Ed Sheeran Shares His Views About Artistes That Claim They Don't Care About Success

The hitmaker of "Thinking Out Loud," Jake Shane, made it clear during a recent appearance on Therapuss With Jake Shane that he doesn't think such claims.

He asserted that those musicians wouldn't sign with record labels or distribute their songs on a commercial basis if they genuinely didn't care about success.

The singer, who has won many Grammy Awards, asserted that all musicians aspire to fame and prosperity, emphasizing that those who claim they don't care about success are merely saying it because it “sounds cool.”

Anybody in the pop business "definitely cares" about success, Sheeran continued.

He said: 

 “I don’t believe any artist that says they don’t, otherwise, you wouldn’t release music because you’d be like, ‘If I don’t care what people think, then why would I even put it out?’ You’d just sort of make the music and be like, ‘Well, that’s made me feel good.’

“All artists, we want to be loved. That’s why we are on stage. And that’s why you sign to a record company, to go, ‘I would like people to hear the music that I’m making.’ I don’t really subscribe to this whole, like, not caring thing. That’s all a kind of ruse, because it sounds cool to say but every artist wants people to like their music.

“It really pisses me off when people are like, ‘Oh I don’t care how it does.’ I’m like, ‘F*cking shut up! You do! Everyone does.’ Anyone in the pop game definitely cares.”