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Sheeran reveals 'Shape of You' originally written for Rihanna

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Singer Ed Sheeran says that he wrote half his brand new track "Shape of You" while keeping Rihanna in mind.

The 25-year-old singing sensation, who returned to the music scene after a gap of a year, revealed that he debated handing his bouncy new tune over to Rihanna after he was done writing it, reported Billboard.

"('Shape of You') is actually a really random one because I went in to write songs for other people with a guy called Steve Mac and Johnny McDaid, and we were writing this song and I was like 'this would really work for Rihanna'," he said.
 

"But then I started singing lyrics like putting 'Van The Man on the jukebox' and I was like well, 'She's not really going to sing that, is she?' And then we sort of decided halfway through that we were just going to make it for me.

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First Published: Jan 08 2017 | 7:48 AM IST

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