10 Most Disliked Music Videos EVER
10. Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Dislikes: 1.2 Million
Ed Sheeran has had quite the career trajectory from being just a lowly guy with a guitar. After winning hearts with songs like "The A Team" in the early 2010's, he has turned into one of the most in-demand songwriters of this generation, whose writing has extended to artists like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. At the same time, that kind of lackadaisical "guitar dude" attitude had a limit, which ended up being in the form of "Shape Of You."
Though Sheeran claims he had originally written the tune for Rihanna, the song's syncopated rhythm has no real place coming from the guy who just a few years ago was talking about building LEGO houses and writing future wedding songs. The sex jam might have already seemed a bit weird from the start, but the actual music video makes it look so much worse, where Ed thinks that the best way to translate a sultry song about sex is through...boxing.
Sheeran's goodwill was already hanging by a thread on the musical front, but this was the video that showed him diving into pop sellout territory hook, line, and sinker. "Shape of You" might not have been the worst song on the charts, but it stings so much more to see an artist waste their potential.