Ed Sheeran Shares Why He Still Doesn’t Feel Accepted By The Pop Genre

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Ed Sheeran may be one of the world’s bestselling music artists but he still feels like an outsider in the pop industry. Sheeran said on “The Breakfast Club” Tuesday: “I’m not accepted by my genre. “I thought it was quite telling that my album came out and the only people that emailed me in-depth about liking it were, like, Dave and Stormzy and people from the U.K.

rap and U.K. grime scene.” READ MORE: Ed Sheeran Reveals How Elton John Finally Convinced Him To Collaborate On A Christmas Song He went on, “My peers largely, I feel, in the pop scene often don’t want me to succeed… I’ve never felt accepted by my scene.” The musician brought up Phil Collins as a comparison, sharing how, in the ’80s and ’90s he was considered quite uncool,