![]() ![]() ![]() When the chorus of galway girl kicks in on the new album /Qu5NmfyJvm ![]() Why listen to Ed Sheeran's 'Galway Girl' when you can just puncture a vital artery with a fork?!Įd Sheerans Galway girl feels like cultural appropriation, even though he's got Irish blood. In fact, depending who you ask, Ed's ode to a mystery woman who is a talented darts and pool player (as well as possibly suffering from a drinking problem) is either too Irish or not Irish enough, despite being a collab of sorts with the trad folk band Beoga.Įd sheerans "Galway girl" is something else It is, of course, the acoustic-jig-rap number known simply as 'Galway Girl'.Īnd it's safe to say that reaction has been somewhat "mixed". But among the reportedly insane levels of record sales (230,000 physical copies in 24 hours alone) and the multitude of weep-inducing acoustic ballads you'd expect from a Sheeran album, a debate is raging online over one particular Divide track that takes everything you'd expect out of Ed and throws it through the nearest bar window and out onto Grafton Street to fend for itself, replacing it with Irish-flavoured ceilidh reels and enough Celtic passion to make Louis Walsh jump out of his seat and squeal "You remind me of a young Lenny Henry if he was white and Irish".
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