Ugh stupid tangent incoming, did you see the movie Yesterday where a struggling singer/ songwriter crosses into an alternate universe and he's the only one on the planet who remembers the Beatles? And becomes an overnight sensation from recording Beatles songs that no one's ever heard before. And then, as conclusive proof of his success, Ed Sheeran playing himself approves of his supposed genius, because I guess Ed sheeran is the songwriting successor to the Beatles.

It's already a terrible movie before Ed Sheeran appears, it's just the most arrogant job a pop star could take. Supposedly Chris Martin turned the role down, I guess because he had some modicum of self awareness. Contrast to Ariana Grande playing a delightfully self deprecating satire of herself in Don't Look Up, so it is possible to acknowledge one's own celebrity in a cameo film role without being insufferably self aggrandizing.

I don't really have a point beyond Ed Sheeran's unlikability. His spinelessness and immorality is a separate issue.