This is doing exactly what Ed wanted No 6 to do: bring new music, keeping in touch with his old tastes. Almost 10 years ago, in Project 5 collaborations, Ed did a similar thing to this, but this time it’s bigger and better with more artists! All these people are hating on him for no reason, saying it’s for the money and is nothing like his usual music, of course you can have your own music interests, but the fact that this isn’t ‘normal’ Ed Sheeran music makes people hate it. The truth is, this is Ed’s music style. When Ed was homeless, he stayed with rappers who were a huge inspiration to him but Ed is very lyrically articulate when it comes to love songs, hence his fame for writing and singing love songs. Just because you want an artist to make the exact same music every time they release an album, it doesn’t mean they don’t have their own preferences and aren’t allowed to explore new music with new audiences.