Ed Sheeran- 'Shape of You’ & ‘Castle on the Hill’ Review

Ed Sheeran- ‘Shape of You’ & ‘Castle on the Hill’ Review

Ah yes the Nation’s favourite Kermit the frog lookalike is back. Mr Sheeran completely abandoned the public eye in 2016, shutting down his social media for the year to seemingly solely focus on creating new material after the extensive touring and plugging he had done for his previous album ‘X’. However he has now returned with two brand new singles, ‘Shape of You’ & ‘Castle on the Hill’

Upon first listen, ‘Shape of You’ begins somewhat like a Clean Bandit song with a reggae-esque dance beat filling the background. Sheeran then enters the song with a fast paced singing style that he actually, surprisingly pulls off, successfully managing to make the song to sound good. The chorus hook of “I’m in love with your body” gets a bit tedious after a while, however Sheeran has done what he does best, producing catchy pop songs, albeit with a slightly new style compared to his older material.

Whereas, ‘Castle on the Hill’ is a nostalgic filled ballad that sounds like Bryan Adams, yet 20 years too late. It doesn’t appear to be a great song in my opinion with Sheeran straining his vocals at certain points to breaking point, which does not result in a particularly pleasant experience for the listener. I’m sure that Ed’s diehard fans with enjoy this anthem, but for me, it’s not particularly exciting and is rather tiresome.

Fans can expect a full LP from Ed sometime later this year.

Listen to Shape of You here & Castle on the Hill here!