Cast your minds back to 2014...
Ellen Degeneres tweeted her Oscars selfie , Solange and Jay-Z fought in an elevator , and Kim Kardashian balanced a champagne glass on her derrière in that photoshoot. That’s far from all, though, as the year also bizarrely connected fans of One Direction , Ed Sheeran , and Ellie Goulding as an intriguing love triangle formed. Enter Don’t, Ed’s smash hit single from his second studio album, X.
The chronically online among you shall recall how, at the time, speculation was rife that the songwriter, now 33, penned the tune about a romance with Lights hitmaker Ellie, 37, before she allegedly cheated on him with 1D’s Niall , 30. Fast forward a whole decade and we’re still not sure if we can put all the pieces together- but it’s only fair we try as we revisit one of pop’s most traumatic love scandals that had Twitter teens hooked. Don’t is a catchy guitar track that gave Ed his first top 10 in the US as he flexes his lyrical skills by penning what he’s renowned for – a hearty, autobiographical story of romance and heartache.
Lyrics include: ‘I met this girl late last year / She said, “Don’t you worry if I disappear”,’ and: ‘Maybe you could swing by my room around 10 / Baby, bring the lemon and a bottle of gin / We’ll be in between the sheets ’til the late AM.’ The tune takes a turn, however, when Ed starts singing about another man, hinting that his new flame has been unfaithful. ‘But you didn’t need to ta.