SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

POP

Tropical house/dancehall-pop, 96 BPM, C# minor. Crisp marimba pluck lead over C#m-F#m-A-B loop. Deep sub-bass, clean four-on-the-floor kick, snappy percussion, finger-snap layers. Male tenor, conversational sung-rap verses, straight tone, crisp consonants, no vibrato, syncopated phrasing. Pre-chorus lifts into smooth legato. Chorus: repeated descending pentatonic hook, light chest mix, stacked harmonies, falsetto "oh-I" ad-libs. Bridge: octave melody over pedal point, layered vocal loops. Production: polished, wide stereo marimba, tight low end, sidechained pads, subtle acoustic guitar percussive hits, filtered build into final chorus. Dry close-mic vocal upfront, minimal reverb, heavy compression. Dynamic arrangement: sparse intro, incremental layering, strip-back bridge, full final drop. Exclude Styles: No rock, no heavy distortion, no slow ballad, no orchestral swell, no female lead, no aggressive belting.