Ed Sheeran Forgot He Wrote One Of Justin Bieber's Biggest Hits

And more songwriting tidbits from Ed





It might seem like Ed Sheeran had a low-key 2016, but in reality he actually had a behind-the-scenes role in some of the year's biggest hits. In an interview with Carson Daly, he revealed that Justin Bieber's smash ballad "Love Yourself" was actually a rejected track originally meant for his upcoming album Divide. "That was a song I had written for Divide that It just wouldn't have made it," he told Daly. "And then Justin took it and did his thing on it, and released it as a single and made it what it is. Going from a song that would have never been released to [being] the biggest song of last year...it just shows you that you shouldn't always write stuff off."

And if you think that's amusing, just wait until you hear what Ed had to say about Major Lazer's collaboration with Justin Bieber, "Cold Water," which he didn't even remember writing:

"'Cold Water' was a weird one because I didn't even know that song existed. It was a song I must've half-written somewhere at a time where I was writing a lot of songs, and I did it at Benny Blanco's house and then I got an email from Diplo just being like, 'Yo! That 'Cold Water' song is dope! Can I have it?' And I was like, 'I have no idea what you're talking about.' And then he emailed and was like, 'Yo, Justin [Bieber] wants to hop on the 'Cold Water' song. Is that cool?' And I'm just like, 'What are you talking about?' And then the song came out and it was number one and I was like 'Oh, that song!' I remember doing it, but it was really, really slow...I remember hearing it and being like 'That kind of sounds like me. Oh wait, it was me.'"


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