- ♪ ...Grafton Street ♪ - [Bleep], yes!
This song's so good.
- ♪ ...hard at 23 ♪
- Could I dance with Ed Sheeran like that?
♪ (industrial music) ♪
♪ (music playing) ♪
- (gasping) Oh, I love Ed Sheeran so much!
- ♪ I lost my shoes... ♪ - Oh!
Okay, Ed Sheeran.
- I know this. This is Ed Sheeran.
- ♪ ...an oak tree ♪
♪ I bet my mother's proud of me... ♪
- Dude, this song's been on repeat on my iPod.
It's really good.
- ♪ Someone told me... ♪ - I like this.
- I love this song.
- ♪ And I am only... ♪
- Why do I feel like I know this song?
- I don't listen to him religiously, but anything I hear by him
is just amazing.
- He's so [bleep] good as an artist.
- ♪ Bibia Be Ye Ye ♪
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
♪ Bibia Be Ye Ye ♪
- Look at this. Beautiful. I want to go there.
- I love this song and I love that music video.
- It's too commercial, but it's beautiful.
- Everything Ed Sheeran touches is gold.
- I have this theory about Ed Sheeran
that gingers don't have souls because Ed Sheeran
stole every ginger's soul and made his own music with it.
- ♪ I met her on Grafton Street... ♪
- [Bleep] yes! This song's so good.
- (singing along) ♪ Outside of the bar ♪
(moaning) I love him.
- ♪ She asked me what does it mean ♪
- Is he doing a country tour?
I feel like we were in one country, and now we're in Ireland.
- ♪ She played the fiddle in an Irish band ♪
- That groove!
- (singing along) ♪ ...with an English man ♪
♪ Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand ♪
♪ Said, "Baby, I just wanna dance." ♪
I love this song too.
- I want to dance right there. Oh, "Galway Girl." Okay.
- "Galway Girl" is a good song.
- ♪ Galway girl ♪ - Oh. (laughing)
I don't. I would not listen to that.
- Adorable. Do I know the artist?
I don't.
- He did such a good job on this album,
of really mixing up the hip hop
with some of those cultural influences.
- ♪ White lips, pale face ♪
♪ Breathing in... ♪
- Yeah. Yeah. Is it Ed Sheeran?
Yeah, it's Ed Sheeran. (laughing)
- (singing along) ♪ ...pale face ♪
♪ Breathing in snowflakes ♪
People think the song is really cute,
but it's about a prostitute that sells her body
to buy drugs. (laughing) Like, that's intense.
- (singing along) ♪ And they say ♪
♪ She's in the Class A Team ♪
♪ Stuck in her daydream ♪
- ♪ Been this way since eighteen ♪
- This is the first Ed Sheeran song I heard.
- This song, I still listen to this song almost daily.
- There was a solid month where this took over the world.
- ♪ The worst things in life come free to us ♪
♪ 'Cause we're just under the upper hand ♪
- So percussive on the acoustic guitar.
- ♪ And she don't want to go outside... ♪
- Oh, there he is. That is Ed Sheeran.
- Awww, he made an appearance.
- ♪ Or sells love to another man ♪
♪ It's too cold outside ♪
- I mean, swoonie.
- He's such a good lyricist.
Everything about Ed Sheeran, he is a genius at music.
- He's just had so many songs and so many different tunes,
but he just rocks every single one.
- He could just have my heart whenever he wants.
Call me.
- ♪ And, darling, I will be loving you 'til... ♪
- This is probably my favorite song. I know that's basic.
- Look at him with the sleeve.
Makes him a little sexier, I gotta say.
- ♪ And, baby, my... ♪ - I love this song.
It's so cute.
- ♪ ...hard at 23 ♪
- Could I dance with Ed Sheeran like that?
- ♪ And I'm thinking about how... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...people fall in love in mysterious ways ♪
- It's like this song and The Notebook
are the two things I can just always watch
and cry out, like, aah!
- Oh. Oh my god. Right in the feels.
- ♪ ...every single day ♪
- I could just see this being somebody's wedding song.
- I really want this song played at my wedding.
- ♪ That, baby, now ♪
- I got to see Ed Sheeran perform this live,
and it was actually magical.
- (singing along) ♪ Take me into your loving arms ♪
♪ Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars ♪
- (sighing) Cheesy.
- ♪ ...place your hand on my beating heart ♪
- Look at how cute he is! He is so cute.
- All of his videos are so beautiful.
How is everything about Ed Sheeran just perfect?
- ♪ ...right where are ♪ - He's actually an angel.
Him and Harry Styles, I don't believe actually exist.
- It's a great tune and it mixed up--
it was a total change from what he had been doing before.
- The emotions are coming back now.
This is not good. This is not good.
Stay strong, Adam!
- ♪ I'm gonna pick up the pieces... ♪
- Is that Ron from Harry Potter?
- What's he doing there? It's like his twin.
- ♪ ...pick up the pieces and build a... ♪
- That guitar is so hypnotic.
- (singing along) ♪ If things go wrong, we can knock it down ♪
- ♪ And it's dark in a cold December ♪
♪ But I've got you to keep me warm ♪
♪ If you're broken, I will mend ya ♪
♪ And keep you sheltered from the storm... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...that's raging on ♪
- Right here.
- ♪ I'm out of touch ♪
♪ I'm out of love ♪
- Oh-ho!
- ♪ ...when you're getting down ♪
- I haven't heard any of these songs.
- ♪ I think I'll love you better now ♪
- He is kind of a hopeless romantic, right?
- This is borderline making me feel uncomfortable.
Ron Weasley is singing Ed Sheeran.
- ♪ And out of all these things I've done ♪
- This is one of my least favorite songs.
I don't know why.
- ♪ Don't hold me down ♪
- If Ron Weasley was the biggest pop star in the world,
that would be amazing.
- ♪ And it's more than I can take ♪
♪ I'm out of touch ♪
- It's like a doppelganger. (laughing)
- Oh. (laughing)
Got it! Body double, holy body double.
- (singing along) ♪ And out of all these things I've done ♪
- ♪ I will love you better now ♪
- Still good, but I don't know.
I don't really like it all that much.
- That music video tripped me out.
That was weird.
- I love that Ed Sheeran does that because it shows you
he has a sense of humor, and in recent weeks,
where he had to go off of Twitter because people are so nasty
to the poor guy, when all he is a hit maker
with a good sense of humor.
- ♪ Girl, you know I want your love ♪
- Oh, I was waiting for this song.
- (singing along) ♪ Your love was handmade for somebody like me ♪
- ♪ Come on now, follow my lead ♪
- This is such a good combination of so many genres.
I'm so impressed with this song.
- It just wasn't made for me.
- Such a good song.
- ♪ ...let's not talk too much ♪
- Oh, Ed's a boxer now.
- (singing along) ♪ ...put your body on me ♪
- ♪ Come on now, follow my lead ♪
♪ Come on now, follow my lead ♪
♪ I'm in love with the shape of you ♪
♪ We push and pull like a magnet do ♪
- I love this song, but I've heard it 3 billion times.
- ♪ I'm in love with your body ♪
- I change this song every time it comes on the radio.
It's just overplayed.
- ♪ ...and now my bed sheets smell like you ♪
- ♪ Every day discovering something brand new ♪
- He just has the voice of an angel.
I'm convinced.
- I think anything that comes out of his mouth would sound great.
- See, now it just feels like it's pandering to everything.
- ♪ Oh I oh I oh I oh I ♪
- It's weird that that right there is the chorus.
♪ Oh I oh I oh I oh I ♪
That's not even [bleep] lyrics.
- It just doesn't feel genuine or original to me.
I don't know. That's just me.
It feels like it could be in the background of some movie.
- Not only is his sound great, but he can do
so many different things.
He's so versatile and it all sounds great
in what he does, and I think that's so cool
because a lot of bands, it's like, once they change their sound,
everyone's so angry because it doesn't sound like this,
but he creates a bunch of different sounds
in the same soundtrack, and it just all works.
- (FBE) So all these videos came from the artist Ed Sheeran.
- Yes.
- His music has such a good combination
of so many different genres that all work together so flawlessly.
It's got something for everyone.
- (FBE) Unlike some other pop musicians,
Ed Sheeran is known for writing all of his own lyrics,
and has even co-written songs for other artists
like Justin Bieber, One Direction, and Taylor Swift.
- That's rad.
- (FBE) What do you think of his lyrics?
- I feel like they're sincere, straight from his heart.
- He's just so creative.
He has natural talent.
You look at who made that song, and it's 50 producers, 10 writers.
And him, it's just Ed Sheeran, and maybe another person.
He really captures the human experience.
You listen to "Shape of You" and you're like, yes,
that's what I love about that person.
It just sort of resonates.
- It's the music that people want to hear.
It's not just pointless gibberish that has a sick beat to it, you know?
It actually has a story, for the most part.
- When I write songs, I feel like I need to really
work on my lyrics because I phrase things
really simply, you know, and I feel like
there's so much more eloquent ways to say something,
and Ed Sheeran has tapped into that.
- (FBE) So in making his newest album,
Sheeran cut himself off from all social media.
- Oh, did he?
- (FBE) Saying, "I find myself seeing the world through a screen
and not my eyes, so I'm taking this opportunity
of me not having to be anywhere or do anything
to travel the world and see everything I missed."
- Yeah, that's amazing.
As an artist, that's a really sensible and smart way
to take your eye off of the distraction
and put it back onto your sources of inspiration.
- That's so cool because, nowadays, we just live behind a screen,
and even when we're out in the world travelling,
most of the time, it's like, "Oh, we're livestreaming.
Let's take pictures."
I mean, instead of actually just seeing what's going on
and living in the moment.
- Just was a way for him to center himself
and to not have those other influences,
and it's actually really evident in that new album.
- We live in a world where social media
and our cellphone is our world.
For him to willingly say, you know what,
I don't [bleep] need this.
I'm gonna go to Nepal and go check out the cool things there,
or I'm gonna go to South America, you know,
that's awesome and that's something I want to do
and it gives you a whole different perspective on music.
- (FBE) Finally, Ed Sheeran is famous for his live performances,
where a lot of the time it's just him on stage
with a guitar and nothing else, and yet he's still able
to hush the crowd. - That's amazing.
- That's so magical.
Who can shut up a bunch of screaming 12-year-olds?
Ed Sheeran can!
- (FBE) So what do you think that says about him and his music?
- That it connects to a lot of people.
I'm just not one of them.
- Let's use Lady Gaga, for example.
She is a great artist.
She doesn't need the frills, but it adds to the music.
Ed Sheeran doesn't need that shit.
His music speaks loud enough that you don't need the visuals.
- I did go a performance where he did show up,
and it was that.
He just came out, and he just had a guitar,
and it was just literally like-- I don't know, the whole stadium
was beaming because we were just so content
just watching him.
I don't know, just something about him is so breathtaking.
- Props to him.
I bet he's super sweet and super nice,
and I would just-- my goal is just to go to a pub with him
and grab a beer.
It sounds so fun.
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- Hey, guys, Kyle here.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of Adults React.
I'm just thinking out loud here, but Ed Sheeran's pretty sweet, right?
If you agree, let us know down in the comments.