Shape of You, the best selling song of all time

[Werk 13,166]

8 hours ago, BLACKPINK said:

If this was Castle On The Hill, I would have been decently okay but this song that literally sounds like "No Scrubs" and "Cheap Thrills" had a baby had these sales? Girl, 2016 was an acid trip.

Edit: im ready to be cancelled.

 

8 hours ago, pugsnotdrugs said:

the lack of taste

 

8 hours ago, BLACKPINK said:

woo finally, someone that agrees

 

8 hours ago, 2School4Cool said:

As an Ed Sheeran fan I’ll say he has so many deeper and more meaningful songs that I love even more, but I still love SOY . 

My problem with the success of this specific song isn't really how it sounds but rather how the meaning or lyrics of it objectifies women and I absolutely can't stand it like how the hell did a song objectifying a woman's body win over the other meaningful songs at the GRAMMYs? For the ones saying he has better songs damn right and with more tasteful messages  

[President Biden 5,898]

Disgusting.

 

At least we have album of the millennium

[President Biden 5,898]

2 hours ago, Thomas P said:

This would be like if Stupid Love was Gaga’s best selling song. 
SOY is one of his worst singles 

 at least Stupid Love has a personal, deep meaning about self love.

[MelbHawker 6,583]

How, honestly?

[StrawberryBlond 14,632]

So, we can honestly say it's the most over-rated song of all time, then? I know the GP taste is basic and they like dancey tunes about sex but the lyrics are so BAD. He blatantly objectifies her, places his love of her body before her as a person (he tries to save it with "my heart is falling too" but immediately follows it up with "but I'm in love with your body" which immediately undercuts it again) and he sounds like a dorky teenage boy who just lost his virginity when he sings the toe-curlingly awful line "last night you were in my room and now my bedsheets smell like you." Based on that line alone, how did it ever become a smash?

And let's not even go into it winning over Gaga and Kesha at the Grammys. Yes, the academy tends to pick the best-received, most meaningful song out of the nominations but not always. I think they were just playing it safe with who they picked so just went for the most commercially viable option, same with his album. I wonder if they even bothered listening to the albums that year, in that case?

[ShtoopidLahv 710]

Absolute trash.

[2School4Cool 6,402]

1 hour ago, Werk said:

 

 

 

My problem with the success of this specific song isn't really how it sounds but rather how the meaning or lyrics of it objectifies women and I absolutely can't stand it like how the hell did a song objectifying a woman's body win over the other meaningful songs at the GRAMMYs? For the ones saying he has better songs damn right and with more tasteful messages  

I’ve never really understood this argument if I’m being honest. That doesn’t mean you’re not entitled to your opinion! In my opinion though, there are hundreds of more objectifying songs that are far more sexual and explicit, but the most sexual thing Ed says in the entire song is “I’m in love with the shape of you... last night you were in my room, and now my bedsheets smell like you” which is vague compared to so many other songs out there. Plus if you listen to all of the lyrics, he doesn’t just talk about sex, he talks about forming a relationship, too. 

[Werk 13,166]

27 minutes ago, 2School4Cool said:

I’ve never really understood this argument if I’m being honest. That doesn’t mean you’re not entitled to your opinion! In my opinion though, there are hundreds of more objectifying songs that are far more sexual and explicit, but the most sexual thing Ed says in the entire song is “I’m in love with the shape of you... last night you were in my room, and now my bedsheets smell like you” which is vague compared to so many other songs out there. Plus if you listen to all of the lyrics, he doesn’t just talk about sex, he talks about forming a relationship, too. 

Yeah I get what you mean there's definitely worse songs but that doesn't mean I still prefer this song of his to be his more successful work even with forming a relationship I still find the song shallow in not a great way and it doesn't help when I remember him bragging about sleeping with hot women  It just feels creepy and out of touch with this century 

[REALITY 75,659]

This is the DEFINITION of homphobic!

[Jol 33]

In before Diggin’ my Grave comes along ✌🏼

[Franz Ferdinand 2,359]

Get me my pocketbook Im leavin

[2School4Cool 6,402]

31 minutes ago, Werk said:

Yeah I get what you mean there's definitely worse songs but that doesn't mean I still prefer this song of his to be his more successful work even with forming a relationship I still find the song shallow in not a great way and it doesn't help when I remember him bragging about sleeping with hot women  It just feels creepy and out of touch with this century 

You’re completely entitled your feelings! I was just sharing my view of it .

[Rio 5,088]

11 hours ago, Andreu said:

Could be worse

Definitely could. It's still a bop and the ultimate club song tbh, but NAH

[Bobbylon 403]

I jate this song and the artist is... I’m just gonna pass

[BangTheGong 310]

I remember when Gaga use to hold this title sigh