The Pokémon Firm Worldwide and Warner Music Group at this time 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 main faculty. Me and my brother used to have totally 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 unfavourable 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 Recreation 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 sport 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 large followers of his and, not solely was he a pleasure to work alongside, his genuine love of every part Pokémon actually shines by means of. Yuichi Kodama has accomplished a implausible job of capturing a sense of pure childlike pleasure and sense of journey throughout the video too. Each of their real adoration for Pokémon makes this a very particular collaboration and we are able to’t wait to see Pokémon followers and music followers singing alongside to Celestial. I hope everybody can also be wanting ahead to having fun with the monitor later this yr within the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games.”
Kenji Okubo, President of The Pokémon Firm Worldwide.
Try 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
