Ed Sheeran – Celestial

“Celestial” is a song by Ed Sheeran, released as a single on 29 September 2022. It was released in collaboration with The Pokémon Company and appeared in the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games, released on 18 November 2022. Sheeran co-wrote the song alongside Steve Mac and Johnny McDaid, and produced it with Mac. The song was released alongside its music video, which includes Sheeran interacting with a variety of Pokémon.

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The music video was also released on 29 September 2022, and was directed by Yuichi Kodama. It depicts Sheeran interacting with a variety of sketch-style Pokémon, including “a Snorlax that saves Sheeran from a car accident to a Lapras that takes him across a river”. The appearances of the Pokémon were drawn by art director Yu Nagaba in the style Sheeran drew them when he was younger.

Sheeran has a long-standing love for Pokémon, having first played the game in primary school. When he got a Game Boy color with Pokémon yellow for his 8th birthday, it became an obsession. “I loved the whole world they created,” Sheeran said, “it kept me distracted if there was negative stuff happening in my life/school that I wanted to avoid. It was a world I could escape into and I’ve played it ever since.”

Sheeran still has the same Game Boy and continues to play Pokémon silver on long-haul flights. While traveling in Japan, he met the people from Pokémon and they joked about him writing a song for them. The conversation led to this collaboration.

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