Analysing Ed Sheeran's 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You'

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The lyrics for You Need Me, I Don't Need You' are illustrated many times in the music video by Ed Sheeran. The actor uses sign language to show the lyrics to the audience, which is a unique way of portraying the lyrics in a video.

At some points, items are used to further illustrate the lyrics. For example, when the words ' Times at the Enterprise when some fella filmed me' are mentioned, an old-style camera is used on set, filming the dancer. In addition, a sofa is shown when the word 'Coutch' is sung, and this shot is repeated when the word 'Out' is sung on the next line, which reinforces the rhyming pattern.

Overall, I feel that the music video effectively compliments the lyrics of this song, helping to reinforce certain important points that perhaps the audience may not be able to understand because of the pace of which the words are sung.