Ed Sheeran - = (October 29, 2021) Album • Page 3

pitchfork writing about ed sheeran is not something that i'd ever want to hear

 

This is doing way less than divide did

 

well, that was 4 years ago... only like, 3 artists sell as much now as they did then

 

That’s definitely true, but I do think this has gotten less exposure though. I never hear any of the singles from this being played, whereas Shape of You (and also some of the songs on the collabs album) were inescapable

 

He currently has two songs in the Top 10, Bad Habits has been in the Top 10 for EIGHTEEN WEEKS with no signs of slowing down, it's literally inescapable.

 

I also don't know if it's fair to compare really anything Ed will do commercially from here on out to Shape of You. It's literally the most streamed song on Spotify by a pretty decent margin. I'm sure Ed's fine settling with "mostly inescapable" instead of "completely inescapable"

 

Yeah I mean maybe that was the wrong word to choose. I was just agreeing with the other post saying this record isn’t doing Divide-level numbers (which is why I’m comparing to Shape of You).

I’m not disagreeing that this is an enormous album, but if the comparison we’re making is to Divide, then I think it’s fair to say this isn’t touching THAT level of ubiquity, even accounting for differences in record sales due to streaming vs. physical. I’m sure he’s quite happy with how it’s doing regardless.

 

feels like something I don't want to click, haha

 

It was from 2015 even though they just tweeted about it so I deleted it

 

This band sounds phenomenal. Wonder if he sweetened the sound at all.

 

Wait, it's not called subtract?

This fucking coward

 

The next album is, don't worry

 

here's something

 

Yeah that sounded pretty much exactly like I expected it to

 

the BMTH parts are so so so bad

 

It’s so awful

 

sounds lovely. Any word on the subtract album?