Ed Sheeran announces song collaboration with Pokémon titled "Celestial"
Ed Sheeran will join forces with Pokémon again, but this time, it’s for a new song.
Announced today, Sheeran will unveil their new single “Celestial” on September 29. An accompanying music video will be animated by OLM, Inc, which is the animation studio behind the Pokémon anime series. Pre-saves for the tune can be made here.
Sheeran said this about the new song:
“I started off with Pokémon cards when the craze hit primary school when I was about 7, then the tv show was on tv so I used to try and record it over the same VHS every week. After this me and my brother shared a game boy and Pokémon blue. I got a game boy colour with Pokémon yellow for my 8th birthday, obsessed was an understatement. Flash forward to me at 31 I still have the same game boy colour and still I play Pokémon silver on long haul flights. I really really love it. It gave me a proper escape as a kid into a fantasy world that seemed to go on and on, and in adult life it’s nostalgia that makes me feel like a kid again. I met the people from Pokémon when I was travelling in Japan, and we joked about me writing a song for them. But now here we are. Celestial comes out next Thursday, and the video is insanely amazing, animated by the incredible people at Pokémon. I love it, you’re gonna love it. And we all gotta catch ‘em all.”
Last year, Sheeran held a virtual concert in Pokémon Go.
Sheeran’s last studio album was =, which is the artist’s fourth consecutive album to top the Billboard charts.