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Ed Sheeran has opened up about his inspiration behind hit Formula One song Drive<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old teamed up with Dave Grohl and John Mayer on the track, which also features the iconic opening of Led Zeppelin\u2019s Whole Lotta Love.<\/i><\/p>\n
During a chat with Variety<\/i>, the Shape of Your <\/i>singer shared, \u201cI sent a voice note to Blake which was essentially the chorus mumbled. I wanted it to sound like an engine starting. We wanted it to make it feel in the zone of very riffed-based \u201870s rock music.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ed\u2019s producing partner Blake Slatkin brought him the project, and Ed leaned into the film\u2019s theme by wanting the song to sound \u201clike an engine starting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake chimed in, \u201cPeople don\u2019t know that Ed can rock like this. We had so many times when we were making music\u2026but it never really fit the record.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ed continued, \u201cIt needs to have this riff to start off with. The drums need to come in at this point. The chorus needs to come at this point. You\u2019re singing vowels and words form themselves in those points. When you have bullet points of lines from the film, that will actually make up lyrics of the song.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the work front, the pop icon released new album\u00a0Play <\/i>in September.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n