Natasha Hervatta
British, ginger and a voice that makes you melt - Ed Sheeran is the complete package! Here's a list of his music videos, don't forget to thumbs up your favourites!
Need we say more ?
From "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
The video shows Sheeran during the production of the song and Sheeran performing the song, as well as shots of the film. Peter Jackson stating, "it was a great experience, and what you will see in this video are moments captured by our behind the scenes team during the creation of the song".
From the album: +
Musically, "The A Team" is a folk ballad with lyrics that speak of a prostitute addicted to crack, a Class A drug in the United Kingdom. It was written after Sheeran visited a homeless shelter and heard some of the stories of the lives people had been living. Making the song upbeat and using the line "Class A Team" was his way of masking the heavy subject matter. He wrote the song following a last-minute performance at an event for the homeless.
From the album : +
He performed the song live for the SBTV YouTube channel, in which he made an entire song, backing track included, in just 5 minutes using a guitar and loop pedal. This version included lyrics from Sheeran's cousin—rapper Alonestar (Jethro Sheeran)—and reggae group LaidBlak, but the official single release in 2011 included just lyrics written by Ed Sheeran himself.
From the album : +
The music video features Harry Potter star Rupert Grint, as a play on their similar appearance. The video's narrative at first portrays Grint as Sheeran, performing such activities as writing lyrics for the song on a pad of paper, lounging in his tour bus, and ultimately taking the stage for a cheering crowd. However, after Grint takes the stage and is immediately tackled by security, it is slowly revealed that Grint is actually stalking Sheeran and is an obsessive fan.
From the album : +
The song is about Sheeran's 'close friend' and laments her with a late miscarriage at four months. It is sung from a first-person perspective.
From the album : x
The video stars Australian actress Isabel Lucas. The video deals with the idea of Cupid. The song was used in the episode 14 ("Dangerous Liaisons") of season 3 of The CW series The Vampire Diaries, was used in the episode 5660 of series Home and Away and was used in the episode 6 of season 4 of Cougar Town.
Album : x
Sheeran was inspired to model the song after the pop and R&B stylings of Timberlake, stating "It was pretty close to a direct inspiration. I love Justified and FutureSex/LoveSounds, so I took inspiration from those." The lyrics are about "a night out in Vegas." It was written by Sheeran and Pharrell Williams, who also produced it and provides uncredited background vocals.
Album : x
"One" was the first song Sheeran wrote for x, written before the release of his first album, +. The song was written on a whiskey barrel whilst on tour in New Zealand. It was the final song Sheeran wrote about the main love interest that featured on +.
Album : The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture)
It is one of the theme songs from The Fault in Our Stars, and as well as the first track of the soundtrack album. The video does not feature any new footage from the movie, but it does feature fan-submitted messages of encouragement such as "Everything is beautiful" and "You are not a burden".
Album : x
The song is about Sheeran's late grandfather who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died just weeks after Sheeran began writing the song, so the song was amended in accordance and discusses Ed's reaction to the disease as a child all the way up until his grandfather's funeral (where Sheeran finished writing the song). The song samples elements of "Remembering Jenny" by Christophe Beck, taken from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack.
Album : x
The song is about Sheeran taking MDMA during a wedding celebration in Ibiza. He claims that during the experience he "fell in love with a beanbag" and that "[he] felt anxiety, [he] felt love, [he] felt warm, [he] felt a bit weird".
Album : x
The song was released as an "instant grat" digital download to the iTunes Store on 19 June 2014, serving as the sixth of seven promotional singles from his second studio album. Billboard's Jason Lipshutz has likened Sheeran's rapping to Mike Skinner of The Streets.
Album : x
The song is a pop rock song with soft rock and country influences. In February 2013, Sheeran played a demo version of the song to a German radio station without being recorded. He commented that he thought it would change his career path. Capital FM praised the song, describing it as "hauntingly beautiful" and "an ode to a girl waiting at home for her man to come back."
Album : x
The song started off "as a riff on his phone", and was recorded first with Benny Blanco, then again with Rick Rubin with the two producers coming together to produce the final cut. The song almost didn't make it onto the album, as Sheeran felt it was "a bit personal", but was urged by those who had heard the demo to release it, as it was "an alright song... so it ended up on the record".
"Don't" is a song about a girlfriend who cheated on Sheeran with a close friend, and after much speculation, Sheeran confirmed the song to be about singer Ellie Goulding, in an interview with The Sun.
Album : x
Sheeran has described the piece as a "walking down the aisle song" (for a wedding). The song is a romantic ballad. The video features Sheeran and his ballroom partner Brittany Cherry dancing, with choreography by Nappytabs and training help from Paul Karmiryan. After only sixteen hours, the video hit 2,000,000 views on YouTube!
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