Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber drop 'I Don't Care' and fans are loving it
It's so good
Last updated 10th May 2019
After much teasing, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber have finally dropped their new song, called 'I Don't Care'. The catchy collaboration only arrived earlier today, but it's already a massive hit with fans. The song is the first for some time for both Ed and Justin, with Justin being on a music hiatus for the last couple of years.
Rumours of a collaboration started when Justin and his manager Scooter Braun shared a side-by-side photo of Justin and Ed standing in a similar pose in front of a green screen, simply captioned '10'. Then, a week later Justin confirmed the collaboration. After counting down the hours to release, Justin then tweeted, 'It’s out. I don’t care', as the lyric video also appeared on YouTube.
In just a few hours the song as received more than 600,000 views, and fans are loving it, leaving comments such as, 'Just awsome this song is like hollywood party song😍😍😍😍😘😘😘' sic and 'Imagine listening this during a summer afternoon in a sunny day in the countryside out with your friends, such a happy and positive song❤️'.
Have a listen to 'I Don't Care' below:
As the song was released around the world, Ed Sheeran is currently enjoying a holiday in Cambodia with wife Cherry Seaborn and his security guard Kev. He did however take to Instagram to post a Story saying he was excited for the release of the song and he wanted to know his fans' thought on the new track.
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This latest collaboration between Ed and Justin isn't the first time they have worked together. Back in 2015, Justin released 'Love Yourself', which was written by Ed Sheeran. This is just one of the many songs that Ed has written for other artists, you can find out all about the songs you didn’t know Ed Sheeran had written.
You can hear 'I Don't Care' by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber on MFR this week.
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