Singer Ed Sheeran is exploring another genre of music!
The “Perfect” hitmaker is known for her unique sound, often described as pop, and has earned her top spots on several charts and numerous award recognitions, including four Grammy awards.
While the “Shape of You” singer has already made it big in the pop genre, she recently expressed her goal to take her music career to another level and did so with flying colors at the just-concluded ACM awards.
Ed Sheeran Presents New Sound, Hopes To Dive Into Country Music
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The “Thinking Out Loud” singer put on quite a show at the 58th National Music Academy Awards, giving the audience a fresh sound unlike any other. The British singer-songwriter performs her new song “Life Goes On” with country star Luke Combs.
Combs first performed her hit song, “Love You Anyway,” from her “Gettin’ Old” album. When he finished, the camera panned to Sheeran, who was playing guitar and singing “Life Goes On” from his new album, “Subtract.” Midway through the acoustic performance, Combs joins in to harmonize the track.
The performance will be the first of many as Sheeran expresses his desire to delve into country music. Days before the Academy of Country Music Awards, Sheeran told Billboard about his desire to explore country music.
While talking to a news outlet, the singer said, “I talk about this to my wife all the time. I want to move to this country. I love the culture; I love songwriting. It’s just like brilliant songs.”
The “Happier” singer believes she’s a big country music fan. He also credits his surroundings for inspiring his love of country music, having lived in Nashville twice for extended periods in 2013 and 2018.
In his words, “It’s like a community. There’s no place in Europe where you can point and say, ‘That’s the house of songwriting.’” It’s not just for country music. Nashville is simply a hub of incredible songwriters and great entertainers. And I feel inspired just being there, being around everybody.”
Always expect the unexpected #ACMawards Our special guest @edsheeran is taking the stage with his new song “Life Goes On” ? pic.twitter.com/CIw5AsGD2L
— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) May 12, 2023
Also, the singer stated that Taylor Swift played a role in his love of country music. “I never really listened to country music as a kid. It was just being on Taylor’s Red tour and living in Nashville and he introduced me to that part.”
‘Perfect’ Singer Found Not Guilty By Jury In Marvin Gaye’s Copyright Lawsuit
The Grammy winner’s revelation of delving into a new genre comes days after winning a copyright lawsuit brought against him by the family of Marvin Gaye’s songwriting collaborator Ed Townsend.
The Blast reports that a Manhattan federal court found Sheeran not guilty of using key parts of Gaye’s hit 1970s song “Let’s Get It On” to create “Thinking Out Loud.”
The 32-year-old singer was on trial for nearly two weeks and admitted to the press after the verdict that the situation left him “frustrated.” Sheeran said, “Looks like I don’t have to give up my day job,” referring to his vow to end his music career if the decision doesn’t go in his favor.
He went on to explain that such “groundless claims” leading to copyright suits should not be “allowed to go to court at all,” stressing that an unfavorable outcome would limit the “creative freedom of songwriters.”
US District Court Judge Louis Stanton presided over the copyright suit, stressing to the jury before deliberations that “Independent creation is a complete defense, no matter how similar the song.”
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The judge then told jurors that the plaintiffs’ attorneys would have to “prove by a preponderance of the evidence… that Sheeran actually copied and miscopied ‘Let’s Get It On,'” as if to indicate to them that their verdict should be based entirely on the facts of the case.
During the trial, the “Castle On the Hill” singer tried his best to deny the allegations and point out some weaknesses in the plaintiff’s arguments. The singer claims that “a lot of songs have similar chords,” making it easy for him to incorporate them into his songs, but that doesn’t mean he’s copying the song.
In the end, after much deliberation by both sides, the verdict was in Sheeran’s favor, making it the second copyright suit he won in two years.
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