Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco - The Making of "Love Yourself" (released by Justin Bieber)

Credit goes to Murray Cummings and the his team that created the beautiful documentary Songwriter.

[@maisumcanalfitness9295]

Man, Benny saying "it instantly becomes a classic if you say love yourself", nailed it. Talk about an understanding of music and the music industry

[@tsembalo5855]

6:05

[@AnImproversation]

It’s sad that most people will never understand the musical genius Benny Blanco is

[@StacheBigote]

He also asked if he had any relationship stuff to write about and Ed said he doesn’t really want to write about that. So Benny goes “well write about that then” which becomes “I didn’t want to write a song”. Literally as good as a producer gets right there.

[@BILLYPATRON]

When Bieber sings “& I didn’t want to write a song.” That was a powerful line in the song. Very honest and transparent.

[@Cloncurryboi88]

😂

[@meghiiikha2848]

@@thomsonhomson bruh ,Ed Sheeran revealed that bieber took and did his thing on it lol 😂😂

[@zackkeel9116]

Lmfaooo

[@goldrush18x]

@@meghiiikha2848 lets be real, at most he took it and changed a word or a comma. that justin writing credit is bullshit lmao

[@fridamejia717]

Well, Ed wrote it intentionally for Justin 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@hearsed5321]

literally pulled a hit song out of thin air. incredible

[@hearsed5321]

@@PatrickPaca agreed

[@user-rz9yg1lt9e]

It’s because he has written thousands of songs it’s just natural for him. It’s just very hard work. He said that when he started he would wake up learn guitar before school, then at school breaks he would learn guitar in music class then come home and play until he went to sleep and repeated that every day. Then two years later he started writing songs once he was good at guitar 1 to 5 a day everyday and never stopped. He moved out at 16 and busked every day on the streets for around 4 years until he got recognition from a performance on ‘sbtv’ then had his album plus come out and ever since he has just become greater and greater. I would say he probably put in 12,000 hours before he made his first successful album. So the 10,000 hour rule works. Btw the 10,000 hour rule means you can master anything in 10,000 hours, well not master but become great. I’m so proud of Ed for proving everyone wrong,he is the last person anyone would think of to become a successful musician and he did it 👏👏Anyway here we are and Ed’s on top of the world. The lesson we can learn is if you put the work in and I mean work,you can truly do whatever you want to in life, accept from being president of America if you’re born somewhere else lol. Try not to do what you want for the wrong reasons like, money and fame though because it’s just societal cravings that are portrayed to make us happy. We can never satisfy our cravings in life, I mean look around,do most rich people seem happy, the ones that do are happy (meaning they have more happy experiences) because they have time to progress themselves and that makes them feel good. The only thing that can satisfy in life is loved ones and our experiences in life. Oh and the whole happiness think, it’s rubbish. Without sad moments humans would fail to survive. Its programmed into us. Think of it this way if we was always happy, why get out of bed in the morning. enjoy all feelings for they are all a blessing. Also sadness is what makes you want to do something for yourself,so it’s a good thing. Anyway sorry for going philosophical. It’s just everyone over values money in todays world and spends their lives in autopilot longing for whatever others want. Don’t be a sheep, find your own meaning even if it’s looking at a wall for 6 hours a day😂 I don’t know. There is no meaning to any of this, or maybe there is but it doesn't matter ether way, so you can do whatever you want but to live a virtuous fulfilling life is way more rewarding. If you do make something big for yourself pass your knowledge on, don’t be selfish otherwise there was no point in you existing then and have children because you basically pass on yourself in them. I mean all the brilliant minds we’ve had and most of them never shared how they did what they did, it could’ve help us. I’ll shut up now, lol

[@thedfferencetab1977]

Amazing right

[@santoast3018]

@@user-rz9yg1lt9e needed to hear this

[@joelnachtweij7036]

@@user-rz9yg1lt9e Agree

[@Ryan692.]

Ed is a musical genius. This video confirms it.

[@Dancehit1]

I like It when He did River with eminem

[@georgeharrison1182]

He’s riffing over 3 chords lol

[@jsstn2306]

He’s good but a true musical genius is Kanye

[@user-rz9yg1lt9e]

@@jsstn2306 lol

[@jannazeus4258]

Who's that?

[@layoy7612]

What Ed Sheeran does after a gig: writing Justin Bieber's hits.

[@Lordofthefall06]

So because he wrote Love Yourself now it means he "writes Bieber hits". I swear you bitches just be saying anything atp😂😂😂

[@thebandcordero]

Ed - “yeah, but I don’t really want to write about it.” Benny - “so why don’t you write about THAT?” A great producer pulling out greatness from a great writer.

[@eljefe114]

Made millions with a couple riffs. Ed’s a bloody genius

[@igod8054]

like the beatles. simplicity at its best

[@icedking6268]

I dont think he made millions by songwriting,more like in 100k range i guess.

[@merlinmediagroup]

@@igod8054 Except The Beatles went on to create and produce groundbreaking music with higher production values and techniques, themes and poetic lyricism.

[@merlinmediagroup]

​@@icedking6268 Love Yourself has been streamed over 1.4 billion times on Spotify alone, their payout rate being on average $0.0032 per stream, that's over $4 million in revenue from 1 platform alone (granted, Ed won't receive all of the royalties, but he's entitled to at least 1/3 of those paid to the 3 songwriters). Then add all the radio play, with most major stations being charged between $50 - $200 per play - Love Yourself was the most played song on American radio in 2016, with over 4 billion impressions. Then add KZbin views - over 1.4 billion on the official video alone (KZbin pay figures are harder to accurately calculate but taking into account the average they supposedly pay between, $3 and $5 per 1,000 video views, the figure is at the least $4million, at most $9 million (this doesn't include the revenue from all the separately uploaded versions, official and unofficial, covers, etc.) Then add royalties from streams with the other leading streaming services such as Apple, Amazon, Tidal, Google, etc. (impossible to calculate figures due to insufficient data), easily into the tens of millions of dollars. Then add royalties from its use in TV, film and media (insufficient data), easily into the hundreds of thousands/millions of dollars. Then add the royalties from the purchase of the single as a digital download (over 15 million copies according to various sources) and the album which contains the single (be it digital download or a physical copy, Ed will receive a cut from every copy sold, the rate of which is different based on the format purchased - lowest amount being from digital download, then CD, then vinyl, etc). Of course the two previous figures might also take into account album-equivalent unit sales from streaming but still, we are talking the generation of millions of dollars just from one song. Edit: Apologies for the essay, just wanted to shed some light.

[@MegaMsc123]

@@merlinmediagroup yellow submarine💀

[@thennig837]

When you know the lyrics before Ed Sheeran 😂😂

[@thennig837]

@Gernot Hassknecht Bist du von der "Heute-Show"?

[@thennig837]

@Gernot Hassknecht Verstehe nicht, warum das relevant ist. Immerhin weiß ich, wie man "except" schreibt

[@thennig837]

@Gernot Hassknecht Naja das finde ich jetzt auch wieder nicht ;)

[@im_safla]

Brilliant one!!

[@hour24hour]

😂😂😂

[@Saientific]

Everyone giving props to Ed... but nobodies bigging up Benny for producing that outta him.

[@xxplosiivee2653]

Yup hes insane and has made songs for tons of other artists

[@elvisaguilar8008]

Cause engineering is the easier part of song making

[@Saientific]

@@elvisaguilar8008 First off who said anything about engineering, its producing Engineering is also very important, its def not "easy" lmaooooo

[@mjmellan]

benny's a tool, "FACT"! have you seen the songwriter documentary...

[@gabrielness4306]

@@mjmellan what's it called?

[@si_quest]

Sia and Ed Sheeran writing everyone else’s songs

[@Yottabyte_]

same as skrillex and diplo

[@kwesi2364]

Ryan Tedder

[@ferrycool7495]

Bruno Mars

[@tourllif3xo65]

Let me know sia’s song

[@ibrahimabarry4937]

나만듣고싶은 노래 pretty hurts, diamond, chained to the rhythm

[@JodyMac]

It’s like the song is downloading from the universe into his brain in real time but there’s some buffering bc they’re on a bus.

[@sarangave]

😺💪

[@bene100degrees]

😂

[@joshhowe3477]

How high were you when you wrote this?

[@riverx.5928]

The confidence that goes behind giving away such a hit song is just remarkable.

[@shuarma0]

dont forget the money part lol

[@tsunamisantista6683]

@@shuarma0 yess haha

[@FirstNameLastName-pg3pi]

@@shuarma0 but than about how much more money he would've gotten by singing and writing the hit song himself

[@VyperSyren]

@@FirstNameLastName-pg3pi maybe it's not about the money in the first place *:O* he was also planning to give shape of you away

[@laner1172]

@@VyperSyren of course it's about the money lol. Bieber will make more money w the song obviously than ed.

[@christianna49]

Benny- Every songwriter in the music industry ever- “Well is there any relationship shit going on that could work? Ed- yeah but... I don’t wanna write a song about it *15 minutes later* “and I didn’t wanna write a song”

[@pvp97]

Didn't you hear Benny tell Ed to write a song about him not wanting to write a song? Pretty genius if you ask me.

[@christianna49]

Praveena V I did That’s y I made a meme about how talented he is

[@yoloswag6242]

Benny has so many good insights man. 6:07 he guides Ed to make the song a classic, which became! Also tells Ed to write a song about not wanting to write a song. Guy is full of great ideas. 😂

[@jenjones90]

Benny is a genius. So many music producers don't get the credit they deserve!

[@chantalcaraig88]

This song was the first Bieber song I ever really liked. I remember listening to it and thinking "this is something Ed Sheeran could write", since I've been listening to Ed since 2012. Coldwater is another one by Bieber that I really enjoy. WELL, it turns out both of them were written by Ed. 😂

[@dee6818]

Justin Boehner also go write these songs too.

[@fubukishirou6950]

You like Bieber.. you just can't admit.

[@justintee3241]

Fake story

[@severagotgoomer1005]

That song was not totally written by Ed but justin modified it Ed wrote "you should go and f""k yourself 😂" Justin made it into "LOVE YOURSELF" has he made alot of changes in that.

[@ariantasariedimunthe4734]

@@severagotgoomer1005 :'(

[@tarunavasthy]

This video is already a classic - I can't appreciate this enough. We just witnessed absolute musical genius

[@staysmuth]

Yes I keep watching and watching it

[@nevalott7915]

Love seeing these!! Thanks!

[@tikikeram850]

It's Songwriter movie right ,m

[@vidhusrivarenya5138]

0:59 “gotta get my laptop and write it down 🎶🎶yeah yeah yeah” 😂😍

[@Escaaa70]

Lol

[@swyxTV]

AND I DIDNT WANNA WRITE A SONG it was right there Ed cant believe you didnt come up with that right away

[@samxday]

For me....best video on KZbin. Suspicions confirmed. Modern songwriting at its simplest. Laptop. Pyjamas. Sheeran writing a classic while Blanco pushes the buttons. 🔥🔥🔥

[@Colbychristie]

samxday its in a comfort space to allow the creativity to flow

[@jaikesav6522]

That smile when he knows he's produced a hit 🙃

[@maxstrite69]

These guys are both musical geniuses..wow

[@thenarrativeandwhyyouloveit]

Benny is the ultimate guide to creating hits without forcing anyone to he just brings it out of everyone.

[@NatVoisey]

It’s incredible that they wrote that live in the back of a bus. Respect to Benny and Ed.

[@guod5165]

Benny seems so underrated. You, probably, wouldn’t have a “fav song” without that man.

[@dkennedy9885]

i love when the artist dont need a million dollar studio to make hits just need a good mic good interface and a good engineer and youre good to go

[@mikeyashworth7953]

give benny his respect- without him this song would not be the same

[@philmedeiros2497]

I feel like people don't realize how long this dude been around. He wrote Katy perry like first hit Hot n Cold I remember that in Jr high and I'm like 27 now lol

[@mahibbalde1433]

wtf this is crazy they wrote most of this song in a day

[@mcol4644]

Tupac use to do multiple songs a day

[@emmanuelgalasso]

@@mcol4644 how?? 😳 i can't even create a melody or a single line ahahhaa

[@kelvinlee8629]

When years of practice finally paid off

[@CastinCouch-with-MasterBaiters]

On a fucking bus...working

[@Chrxnic307]

@@emmanuelgalasso they all use to start off like that. Over time it just gets easier

[@shooter1598]

“ my brother don’t mind you but he knew that I was wrong” should’ve kept that

[@shooter1598]

Gernot Hassknecht no it doesn’t it make sense

[@fountainofheaven3547]

@@shooter1598 it means my brother doesn't mind you being around but he knows the girl is not the one

[@j.rjunior5584]

He should've kept, "You should go and f yourself." He should've kept that. The first time I listened too this song, f yourself was always in my head. Lol

[@insipid_lipid]

It's nuts to see the moment an artist finds a great line of lyrics or a melody in real time. It's cool to know "okay, he was wearing blue sweats in a tour bus when he came up with that". Inspiring to a peasant like me.

[@me034]

I went to listen to Justin's "Love yourself" after watching this, and you can hear Ed singing the high notes on the background!

[@vosdiliguntmortem]

They're both musical geniuses, watching them in the process is absolutely crazy

[@CP4Z167]

Can really tell he truly loved making this song with a passion. Probably a huge reason why this song turned out to be huge hit.

[@user-lg4nq3nv7r]

How can these beautiful lyrics come out this easily?

[@joshdunham7167]

15 years of songwriting?

[@mountaindew3201]

I guess it comes naturally to him. I like to believe that everyone is born with a certain talent or skills. It’s like it was meant to be.

[@joshdunham7167]

@@mountaindew3201 nah, that's a skill he worked on since he was 8, don't discredit his effort like that.

[@user-lg4nq3nv7r]

Mo-lester Of course he overcome many trial and error but actually we can’t be a singer like ed sheeran If we don’t have talent like him efforts make someone better but not perfect..

[@joshdunham7167]

@@user-lg4nq3nv7r not a singer no, he's got a beautiful tone of voice, not necessarily a good singer but a soothing sound, like Taylor swift, adèle or demi lavato are good singing who just have a huge voice but this thread was regarding songwriting and being a writer of literature I can assure you it's a skill that you work your ass off on for years and people don't see the struggles and think you were just born this way, that puts a mental block on people who want to be good writers because now they think it's something you are born with, you're not.

[@domchurch97]

6:15 “kinda works” I can never not sing this part and this man says kinda works😂he’s a genius

[@thawzie]

its really awesome how they got to film stuff like this and the fact that this isnt even for a documentary or something

[@AlbatrossAerialImaging]

It is for a documentary, done by Ed’s cousin I believe. I think it’s called “Songwriter” or “The Songwriter”

[@Jayfresh144]

This is seriously one of the most epic videos of creating music I’ve ever seen. Thanks for this 😌👍🏽

[@littlemissbekah9722]

I love that the original said f yourself. The first time I heard it I thought it sounded off and thought he was going to sing that instead. Fits better but is a better hit when it says love yourself. Producer was right.

[@nature598]

and to think me and the majority of the general public thought this song was about selena lmao justin had pretty much NO input on the lyrics. i knew ed wrote this but i didn’t realize it was the majority of not all of the song!

[@Jake-lf5yt]

he wanted rihanna to sing this song too

[@lucasguerin7005]

ATOM nah he wanted Rihanna to sing Shape of you but I think it was his manager who told him to keep the song.

[@KevinEPratt]

That's called being dooped by the industry......I'm sure it sold him records at the proper time!

[@jillianjacques4190]

Jake imagine needing to fight over good music like the other big stars who don’t write their own.

[@Sean-mc4iq]

I am pretty sure no one thought Justin wrote this about Selena, as many thought it was about another girl he was dating... who was seeking clout. However, it's clear now he didn't even write the song.

[@mauroc7611]

And this is the real effort behind a great song,

[@roos5498]

I can't even make a poem and this man over here almost made a song in one day.

[@redwanhossainrisann]

a computer , a guitar thats it ! thats it to make a hit song ! hats off ed 👏🏻

[@GooferDusty]

Well, to be fair he has a Benny Blanco too lol

[@redwanhossainrisann]

GooferDusty thats true tho

[@GooferDusty]

@@redwanhossainrisann I'm not knocking Ed's songwriting, he's great. but having a Benny Blanco is not a bad thing when writing hit songs lol

[@anakinskywalker6662]

When I play this live I like to play an extra pre chorus at the end so I can play the line he didn’t put in and people love it. “My brother don’t mind you but he knows I was wrong”

[@johnnyjay3255]

Ed is such an amazing song writer.

[@primitivespongebob1178]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful

[@AVAtticus182]

crazy that a lot of these lyrics and melodies and chord progressions made it to the final

[@joestaveley8644]

this is so cool, its a whole new dynamic for me seeing other people write songs, especially in other genres to what i write

[@nikov4543]

Thank you so much for filming this!!!!!

[@berxrecords7654]

That’s tight! Way to go Benny! Ed, you’re wildly talented! Woh!

[@parkerle78]

Freaking amazing stuff! So talented!

[@helpingheany]

Keep coming back to this masterpiece captured

[@nochlola]

Ed Sheeran so fun with the lyrics. Thanks for making this video.

[@angelacorrenti3299]

It's cool to see how a star process his greatness love Ed seems like a sweet guy 💛💚💙💜

[@giovannaolly]

the song just naturally came to him, I love that

[@twistwist777]

A hit in one night… wow!

[@sam-eleejones4607]

I just want to say Thank you soooo much for uploading this. I love these type of vidz...

[@rammys]

Thank you for posting this Brady. It helps.

[@58jumps]

Any collaboration of art brings out the joy and genius of those with the talent, and drive. Benny Blanco's laid-back methodical approach and focus allowed Sheeran to find the song waiting in the creative ether. This was a nice inside look at their efforts.

[@quemonty]

Thanks a lot for this , so inspiring

[@theoneandonlyjcv9940]

I revisit this video at least once every couple weeks for inspiration. Their process is just so organic and it's fun to watch!

[@sandeepgedala7589]

My mind’s just blowin up…. Frekin hell man….. These two have made this iconic hit casually while travelling out of thin air man… !

[@nevalott5183]

Love watching These thanks!

[@ismaelsanchez182]

holy shit I live for this type of content, beautiful, amazing would've never known

[@sterlingnickles7765]

This is amazing and so inspirational. Thank you for sharing

[@mooresyboy8607]

Just casually making a absolute classic whilst on the move gotta give em props for that👏👏👏

[@Nature-im5zz]

Ed is soooo down to earth 🌎

[@jirosalazar28]

This song writing process is so satisfying to watch.

[@marijaradonic2265]

What a fucking amazing duo and chemistry between these two guys

[@AGT1025]

The smile of: “This is a hit!”

[@AngeloDiBen]

This was amazing to watch

[@prideofalion]

Damn. I knew there was a reason i liked a bieber song.

[@bw2937]

LOL

[@laurawilliams4138]

Best musician singer & song writer!!!

[@imfirstatachaijr.johnner4240]

What a both talented people !!

[@_ConnorEdwardsMusic]

I could sit on that bus and learn from the creative genius all day

[@davisroberts5368]

That was awesome

[@roberthenderson5357]

I love that falsetto!

[@ibrahimakbar5802]

When they don't mind that song will be number 1 on Billboard Hot 100.

[@kurtis1246]

And I wondered why I loved this song so much! Ed took a part!

[@YvngGoat_]

“I feel like it should be about real shit though” billion dollar suggestion for the hit song.

[@chrislovett3553]

How does this not have 50 million views ? Way better than the actual video

[@lupo10]

That was amazing.

[@BMEMDSALMANSHAMS]

This is pure magic.....

[@Charlotte-fn5jy]

He’s so amazing

[@thekgbros]

Imagine if the lyrics went “my momma don’t like you and she likes everyone. My brother don’t mind you but he knows that I was wrong”

[@hectorohh]

Damn bro made a banger on the bus just chillin with the homie. That’s goals!!!

[@secreteee2572]

That must be very comfortable being in a bus like that

[@GreenBayPayton]

That makes the best songs

[@elinoorani18]

If they ever make a video about Ed Sheerans uprising to stardom this video better be in it, it’s so raw and authentic

[@staysmuth]

I come back to this video every few months.

[@staysmuth]

here I am again.

[@galvan6473]

So that’s why I loved the song when I don’t even like Justin Bieber. It all makes sense now

[@VORTEKMusic]

you dont have to like the singer to enjoy their music to be honest

[@jillianjacques4190]

VORTEK Music this isn’t even really Justin’s song. I think that’s their point.

[@rith6730]

So do I! 😉

[@benjaminmeirelles5120]

Jillian Jacques if you want to say that none of Justin songs are his songs .. diamonds is no rhiannas song ... no promises is not cheat codes or Demi lovato... you’d be surprised how many artists have someone write songs for them

[@72bpm]

omg this comment haha. If you like Ed Sheeran, definitely check out my music! A minute would mean the world to me :D I make and do EVERYTHING myself! I'm 15 you will be very surprised, it takes so much hard work and its hard to get noticed even if it is good quality. promise you won't regret it!! I do not have a ton of money, this is all I got!

[@sderb2562]

So talented its crazy 👍

[@babeeeshark]

oh man. so glad this exists

[@ivanmadaki]

Forever give respect to Ed✌️👌✋

[@jaeswag4921]

you're telling me this banger was made on a moving RV with a rough setup like this? damn, mad respect.

[@anshdeo]

So he just made a studio in a bus...

[@noobmaster1231]

But looks like He made a bus out of a studio! 🤔

[@nathanspeiser]

It’s actually pretty standard on any given tour bus as of late! J. cole, Logic, and many others have them on their buses to record on the road

[@Xianpaul0523]

Ansh Deo have you heard about wish fm?

[@anshdeo]

@@Xianpaul0523 yes

[@Xianpaul0523]

Ansh Deo Thats basically a music studio bus. So ya I think studio buses are not new specially to those touring artists.

[@davidhuang5042]

I love it when he decides to change "fuck yourself" to "love your self". I always felt like he did it on purpose to give it a sense of maturity. That one remix that the girl sings based on the girl's perspective has "fuck yourself" and it just seems sad (in a bad way) that she said it like that.

[@legacyplastering7410]

That was fun to watch!

[@jackphillips2874]

Came out perfectly x

[@ronaldosinaga2751]

Ahaha so this is why I loved this song when the 1st time I heard it..

[@shellsea9520]

LOVE ❤️ 😍 💖 THIS LOVE EDS SINGING/WORK ❤️

[@aerenh_]

I have watched this 100 times.

[@staysmuth]

for anyone who asks what benny blanco does. "is there any relationship shit...or nah?" and the love yourself vs. fuck yourself. he guides the artist casually toward where the song needs to go. such an valuable skill.