The new song combining two top vocalists did not receive a good response from fans around the world.

It was expected to become a hit in 2019, but immediately after being released, “I don’t care” by Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran received a series of negative reviews from fans. worldwide. Obviously, there are too many reasons why the songs from these two top stars did not meet their expectations.

The music lacks uniqueness

Both are vocalists known for their unique musical styles. Ed Sheeran is considered the “prince” of romantic love songs with sweet and equally “cheesy” lyrics, while since his debut, Justin Bieber has been styled like His main idol is Usher with RnB music. Through time, the two boys have affirmed their path with a series of international hits and awards.

However, looking at “I don’t care”, fans around the world cannot see any image of the two. The song completely lacks personality with a melody that lacks breakthrough, no highlights, we cannot see Justin’s signature Rnb voice or Ed Sheeran’s lyrical verses. All of this made “I don’t care” become a lackluster song for listeners when they couldn’t “raise” both of their voices.

However, looking at “I don’t care”, fans around the world cannot see any image of the two. The song completely lacks personality with a melody that lacks breakthrough, no highlights, we cannot see Justin’s signature Rnb voice or Ed Sheeran’s lyrical verses. All of this made “I don’t care” become a lackluster song for listeners when they couldn’t “raise” both of their voices.

The huge shadow of “Love Yourself”

This is a song written by Ed Sheeran himself for Justin Bieber because of his admiration for the Canadian singer. First released on November 9, 2015 as the second promotional single from the album, before being chosen as the third official single for Purpose on December 7, 2015, to date, “Love Yourself” has become one of the most successful songs of Justin Bieber’s career. The song received high praise from experts, along with two nominations at the 59th Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance of the year. In addition, “Love Yourself” also achieved commercial success when it topped many music charts around the world.

Therefore, under the huge success of “Love Yourself”, this collaboration between Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber has received great anticipation from the public and fans, and when “I don’t care” Unable to meet those expectations, there was a lot of pressure and criticism coming towards the two boys.

Confront fierce opponents

“I don’t care” was released by Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran in a situation where so many music stars around the world have just released their products. While Taylor Swift with the song “Me” in collaboration with Brendon Urie brought listeners a vibrant, joyful Pop song combined with colorful images that helped her break BTS’s record when Becoming the artist with the fastest MV to reach 10 million views, Shaw Mendes also achieved his best achievement ever on the Billboard 100 chart when the single “If I can’t have you” was released. right in the second position 2.

For comparison, both of the above songs are superior to “I don’t care” in terms of musical quality as well as the beginning of the image. In addition, both Taylor Swift and Shaw Mendes know how to make fans curious about their products, while the MV for “I don’t care” was released after the public was “bored” of listening to the audio version. mumble”.

Even though there is such a strong investment, neither Taylor Swift, Shaw Mendes nor other stars can beat “Old Town Road” by the duo Lil Nas is continuously staying at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 consecutive weeks. This proves that the failure of “I don’t care” is completely understandable when the song does not have all the elements to be able to compete with the above competitors.

Conclusion

At this point, it can be confirmed that “I don’t care” is an unsuccessful product by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber. This is also an opportunity for both of them to look back at the success formula of their songs. before and learn from experience to focus on new combinations in the future.