The A TeamBackground information

The song was written and performed by Ed Sheeran, and was the lead single in his debut album “+” in 2011.

It became apart of the top 10 in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, The Netherlands and the UK.

In the Uk, the single debuted at No. 3 selling over 50,000 copies. Gradually over a year, the song reached the Billboard top 100 reaching No. 16 at the time.

The song also won the Brit award for Best Single and was nominated for a Grammy.

When making the music video, Sheeran already had ideas of his own. When first recording the song he didn’t have a recorder so had to make a video on his Mac. When asked about his influence behind the song at the Grammy’s he replied “The A Team is written about a woman that I met in a homeless shelter”.

The cover art for the single displays the actress used in the music video with her arms up in a cross-like position. It suggests she is sacrificing herself to her environment, because her destructive life has become because of drugs.

Furthermore, her back is towards the audience hiding/ masking her identity. It suggests she is an anonymous female and represents the homeless female population who are affected by drugs and the matter of living on the streets.