The song became Sheeran's eighth top 10 in the US and first since 2019. In the United States, "Bad Habits" debuted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, with 38.8 million airplay audience impressions, 17.7 million streams and 33,200 sold. I bite my tongue, it's a bad habit Kinda mad that I didn't take a stab at it Thought you were too good for me, my dear Never gave me time of day, my dear It's okay, things happen for Reasons that I.He further described his current position in music, saying, "I always aim to push myself and my music in new directions and hopefully you'll hear that on the new single. On 4 June, the singer began teasing the single release on his social media accounts, as well as announcing a performance at TikTok's UEFA Euro 2020 show with David Beckham on 25 June.
"Bad Habits" is a song by English singer Ed Sheeran, released on 25 June 2021 through Asylum Records as the lead single off his upcoming fifth studio album. My bad habits lead to wide eyes stare into space And I know I lose control of the things that I say Yeah, I was lookin' for a way out, now I can't escape Nothin' happens after two, it's true, it's true My bad habits lead to you Post-Chorus Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh My bad habits lead to you Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Bridge We took the long way 'round Burned.