“Better Now” by Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello

In “Better Now”, Ed Sheeran (supported by Camila Cabello) plays the role of someone who seems as if he is about to embark on a fresh, committed relationship. The issue is that apparently he engaged in romance before – and failed. So for instance, as insinuated at the beginning of the song, he is going to “build a Lego house” – in other words, not vest too much of his heart into the relationship – to allow him an easy escape just in case this current one suffers the same fate.

But the rest of the song expresses a somewhat contradictory sentiment. You can see that he is very much in love, and so is the other person, portrayed once again by Camila Cabello. They admit they are “out of touch” and “out of love”, insinuating that they have been out of the romance loop for so long that they doubt their current effectiveness as a partner. However, this does not deter the two from being there for each other. In fact all things considered, Ed and Camila believe that they are better lovers now than they were before, thus the title of this track.

Facts about “Better Now”

• This isn’t an original song from Ed Sheeran. It is actual a cover of Sheeran’s 2011 song titled “Lego House”. Ed and Camila are basically re-singing “Lego House” here.
• Ed Sheeran wrote this tune with two other songwriters, Chris Leonard and Jake Gosling. His collaborator, Camila Cabello, isn’t credited as one of the track’s writers.
• The song was commercially released for download as well as streaming on February 24, 2019.
• English music producer and songwriter Jake Gosling entirely produced this song. Gosling is a frequent collaborator of Sheeran. Prior to this track Gosling had produced such noted Sheeran singles as “Thinking Out Loud”, “Drunk” and “The A Team“.
• This song shares the same title with a 2018 worldwide hit song by American singer and rapper Post Malone. It’s not clear if this song’s title was inspired by Malone’s.

Prior to the song “Better Now”, had Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello ever worked together in the past?

This song is the first released collaboration between Sheeran and Cabello. In May 2018, Sheeran revealed to the world that he and Cabello had written a song together. The song in question was titled “The Boy”. It was supposed to have appeared on Cabello’s debut studio album titled Camila. However, for some reason, the track failed to make it onto that album. But is this that same song that has metamorphosed into this one? No. It’s abundantly clear “Better Now” is not the same collaboration (“The Boy”) that Sheeran was talking about. This is a different version of Ed’s 2011 hit “Lego House”.

Below is the original version of this song: