Ed Sheeran responds to TikTok critic who said “his songs are good in the way that heroin is good for people”

Ed Sheeran has responded to a TikTok critic who said “his songs are good in the way that heroin is good for people”.

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The British singer recently released his newest single ‘Azizam‘, which dropped on April 4. ‘Azizam’, which takes its name from the Persian word for ‘my dear’, was written by Sheeran as a “celebratory” song, it appears there’s a party pooper in the midst.

TikTok music critic The Swiftologist has branded the song “soulless”, arguing that “his songs are good in the way that heroin is good for people. It’s addictive in a way that’s not supposed to be good for the human brain.”

“‘Shivers,’ ‘Bad Habits’ and ‘Shape of You’ are all the same song [as ‘Azizam’], and they’re all so f—ing annoying,” he continued in the two and a half minute video. “There has been no evolution from 2016. I feel like I’m going crazy.

“I’ll never get these two minutes of my life back,” he concluded. “He’s terrorising the music industry, we should punish him.”

In response, Sheeran simply wrote in the comments: “Lol”. The Swiftologist replied as such: “King I’m so sorry. But we need to come up with something else.”

@theeswiftologist

WILL WE EVER BE FREE FROM ED SHEERAN #edsheeran #swiftologist #newmusic #reaction

♬ original sound – zachary (the swiftologist) – zachary (the swiftologist)

Sheeran recently revealed his next album would be titled ‘Play’, with the next four album titles to be similarly inspired by the controls on a record player. No release date has been shared for ‘Play’ so far.

He also shared he would stop making music once he had released his tenth album, crediting Quentin Tarantino as the inspiration for this: “I wanted to do 10. I’m kind of a bit obsessed with [Quentin] Tarantino, and I heard he was doing 10 films, and he’s got his side projects like Grindhouse.

“I wanna do my 10 and then every now and then do a side project.”

Along with ‘Azizam’, Sheeran has debuted the song ‘Old Phone’ on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. He also built a pub for one day in Ipswich, MA, where he played a cover of Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’.

Sheeran has also been added to the Coachella bill alongside Weezer. They’ll join the likes of Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott from April 11 to 13 and 25 to 27.

In other news, watch Ed Sheeran play surprise pop-up show at London’s King’s Cross station.

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