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fantano

Ed keeping things simple on — is a good move for him.

rollingstone

The sensitive superstar has ditched folk-pop for songs with choruses meant to incite cell-phone-lit sing-alongs in stadiums.

pitchfork

Ed Sheeran is older now; he’s married and newly a father. With all this change comes a new set of trite observations about love, life, and partying amid anonymous and synthetic pop music.

sputnikmusic

nme

the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streak