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Ed Sheeran and August Rush

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Okay, I am extremely excited about today's song because it is the newest single "dropped" from Ed Sheeran's new album X (pronounced as multiply)   This song is very much in Sheeran's normal range of performing but it also has a different feel to it. It's the midpoint between doing what is comfortable and going out of the box. This song definitely has more R&B and soul to it which I absolutely adore because I find it harder and harder to find this older style of soul. Ed Sheeran actually worked on his new album with Pharrell Williams which is a dynamic duo in my eyes. Both of them have that similar style and groove to their music and they know how to perfect enough groove and pop with a truly soulful vocal performance. What makes this song so different from the rest of his music is that you can clearly tell that it is personal, and it is dark. It isn't as if Sheeran has never written dark music before; "A Team" is an extremely dark song but it