Ed Sheeran was snubbed hard in the recent Grammy nominations, but undeterred, he has just gone ahead and released a remixed version of his track ‘Perfect‘, featuring a duet with Beyoncé. Look, yeah, this might not be the new Beyoncé music that you wanted, but it’s the new Beyoncé music you’re getting for now, so you might as well just go ahead and suck it up.
This new version of the weepy ballad features Ed Sheeran singing the first verse, before Bey arrives to sing the second, and the pair then duet on the final chorus. Her lyrics, which may or may not be directed at Jay-Z (god, there’s so much to unpack here) are:
“Well I found a man / Stronger than anyone I know / He shares my dreams/ I hope that someday we’ll share our home/ I found a love / To carry more than just my secrets / To carry love / To carry children of our own.”
You can listen to the song below:
During a lengthy interview with the New York Times this week, Jay-Z copped to cheating on Beyoncé, and spoke about the pain that this caused in their relationship, saying:
“You know, most people walk away, and like divorce rate is like 50 percent or something ’cause most people can’t see themselves. The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone’s face that you caused, and then have to deal with yourself.”
He also revealed that the couple had planned to release their respective albums Lemonade and 4:44 as the one package, before eventually deciding to put them out separately.
In a much less harrowing development, Ed Sheeran gushed about his duet partner during a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, saying he was worried to ask her because he assumed she’d turn him down, but she ended up saying yes.
