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Originally posted by AMENHOOKER
It really feels like Ed Sheeran is the male Taylor Swift.
He's masssssiveeeee beyond understanding in the U.K. - as Swift is in the U.S. - and is pretty infallible.
Speak bad about him and everyone looks at like you have 10 heads.
Their alliance has always seemed fishy to me...
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He does fit the British mentality with him being portrayed as the loser in his music videos.
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It’s often dangerous to generalize, but under threat, I would say that Americans are more “down the line.” They don’t hide their hopes and fears. They applaud ambition and openly reward success. Brits are more comfortable with life’s losers. We embrace the underdog until it’s no longer the underdog. We like to bring authority down a peg or two. Just for the hell of it. Americans say, “have a nice day” whether they mean it or not. Brits are terrified to say this. We tell ourselves it’s because we don’t want to sound insincere but I think it might be for the opposite reason. We don’t want to celebrate anything too soon. Failure and disappointment lurk around every corner. This is due to our upbringing. Americans are brought up to believe they can be the next president of the United States. Brits are told, “It won’t happen for you.”
http://time.com/3720218/difference-b...ritish-humour/
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Ed on growing up:
In humour he should be compatible with Katy.
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There’s a received wisdom in the U.K. that Americans don’t get irony. This is of course not true. But what is true is that they don’t use it all the time. It shows up in the smarter comedies but Americans don’t use it as much socially as Brits. We use it as liberally as prepositions in every day speech. We tease our friends. We use sarcasm as a shield and a weapon. We avoid sincerity until it’s absolutely necessary. We mercilessly take the piss out of people we like or dislike basically. And ourselves. This is very important. Our brashness and swagger is laden with equal portions of self-deprecation. This is our license to hand it out.
This can sometimes be perceived as nasty if the recipients aren’t used to it. It isn’t. It’s play fighting. It’s almost a sign of affection if we like you, and ego bursting if we don’t. You just have to know which one it is.
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Katy (having 50+% English blood) gets along with the British. Taylor is too American for Katy and Ed.
However Katy wants her men clean as in personal hygiene:
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Sheeran told The Sun: "I sweat a lot on stage and did a show in Canada. I played the set. Stormed it, sweated a lot, got off stage and bumped into Katy Perry. I was like, 'All right Katy Perry, how are you?'
"She said, 'I came to your show and I love your album. I was gonna give you a hug but, eeurgh!' and went. That was my chance ruined because I sweated so much."
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Would Taylor stuff her nose with toilet paper and prepare for the thought "it's just a wet festival day" to get herself an alliance?
Ed on Taylor:
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"Too tall. I don't know man, I feel like we look like castmembers of The Hobbit. She's like in the elven kingdom, she's like you know hanging out with Galadriel and stuff, and I've got hairy feet."
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Taylor would turn him into her puppy.