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I knew the moment his goofy lookin aah got famous he'd eventually fuck it up.
His biggest thing was his boyish looks and that doesn't always carry well into the future. His music was bland and soulless. Shape of you is the weakest love song I have ever heard.
I was excepting his music to become so shitty folks would drop him, but this works too. Now not only is he shitty at making any meaningful music, he is also a shitty person.
He has certainly revealed himself to be a shitty person, but Shape of You is actually a pretty good concept for a song. It's essentially a song about body acceptance created in an era where people (especially women) face constant, coercive pressure to meet impossible, idealized beauty standards. That's why it was such a popular song. I know a lot of people who struggle with that topic, and the song really resonated with them.
It's not like he even wrote the song, either. Pop stars almost never write their own music, and Shape of You is no exception.
Body acceptance? I've never heard that. I'm looking at the lyrics right now and all I see is casual sex.
Also, he's listed first in the songwriting credits. Pretty sure he does write his own songs.
Sounds more like you hoping for his downfall than knowing. Smells of envy.
I can see how it can be taken that way. The thing is, I have no desire for that fame. Would I like the money? Nope. Not that much. I just want to have enough to get by and take care of my family and go on vacation.
I have heard Ed's music for a long time. Exes, friends, family. Someone somewhere 3 ft from you, probably in your walls, like spiders. (I jest)
His music is just soulless to me. It has no grip to it. It feels like feeding my ears dry oats. With the whole downfall, I didn't really except a downfall. More that his shit would fade and folks would see his music as meh.
This, though, is just funny. All he had to do was be a good person.
You can swear here you know. There's no algorithm that's gonna hide your comment for saying ass lol
I know. I dropped the f bomb in there too lol. Just something I say instead of ass sometimes. I can't remember where I got it from.
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