the girl in shape of you music video
Shape of You On 30 January 2017, the song's official music video, starring American dancer and model Jennie Pegouskie and retired professional sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama Ryūta (credited as "Yama"), was released on Sheeran's channel.[56][57] It was shot on location in Seattle, and was directed by Jason Koenig.[58] On 8 May 2017, 97 days after its release, it became one of the fastest music videos to reach 1 billion views on YouTube, and as of August 2018, the music video has amassed over 3.7 billion views on the site.[59] and is the site's second most-watched video.[60]
Shape of You The song was the last song written for Sheeran's third album รท.[12] On 6 January 2017, when hosting The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Sheeran revealed that "Shape of You" had originally been written with Rihanna in mind.[13][14] As he had already written all the songs he wanted for the album, the song was therefore not intended to be included in the album. It was conceived as a duet between Rihanna and Rudimental, but the head of the record label convinced him to keep the song for himself.[15] He said: