Should You Care About Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber?

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

A pop star collaboration is a foolproof way to grab the attention of two audiences at once. But do more collaborators actually make a better song? Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber put this question to the test in their new song "I Don't Care." The track takes us inside the head of an antisocial party hopper, who'd rather be back home with his lover. Nate and Charlie investigate how the songwriters works that message into their music and speak with Ross Golan about Ed Sheeran's songwriting brilliance. Songs Discussed • Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber - I Don't Care • Ed Sheeran – Shape of You • Justin Bieber – Love Yourself • Kygo ft. Ella Henderson – Here For You • Maroon 5 – Don’t Wanna Know Check out And The Writer Is… With Ross Golan: https://www.andthewriteris.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First, sweet tarts dare to combine sweet and tart, but they didn't stop there.
0:06.0	Now they've combined soft and bouncy to bring you new sweet tarts, gummy fruity splits.
0:12.0	A uniquely delicious dual-sided gummy with one side that's sweet, and the other side that's tart.
0:19.0	But entirely smooth and squishy.
0:22.0	A powerfully perfect combo.
0:24.0	Sweet tarts dare to combine.
0:30.0	Sweet tarts dare to combine.
0:33.0	Sweet tarts dare to combine.
0:36.0	Sweet tarts dare to combine.
0:40.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop. I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
0:43.0	And I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
0:45.0	Nate, so two of the biggest contemporary stars have collaborated to make one of the biggest
0:52.0	metasong time. Have you heard about this?
0:55.0	I believe you're referring to Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber.
0:59.0	That's correct.
1:01.0	I don't know the name of their song.
1:03.0	I don't care.
1:04.0	You don't care.
1:05.0	That's the name of their song.
1:07.0	Who's on first?
1:10.0	I totally blanked.
1:11.0	They came out with this hit that is already just blowing up, and many people have asked us to investigate.
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