Ed Sheeran - X Review: Versatile Yet Nothing Special

Rating: ★★★☆☆

Everyone's favourite, loveable red head, Ed Sheeran is back with his debut album 'X' a.k.a 'Multiply'.

Ed Sheeran: 'X'

Since the album's release on the 23rd June 2014, Sheeran has been dominating the charts, nabbing the number one spot in over 65 countries on iTunes. He also made TV history yesterday (26 June) doing the first interactive TV advert during The Big Bang Theory on E4. Viewers got to vote via Twitter for which song they would like Ed to perform during the advert. The advert received thousands of votes with 'I'm a Mess' resulting as the most voted.

So it's time for the big question, is the album worthy of its positive reception its had so far?

I'll be honest, after the release of his new annoying, yet catchy single 'Sing' I wasn't expecting much from the singer-songwriter's debut album. The single is very repetitive with annoying noises and yells of "sing" or "love" chucked in. It seems as though he didn't put as much effort into that song compared to his previous hit tracks.

My Mad Fat Diary: Cringetastic!

Courtesy of Channel 4

With the last episode airing tonight, My Mad Fat Diary is sadly coming to the end of its second series. But for any of you who haven't watched it yet, it's not too late to catch up and become addicted like the rest of us.

Ask any woman if they kept a diary when they were a teenager and I can assure you 9 out of 10 would say yes. It is a natural part of being a young girl; writing about your problems, fantasising over boys, worrying about sexual experience, etc. We've all pined over that one hottie in school and had our girl drama, Rae Earl's diary entries are no different...well except that she is mad - literally.



The gang:Courtesy of Channel 4

Rae Earl, played by Sharon Rooney, is a 17-year-old girl living in Lincolnshire who has just left a psychiatric hospital where she has spent the last four months after attempting to commit suicide. Her best friend Chloe (Jodie Comer) has started hanging out with a 'cool' gang, consisting of members Izzy, Chop, Archie and Finn. Rae strives to become one of the gang, eventually winning them over with her lad-like behaviour and good music taste. Things start to look up for Rae, but not everything is funky dory. Each episode presents her daily struggles such as her inability to like herself and lack of body confidence as well as the constant boy drama.