Video drops Sept 29th
Ed Sheeran will release his Pokémon-themed single, “Celestial,” to digital outlets this week. The English pop star will also release a video on Thursday, September 29th that was illustrated by the game’s animators.
“I met the people from Pokémon when I was traveling in Japan, and we joked about me writing a song for them. But now here we are,” he writes. “‘Celestial’ comes out this Thursday, and the video is insanely amazing, animated by the incredible people at Pokémon. I love it, you’re gonna love it. And we all gotta catch ‘em all.”
Sheeran’s love for Pokémon dates to when he was a child.
“I started off with Pokémon cards when the craze hit primary school when I was about seven, then the TV show was on TV so I used to try and record it over the same VHS every week,” Sheeran shares. “After this me and my brother shared a game boy and Pokémon blue. I got a Gameboy Color with Pokémon yellow for my eighth birthday, obsessed was an understatement. Flash forward to me at 31 I still have the same Gameboy Color and still I play Pokémon silver on long haul flights. I really really love it. It gave me a proper escape as a kid into a fantasy world that seemed to go on and on, and in adult life it’s nostalgia that makes me feel like a kid again.”
The song follows last year’s = (pronounced Equals) album, the fourth and final of Sheeran’s symbol album series. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart last November and features the hit “Bad Habits.”
