

Liverpool fans DROWN OUT God Save the King with boos and chants after reluctantly agreeing to play the national anthem on coronation day He said he was 'obviously happy with the result' but added: 'I'm not an entity, I'm not a corporation, I'm a human being, I'm a father, I'm a husband, I'm a son.'

Sheeran also opened up about the 'pain and hurt suffered' in his own court case brought about by the grime artist and a producer, which he won. The popstar lashed out at the 'baseless claims' being brought against singer-songwriters 'with the idea a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court'. The track also won Ed a Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo performance.Įd's song was also the subject of a High Court case against a grime artist, with Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue claimed he had ripped off their 2015 song Oh Why. And I now realize that I was wrong obviously.'Įd sat down with Zane for an in-depth chat ahead of the release of his new album, Subtract on Friday.įollowing its release, Shape Of You soared to number one in the charts, and for a period became the most-streamed song of all time, And for me it was just a throwaway pop song that I'd written. 'We wrote 25 songs that week, me and Steve and Johnny just writing. Outspoken: But record bosses were keen to release Shape Of You, and after it soared to the top of the charts, Ed admitted he was 'wrong' about the song 'And in my mind I was like, I've worked so hard on making Divide what it is and crafting it, that putting on, we wrote five songs that day. I was just like, this is the type of music that people are listening to at the moment and I'm going to write this for this artist for them to sing,' Ed told Zane. 'No, I just kind of thought it was cookie cutter and lazy. He then asked Ed: 'Are you any closer to figuring out at that moment in time, because I feel like that was absolute peak pop star launchpad into space moment what was holding you back? Was there a fear somewhere deep in there about that song?' Zane explained that both Shape Of You and Castle On The Hill were released at the same time. 'They were like, ''You have to go with this.'' And we reached a compromise…'

I wanted to go Castle on the Hill first and then into Perfect. The hitmaker then replied: 'No, because I kind of, Divide was a different album in my mind. Zane asked Ed: 'So you didn't want to get behind that song?'
