Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I’m drunk on stars and we’re dancing out into space
Celestial
Celestial
-- "Celestial", Ed Sheeran
Speaking of collaborations, this one comes to me over a month too late (by now) and needs to be discussed regardless. By now, many Pokémon fans will have recognized that the famous singer Ed Sheeran has his own connections to the franchise, and they're special in their own ways. With that, they've now collaborated on a tune that is expressive of that connection and takes it to the stars above, which would be the song for which the chorus is quoted above.
The music video for this song is what really drives home the point. It depicts what might be a typical day in the singer's life, but with the addition of Pokémon. They appear in animated sequences, Western style (cartoony) as they interpolate into that daily life and Eastern style (anime) in the final moments as the music video shows a TV. Interestingly, that anime sequence is a reimagining of the climactic moments of the first movie or feature film, which should strike the hearts of longtime and/or fervent fans. The Pokémon influence is through and through, and so is the singer's presence.
Notwithstanding the Pokémon connections, the song may be construed as a minor romantic number. Its lyrics on the whole speak of a significant one who might always seem to be far away but upon connection can become very close, even where "far away" is really far away. Note that the song itself is neutral (confer Katy Perry's "Electric" or most of the others on P25 Music), so it also totally speaks out to those who are purely Ed's fans and not so much Pokémon. But indeed, Pokémon is hard to be unconnected from the song.
As a footnote, this song will be included in the Scarlet and Violet games, likely as a credits theme. It's the most plausible entry point, but it'll still be a nice touch regardless from an artist who is now considered a "bestie" with Pokémon.
It has been said that Ed got through a failed first gig and a missed train by playing Pokémon, and that's a magnificent story, whether real or imagined. Somewhere along the way, the "starry expanse" of the night might be involved in that tale... and now, Ed has sung (and expressed, with Pokémon) just what it might be like to swim in that "pool of stars".
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