Blues blow for Ed Sheeran?
While his fourth studio album
Equals
, unveiled on October 29, accumulates one billion plays on Spotify, the British singer reveals that he has never really felt recognized by his industry.
Thus he confided with open heart at the microphone of the
Breakfast Club
:
“I never felt accepted by my pop scene. I am rather accepted by those of rap and grime.
As an example, Ed Sheeran reports that only Stormzy, known from the grime scene (influenced by UK garage, drum and bass, hip-hop and dancehall) and rapper Dave congratulated him on the release of his last record.
To push the image of the ugly duckling even further, the artist does not hesitate to compare himself to Phil Collins.
According to him, the drummer and singer of Genesis would have been appreciated not by pop artists, but by those from other musical genres.
“The reason I make the analogy with Phil Collins is that he's part of the pop world and he was considered not very cool in the 1980s and 1990s, but the hip-hop scene has it. loved it, ”
says Ed Sheeran, whose latest album has received a lot of criticism.
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Still for
The Breakfast Club
, he reveals that he was
"relieved"
to publish it a few weeks before
30
, Adele's last and highly anticipated production.
Even if he calls her
"the greatest artist in the world"
, he had no desire to find himself in competition with her.
"Luckily we get it out first!"
he said upon learning of his later release date.
No matter how successful
30 is
, Ed Sheeran can rest assured: with
Equals
, he has climbed to the top of Billboard's Top 200 for the fourth time.
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