The Pokémon Firm Worldwide and Warner Music Group as we speak debuted “Celestial”, a Pokémon-inspired music by music celebrity Ed Sheeran. “Celestial” contains a day within the lifetime of Ed with particular appearances from a few of Ed’s favourite Pokémon characters, together with Pikachu, Squirtle, Machamp, Snorlax, and extra.
“I’ve performed Pokémon since I used to be in major faculty. Me and my brother used to have completely different variations of the video games and would commerce Pokémon collectively ‘til we every accomplished our Pokédex. I cherished the playing cards however the video games are what I misplaced myself in. I cherished the entire world they created; it saved me distracted if there was unfavorable stuff taking place in my life/faculty that I needed to keep away from. It was a world I may escape into and I’ve performed it ever since. Despite the fact that I’m 31 now, I nonetheless personal the identical Sport Boy Coloration and play Pokémon Yellow or Pokémon Silver on planes and trains once I’m on tour. It’s such an honor so as to add a music right into a Pokémon recreation and shoot a nostalgic video too. I hope you guys benefit from the music and video – it was a blast to movie!”
Ed Sheeran
“Working with a celebrity like Ed has been a dream come true for us at Pokémon. We’re all such huge followers of his and, not solely was he a pleasure to work alongside, his genuine love of every part Pokémon actually shines by way of. Yuichi Kodama has accomplished a improbable job of capturing a sense of pure childlike pleasure and sense of journey inside the video too. Each of their real adoration for Pokémon makes this a really particular collaboration and we will’t wait to see Pokémon followers and music followers singing alongside to Celestial. I hope everybody can be wanting ahead to having fun with the observe later this yr within the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games.”
Kenji Okubo, President of The Pokémon Firm Worldwide.
Take a look at the music video right here: https://youtu.be/23g5HBOg3Ic
“Celestial” will seem within the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video video games launching November 18, 2022, completely on Nintendo Swap.
Supply: The Pokemon Firm