Celestial

This article is about the song. For the Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, see Celestial Storm (TCG). For the location in Unova, see Celestial Tower.

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Celestial is a song performed by Ed Sheeran that is featured in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet during the game's credit. It was released on September 29, 2022.

Lyrics

You see tonight, it could go either way
Hearts balanced on a razor blade
We are designed to love and break
And to rinse and repeat it all again

I get stuck when the world's too loud
And things don't look up when you're going down
And I know your arms are reaching out
From somewhere beyond the clouds

You make me feel
Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I'm drunk on stars and we're dancing out into space
Celestial
Celestial

I see the light shining through the rain
A thousand colors in thе brighter shade
Needed to rise from the lowest place
There's silver lining that surrounds the grey

When I get lost, will you come back around?
Things don't look up when you're going down
And I know your arms, they are reaching out
From somewhere beyond the clouds

You make me feel
Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I'm drunk on stars and we're dancing out into space
Celestial
Celestial

We were made to be nothing more than this
Finding magic in all the smallest things
The way we notice, that's what really matters
Let's make tonight go on and on and on

(You make me feel)
We were made to be nothing more than this
Finding magic in all the smallest things
(You make me feel)
The way we notice, that's what really matters
Let's make tonight go on and on and on

You make me feel
Like my troubled heart is a million miles away
You make me feel
Like I'm drunk on stars and we're dancing out into space
Celestial
Celestial

Celestial
(We were made to be nothing more than this)
(Finding magic in all the smallest things)
Celestial
(The way we notice, that's what really matters)
(Let's make tonight go on and on and on)

Celestial

Plot

The video begins in a town in the United Kingdom in the early morning. Ed Sheeran is asleep in his room, which is decorated with various pieces of Pokémon merchandise: trading cards, Battrio pucks, plushes, figurines, boxed DVDs, and a Pokémon Mini, as well as a Game Boy Color with some game cartridges. The scene switches to a 2D sketch-like appearance, where Sheeran is shocked awake by a sketch of Pikachu. The scene switches back to live-action, with the Pikachu having vanished but the effects of the shock still apparent. The video switches between these two formats frequently as it progresses - every time, the Pokémon influence the environment in the sketch view, but disappear in the live-action view.

Sheeran goes to his kitchen, where a Charmander helps him to cook breakfast, though it catches some of the furniture on fire in the process. A Squirtle helps Sheeran to put out the flames. Sheeran brings the food to a large dining table, where Pikachu, Squirtle, Charmander, and a Slowpoke eat the food with him. Sheeran walks outside and starts to sketch in his notebook, but is warned by a sketch of Pikachu that a car is about to hit him - a Snorlax appears and bounces Sheeran and the car away, as a Machamp catches the falling car. Sheeran lands near a river, where a Lapras appears and offers him a ride across.

Sheeran then appears on a grassy hill, where he rests on a rock as several Bulbasaur cause flowers to bloom around him. Sheeran appears inspired and writes something in his notebook, then jumps with joy alongside Pikachu, Squirtle, Charmander, and Eevee. Unlike before, the Eevee persists as a glowing outline when the scene switches back to live-action.

Sheeran kisses his notebook and quickly starts to jog home, when he is picked up by a Charizard that flies him home directly. As he arrives, several Pokémon are arranging his musical equipment for him - Machamp is placing a piano, Pikachu is shocking a TV on, and Squirtle is positioning a microphone. Sheeran picks up a guitar and headphones, and starts to sing into the microphone. As he does, Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle, Slowpoke, and Mew all appear as glowing outlines in the real world, similar to the Eevee.

The Mew starts to fight with a blue orb, and the two of them enter the TV, which starts to show an anime-style animated battle between Mew and Mewtwo, resembling Mewtwo Strikes Back. Sheeran appears in the animation in an outfit resembling Ash Ketchum, riding Charizard and joined by all of the Pokémon seen thus far in the video. Mew and Mewtwo's fight starts to throw debris over the arena, which the Pokémon deflect. Sheeran throws three Poké Balls, which contain Sobble, Grookey, and Scorbunny, and dodges debris as Lapras creates an ice slope for them to run on. Mew and Mewtwo each throw energy orbs at each other, but Sheeran jumps between them mid-air in an attempt to stop them, and a shockwave is sent through the arena.

The scene cuts back to live-action, with Sheeran sleeping on a couch. The glowing sketch Pikachu is still present, and tries to jump into the Game Boy Color on the table before Sheeran can notice it. Sheeran picks up the device in suspicion, but a glowing sketch Hypno appears from it and quickly puts him back to sleep.

Characters

Humans

• Ed Sheeran
• Taxi Driver

Pokémon

• Pikachu
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Slowpoke
• Snorlax
• Machamp
• Lapras
• Bulbasaur (multiple)
• Eevee
• Charizard
• Mew
• Mewtwo
• Grookey
• Scorbunny
• Sobble
• Hypno

Video

Music video

By Ed Sheeran

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Behind the scenes

By Pokemon

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Credits

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Produced by	Genki Kawamura Masami Hatanaka
Director	Yuichi Kodama
Character Design	Yu Nagaba
Director of Photography	Callan Green
1st AD	Kennedy Taylor
2nd AD	Charlie Woods
1st AC	Barney Bachelor
2nd AC	Aaran Leach
Camera Trainee	Joanns Buncelmans
Steadicam	Rick Woollard
DIT	Elvin Prentice
Playback	Jack Driver Bradley Boorman
On Set Editor	Liam Bream
Gaffer	Adam Bell
Electrician	Tim Jordan Milo Smyth Michael Smit Alex Gibbons
Desk Operator	Gary Wilson
Stylist	Liberty Shaw
Stylist Assistant	Holly Millman Talia Krais
Genny OP	Paul Rowe
Master Rigger	Pat Daley
Rigger	C/O Pat Daly
Key Grip	Jess Saunders
Grip	Bobby Brown
Sound Recordist	Greg Hagen
Production Designer	Bridget Murton
Art Director	Sophie Jacobs Hela Dondertman
Art Assistant	Lucy Ansty Rhi Edwards Jason Bradley
Food Stylist	Loic Parisot Charlotte Bone
Sprinter	Abs Allam
Driver	Tom Horsburgh Nandor Racz Kumaran Shrikumaran Dean White George Sampson
Mini Bus Driver	John Fernandez
Winnebago Driver	Pawel Bulicz
Honey Wagon Driver	Paul Hockley Jason Gibbs
Dining Bus Driver	Gary Moore
Dining Trailer	Garath Playford
Location Manager	Rob Surtees
Location Assistant	Rob Napolotani
Medic	Mick Leeming
Tester	Louise O'Brien
Catering	Gavin Jay Jan Liska Marco Alvarez
Stand-in	Jack McGinn
Taxi Driver	Tom Dussek
Head of Security	Shane White
Runner	Sidney Kwok Oscar Ginn Kai Rajakulasingam George Havor Grace McClured
Chaperone	Mick Nakamura
Producer	Joe Myers
Executive Producer	Igor Degtiarev
Production Manager	Melissa Eaton
Production Assistant	Georgia McClure
Casting Producer	Jamesy Minimal
UK Film Production	Lucky Strike
Flame Artist VFX Supervisor	Masaki Mizuno
Flame Artist	Mami Watanabe Kotomi Kawasaki
CG Director	Koji Takagane
CG Artist	Mishio Hirai
Tracking	Naoki Korematsu
Roto Paint	taupe.inc
CG Production Manager	Kaori Ninokura
VFX Production	Khaki
CG Animation Supervisor	Kohta Morie
CG Director	Takahiro Shibano
Lead Animator	Kotaro Azuma
Rigging Artist	Masato Tajima
Lead Digital Artist	Kei Kidera
Digital Artist	Naoto Tomita Marie Shirai
CG Production Manager	Yosuke Ohno
CG Animator	Ryo Nihara Ayuko Kitaoka Kento Sakai Seiko Tamagawa Shuya Sugawara Koetsu Ogawa
2D Effect	Masanobu Hiraoka Naoki Yoshibe Tomoe Obayashi
CG Animation Production	MORIE Inc.
Animation Director	Shinya Iino
Character Design/Color Script/Chief Key Animation Director	Moaang
Action Director/Key Animation Director	Toya Oshima
Color Designer/Color Key/Paint Check	Yukiko Kakita
Background Art Director/Background Art	Satoko Nakamura
Composite Director/Composite	Yu Wakabayashi
Animation Editor	Toshitaka Kanda
Animation Producer/Production Manager	Kei Igarashi
Key Animation	Ren Onodera Takashi Kojima Shota Goshozono Shuu Sugita Shinsuke Ushiroda Shigeko Tanbara BONO MYOUN Riki Matsuura Awoi Ohtani Hiroaki Arai Hiroaki Nakamich
In-between Director	Yukiko Kawamoto
In-between Animation	Takuma Ohiwa Eri Hibino Momoka Kojima Kana Fujishiro Yuko Takahashi Manami Yuge Maho Tanimoto Riho Ito Mizuki Yamazaki Mayo Nakaoka Hiromi Ito Shaft
Digital Paint	Kanta Matsuda Mika Kinoshita Miya Uchiyama Yuto Kuwahara Naoto Seki Hiroshi Moriwaki Chiaki Numata Mio Ono Nagisa Sunakawa Tomomi Kimura Suzuka Chiba Momoka Saeki Keito Tachikawa
Background Production Manager	Mizuki Suda
Animation General Manager	Shunsuke Hosoi
Management Cooperation (In-between Animation)	Kaho Katrein
Management Cooperation (Digital Paint)	Kyoko Tsukiyama
Animation Production	ENISHIYA inc.
Colorist	Yasutaka Ishihara
Sound Effect	Yoshiaki Tokunaga
Mixer	Kazune Masutomi
Artist Management (Yu Nagaba)	Akihiro Matsuda
Special Thanks	Hanako Sakonju Keisuke Jojima Arisa Mochizuki
Producer	Kyosuke Miyazaki Tetsuro Iwama
Bilingual Coordinator	Maho Ikeda
Production Assistant	Kohei Kawaguchi Eri Takahashi Manami Jinno
Production	AOI Pro.
Producer	Wakana Okamura Ai Kashima
Produced by	STORY Inc.
The Pokémon Company	Shoichi Obora Tomonori Iizuka Jiayue Chen Maya Nakamura Sho Furutani Kenji Sugimoto
The Pokémon Company Supervisor	Tsunekazu Ishihara	石原恒和

References

This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician.