Ed Sheeran has admitted that he and Taylor Swift take it “too far” since neither of them were popular in high school.
“There’s an underdog element to it. Taylor was never the popular kid in school. I was never the popular kid in school. Then you get to the point when you become the most popular kid in school – and we both take it a bit too far. She wants to be the biggest female artist in the world and I want to be the biggest male artist in the world. It also comes from always being told that you can’t do something and being like, ‘F— you. I can.’”
He also admitted that he’s in direct competition with Adele.
“Adele is the one person who’s sold more records than me in the past 10 years. She’s the only person I need to sell more records than. That’s a big f—— feat because her last album sold $20 million. But if I don’t set her as the benchmark then I’m selling myself short.”