Ed Sheeran is sharing his love for Pokémon with the world.
The longtime fan labored with The Pokémon Firm for the brand new theme music for his or her upcoming “Pokémon Scarlet” and “Pokémon Violet” video games.
Followers can watch the brand new music video for “Celestial,” which options animated “sketch”-themed artwork of beloved Pokémon serving to Sheeran as he goes a couple of common day in his life. The model of animations is impressed by drawings of Pokémon that the musician made as a baby.
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“I’ve performed Pokémon since I used to be in main faculty,” mentioned Sheeran in regards to the franchise. “Me and my brother used to have totally different variations of the video games and would commerce Pokémon collectively ‘til we every accomplished our Pochade. I cherished the playing cards however the video games are what I misplaced myself in. I cherished the entire world they created; it stored me distracted if there was unfavourable stuff occurring in my life/faculty that I needed to keep away from. It was a world I might escape into and I’ve performed it ever since.”
Talking on the chance to create a music for his beloved childhood franchise, he shared that he nonetheless performs the video games to this present day.
“Though I’m 31 now, I nonetheless personal the identical Sport Boy Shade and play ‘Pokémon Yellow’ or ‘Silver’ on planes and trains after I’m on tour,” he shared. “It’s such an honour so as to add a music right into a Pokémon sport and shoot a nostalgic video too. I hope you guys benefit from the music and video — it was a blast to movie!”
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Kenji Okubo, President of the Pokémon Firm Worldwide, added, “Working with a famous person like Ed has been a dream come true for us at Pokémon. We’re all such large followers of his and, not solely was he a pleasure to work alongside, his genuine love of every thing Pokémon actually shines by.”
“Pokémon Scarlet” and “Violet” are set for launch on Nov. 18.