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The ever-modest Ed Sheeran has ruled out the idea of recording the next James Bond theme song, saying if he did it, "it would sound a bit wet."
The rumour mill has gone into overdrive in recent weeks, after it was announced that the next film in the franchise will be called Spectre and will star Chistoph Waltz, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes and Ben Wishaw alongside Daniel Craig.
Speaking at the BBC Music Awards earlier this week though, as NME reports, the singer denied that he will be following in Adele's footsteps: "I'd love to do a James Bond song, "he said, "But can you imagine it? I just wasn't born with the James Bond voice. You never know - I'm not ruling it out. Maybe in 10 years time, when my balls drop."
He added, "I think the James Bond theme tune should be ballsy. I feel like if I was going to do it, it would sound a bit wet. The Hobbit song was perfect for me to do, because it's quite folksy and rootsy. A hairy short man should be singing a song about that!"
As for who should do the song instead, he offered, "Anyone from Sam [Smith] to Paloma Faith - anyone who does the retro thing really, really fucking well should do it.
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