[6] The line "Relationships, and hearts you fixed, they break as well" is likely to reference him getting Jesy Nelson and former tour support Jake Roche engaged only for them to split 4 months before the album was released.
[7] Jim Farber with Entertainment Weekly said the song started the album on "dangerous ground", but concluded that it summarized the artist "in a nutshell: self-aware, self-deprecating and likable".
[8] Jordan Bassett of NME said "Sheeran manages to moan about superstardom...without sounding like a right bloody berk", while adding that the artist has "less than wicked flow".
[9] In a less favourable review, music critic Laura Snapes said that in the song "his words fit together with the elegance of Stickle Bricks", while adding it "feels like the only true reflection of his psyche" on the album.
[10] Roisin O'Connor of The Independent said the track "feels like an unusual way to open the album—Sheeran has never been a strong rapper (he admits as much in 'Take It Back' on x)—but is redeemed by the chorus".