If you want a little glimpse of what every first dance at every summer wedding in 2015 is going to look like then look no further than Ed Sheeran’s latest video, in which he does a dance with a lady in a sort of Strictly Come Dancing outfit in a sort of Strictly Come Dancing ballroom. You might say, ‘Ed Sheeran has gone all Strictly Come Dancing’. You might say that. We wouldn’t, but you might.
Anyway, more importantly, can we talk about Ed Sheeran’s recent lyrics, please? Take this line from Thinking Out Loud: “Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?” Then compare and contrast this, from Sing: “One thing led to another / and now she’s kissing my mouth.” It’s like an alien trying to describe the act of sex using primitive English words. From Don’t: “We’ll be in between the sheets until the late AM”. Ed Sheeran: have you ever had sex, mate? It just really reads as though you’ve never had sex.
Anyway here’s his new video: