I don't think much of Ed Sheeran. Or rather, I don't think about Ed Sheeran very often. His music is inoffensive and toe-tappy, if a bit slight, though he's clearly a talented vocalist. In general, his stuff just isn't in my musical wheelhouse. Galway Girl is kind of a bop, though
It occurred to me today when I saw an Instagram post from Sheeran that nearly every time I see something about him on the interwebs, he's doing something that shows sincere humanity. For instance, he cut this video to celebrate his boyhood football club's return to the Premier League (he's a 1.4% owner in Ipswich Town, known as the Tractor Boys):
His fan interactions seem genuine and lovely, as well, as you can see in this video where he surprises a young singer performing one of his songs:
All of which brings me to the video I saw this morning, where he serenaded a jogger who happened to be running along a canal where Sheeran was filming a video onboard a boat. Check it out:
The young jogger in question, who's named Nikki Atkins and is a teacher in London, spoke about her experience with the BBC. In all, just a lovely moment from a guy who seems to specialize in such things. Since Dave Grohl has stepped on a banana skin recently, we may be in the market for a new good human celebrity.
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