March 5, 20178 yr 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.
March 5, 20178 yr 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. I post regularly on UKMIX, where comments have been made from several users there. I think there is the same consensus with a few users here at Buzzjack too. You definitely aren't the only one. One user on UKMIX claimed that, in a recent interview, Ed said that artists who underperform and don't sell as much, trying to be more independent with the direction of their music, are stupid and that he keeps listening to his label and others around him to remain one of the biggest artists. I don't know which interview they're talking about nor do I know if those were the words he used or whether what he said has been taken out of context. However, it's a line with other chart-related comments he's made during this album campaign. It's disappointing to hear as a huge fan because he's capable of doing so much more with his music than being a manufactured label puppet. Stay humble, Eddie.
March 5, 20178 yr 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.
March 5, 20178 yr Why shouldn't he care about the chart? Every artist on a major label surely does, Ed's just being more vocal about it.
March 5, 20178 yr Exactly :lol: 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.
March 5, 20178 yr 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 :lol:
March 5, 20178 yr He knows he can sell, why not capitalise on that. he knows he can sell so why not capitalise on that :lol: http://pix.iemoji.com/images/emoji/apple/ios-9/256/eyes.png
March 5, 20178 yr http://pix.iemoji.com/images/emoji/apple/ios-9/256/eyes.png Don't eyes emoji me I couldn't think of another way to say what I wanted to say :angel:
March 5, 20178 yr Don't eyes emoji me I couldn't think of another way to say what I wanted to say :angel: I love how you plagiarised and then removed all the grammar :lol: ;)
March 5, 20178 yr I post regularly on UKMIX, where comments have been made from several users there. I think there is the same consensus with a few users here at Buzzjack too. You definitely aren't the only one. One user on UKMIX claimed that, in a recent interview, Ed said that artists who underperform and don't sell as much, trying to be more independent with the direction of their music, are stupid and that he keeps listening to his label and others around him to remain one of the biggest artists. I don't know which interview they're talking about nor do I know if those were the words he used or whether what he said has been taken out of context. However, it's a line with other chart-related comments he's made during this album campaign. It's disappointing to hear as a huge fan because he's capable of doing so much more with his music than being a manufactured label puppet. Stay humble, Eddie. Because it is stupid. Have we seen how fickle the music industry is these days. Lady Gaga produced one of the most sublime debut albums and everything else since has never been as well recieved. Why? Because she went full Gaga and alienated a lot of the casual fans. Sure she is still successful, but is she kept churning out huge pop anthems for everyone of all ages she would be so much bigger. Acts will always have fanbases, but it is is the casual music lovers who lead artists to full-blown success. You have a chance to go down in history as one of the 21st centuries biggest artists.. sorry, but you don't turn that down. I would say Ed has experimented with this album, but at the same time he has stayed true to what has worked for him previously and what radio listeners and streamers love. Safe chart-friendly music. I can think of way more artists that have unsuccessfully experimented rather than successfully experimented and still had great to excellent success. You experiment gradually. Clearly his label know how much of a worldwide success he is, so they have been very careful to craft him that way.
March 5, 20178 yr Author 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.
March 6, 20178 yr 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! :heart:
March 6, 20178 yr Galway Girl seems to be hugely popular, it is the track that keeps popping up in most forums.
March 11, 20178 yr 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.
March 11, 20178 yr Pitchfork wrote a pretty venomous piece about this for anybody/nobody interested. I'm usually ambivalent about Pitchfork's content but I think they've hit the nail pretty accurately on this one. I didn't mind his first album, didn't care much for the second and I think this one is pretty dire. Formulaic and unoriginal, and I'm already dreading the fact that I'll be hearing 'Galway Girl' everywhere for the next six months.
March 17, 20178 yr Galway Girl is confirmed as the third single, quelle surprise! Here's the lyric video: XjHr-6Zl5P8 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. Edited March 17, 20178 yr by gooddelta
April 11, 20178 yr 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.
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