Ed Sheeran reveals hilarious reason why he gave away hit song ‘Love Yourself’ to Justin Bieber

Ed Sheeran should emotion himself.

The famed British singer-songwriter revealed during his performance astatine Hard Rock Live Friday nighttime astatine nan Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino that he gave distant nan monolithic deed “Love Yourself” because those closest to him didn’t deliberation it was that awesome of a tune.

“This is simply a opus erstwhile I was penning ‘Divide’ I was penning a batch of songs astir a batch of different things, and I wrote this opus and honestly, I played it to group and they went, ‘Meh,'” Sheeran chuckled arsenic he told nan crowd.

Sheeran, 33, past explained he played it for 1 personification — Justin Bieber — who decided he wanted it for his repertoire.

“I went, ‘Cool, person it,’ and past it sewage very big,” he said, laughing.

Bieber’s “Love Yourself” topped nan Billboard Hot 100 Year-End floor plan successful 2016, making him nan youngest creator to person a No. 1 azygous connected nan floor plan successful nan publication’s history.

Ironically enough, nan occurrence of nan opus prompted nan “Afterglow” singer’s friends to inquire why he would springiness it distant successful nan first spot fixed really successful it became.

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“‘You told maine it wasn’t good,'” Sheeran recalled saying, laughing pinch nan crowd arsenic he reminisced.

Although it yet became nan “Baby” singer’s hit, Sheeran’s songwriting credits let him to “always play it,” truthful he performed it for nan Hard Rock audience.

Sheeran will besides execute Saturday arsenic portion of Hard Rock Beach Club’s Formula 1 lineup up of nan qualifying convention race. Other performers see Don Omar, Kaskade and Cedric Gervais.

The Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix takes spot Sunday, pinch Marc Anthony singing nan National Anthem.