The Most Heterosexist, Tone-Deaf, Annoying Song of All Time

For the last three days, every time I've gone to the gym, the local Top 40 radio station has bleated out the most annoying song in history.  I don't know the title or the performer, just:

1. The lyrics: immensely, intensely, nauseatingly heteronormative.  All the lyrics I can hear are "I met a gi--iii--rrlll.  We fell in lo---ooo---ve"  "kiss me slo---ooo---oww."

Yeah, so you met a girl.  I've met lots of girls.  They're like half the population of the planet, right.  What's the big deal?

So you fell in love.  Don't most people fall in love and kiss? Unless they are celibate, not into romance, or extremely socially awkward.  What's the big deal? 
Surely you're not implying that for boys, meeting a gi---iii---rlll and falling in lo---ooo---ve is the meaning of life?  Heterosexual desire is universal human experience, gay people do not exist?

But that's not the end of the horror.

2.  A simplistic four-four beat that they teach you in grade school, plus annoying triplets (three notes shoved into two) that plod in your your head like a hammer, especially if you're on a weight machine.  "I met a gi---clank---iiii---clank----rlll--clank."

3. Sudden change of register to an annoying falsetto high note.  "I met a (normal)...gi...iiii....rllll- falsetto falsetto falsetto..."

4. It goes on forever and ever.  Just when you think there's a reprise, there's more "I met a ...."

Here's the first of the 3000 verses:

I met a gi---iii--rlll, beautiful and swe--eee---eeet
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me-eee-eee
'Cause we were just kids when we fell in loo--ooo--vve

Want to guess who he meets in the third verse?

So I looked up the monstrosity.   It wasn't easy -- the title isn't "I met a gi--iii--rlll," it's "Perfect," sung in an amateurish beat with annoying falsettos by someone named Ed Sheehan.

Must be a squeaky-voiced teenager who got his song to play because his daddy owns the radio station.

Wait -- he has a wikipedia page?

You won't believe this -- there's someone with the same name as the "I met a gi--iii--rrll" Ed Sheehan, a British singer, and he's  famous!  He has sold 38 million albums and 100 million singles, making him one of the highest selling singers in the world.  His debut album, + (pronounced "Plus"), has gone sextuple platinum.

These are the songs of the famous Ed Sheehan:

1. "The A Team," which is not about the tv show, it's about a prostitute addicted to crack.
2. "Lego House," which is not about a lego house, but about a deranged stalker fan.
3. "Sing," which is not about singing, it's about a man trying to convince a woman to have sex
4. "Blood Stream," which is not about blood, it's about a drunk who can't get laid
5. "Shape of You," which is about being attracted to a woman and having sex with her.

6. Gulp. "Perfect," which is about meeting a gi--iii---rll who is perfect.

Wait -- it's the same Ed Sheehan?  But how could someone so famous release something so horrible?

Heterosexist and tone-deaf.  Is he homophobic, too?

In 2009 and 2010, he tweeted a lot of "no homo" statements.

In 2011 he complained about a "gay, faggoty man" in a rap battle with another musician. 

In 2012 he takes the time to tweet: "I am not gay.  Enjoy the music."

 In 2017 he posted a rainbow flag to encourage Australians to vote in favor of same-sex marriage, and waved one live at a show at London's O2 arena.

Ok, just heterosexist and tone-deaf.  What about his physique?

Want to see him with his shirt off?  Are you sure?

Trigger warning: it's gross

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Ever hear of a gym, Illustrated Man?
















Here's another without the disgusting tattoos, so maybe they're fake.

Heterosexist, tone-deaf, and a gross, pasty physique. And famous for meeting a gi---iiii---rlll.