Ed Sheeran has revealed that he originally started writing his hit song Shape Of You with the intention of giving it to Little Mix.
However, once he realised the song had the potential of being a major hit he decided to keep it for his third studio album Divide.
“We started it [the song] for Little Mix originally and then kinda like half way through I was actually like this sounds like Rihanna, it could be good for Rihanna and then more of the way through, we were like ‘yeah, this is actually pretty good, we should keep it’.” he told BeBox.
Ed went on to say that he was initially reluctant to keep the song for himself, as he didn’t think it sounded like him but he put his “acoustic, loops and pedals” on it to make it a bit more his style.
We’re delighted he kept the track for himself, although we’d love him to a pen a song for Little Mix’s next album!
