Ed Sheeran reveals Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself' was originally written for Rihanna

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00:00I always think it's funny that you didn't record Love Yourself.

00:02If you want to, how's it go?

00:04For all the times that you rain on my parade

00:07And all the clubs you get in using my name

00:11You had that song in your head.

00:14Do you think of Justin Bieber and say,

00:15hey, this is a song that would be good for him?

00:18Originally, I want to, can I swear on the radio?

00:20Yeah, of course.

00:20Originally, the lyrics were meant to be

00:22If you like the way you look that much,

00:24oh baby, you should go and f*** yourself.

00:27And originally, I was like, here in Rihanna,

00:30come in with a bit of that sort of like swag.

00:32So you had that in mind for Rihanna?

00:34Rihanna could get away with saying,

00:35you should go f*** yourself.

00:37Right.

00:37I was like, if anyone was going to finish this song,

00:40it should be her.

00:41And then I was talking to Justin

00:44because he was finishing his album

00:45and his songs were sounding more and more and more

00:47growing up.

00:48And I was like, yeah, he probably could finish this

00:50and really, really make this special.