocals are!

Posted by: Bjork Aug 19 2021, 02:11 PM

there are 8 people doing backing vocals including Kylie:

Backing Vocals
Pauline McDaid, Maev McDaid, Kylie Minogue, Josh McDaid, Johnny McDaid, Jimmy Carr, Jimmy Barnes & Aine McDaid

there are also 7 co-writers, lots of people involved it seems ohmy.gif

Genius says it's the 2nd single but they probably just made it up

Posted by: Bjork Aug 19 2021, 02:12 PM

Sounds a bit like Supermarket Flowers = not very good ohmy.gif

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 19 2021, 02:40 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 19 2021, 03:11 PM) *
there are 8 people doing backing vocals including Kylie:

Backing Vocals
Pauline McDaid, Maev McDaid, Kylie Minogue, Josh McDaid, Johnny McDaid, Jimmy Carr, Jimmy Barnes & Aine McDaid

Surely not *the* Jimmy Carr? ohmy.gif

Posted by: Sean. Aug 19 2021, 02:51 PM

Nice enough but best left as an album track!

Posted by: Bjork Aug 19 2021, 03:34 PM

when I saw Jimmy Carr I was also perplexed but on Genius, when you click the name
it redirects to the Jimmy Carr page... but not sure if it makes sense

Jimmy Carr is a British comedian and occasional actor. He was also credited as the co-writer of a Robbie Williams song.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 19 2021, 03:40 PM

It seems he genuinely did co-write a Robbie song... so it could well be him on backing vocals laugh.gif


Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 19 2021, 06:40 PM

Looks like it's true! Though also seems like quite a poignant post after Sean Lock's passing



(Jimmy also turned up at The Killers' Glasto 2019 set, so clearly has some connections in the industry!)

Posted by: PAJ Aug 19 2021, 10:18 PM

I’m not the biggest Ed fan but I like this.

Posted by: sn👠ke Aug 20 2021, 08:27 PM

Sometimes I find Ed Sheeran ballads a bit cheesy for my liking but Visiting Hours is very good I think, very Mumford and Sons with the backing vocal and horns. The only bit I don't like about it is when he does his higher pitched vocal at the end of the chorus (the words 'changed' and 'been away'). I prefer his normal vocal range.

Posted by: dandy* Aug 20 2021, 09:13 PM

I don’t mind this. Does it remind anyone else of Candle in the Wind during the first part of the chorus?

There’s something else that it reminds me of too in the verses but I can’t quite place it, really bugging me!

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Aug 21 2021, 11:50 AM

I actually really love this. I feel like anyone who's lost someone close to them (like I have) can relate to it.

I guess I have to give him credit for approaching a sensitive topic in a ballad without being cheesy.

Posted by: Marty Aug 22 2021, 07:05 PM

A bit of a dirge. Can’t make it all the way through.

Posted by: Dobbo. Aug 25 2021, 02:35 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Aug 20 2021, 10:13 PM) *
I don’t mind this. Does it remind anyone else of Candle in the Wind during the first part of the chorus?

There’s something else that it reminds me of too in the verses but I can’t quite place it, really bugging me!


It just reminds me of Perfect.

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