It was recorded with strings orchestration from his brother Matthew Sheeran. Sheeran produced the song himself with help from Will Hicks. And the song happened and was sort of finished that day. I booked the studio for the day, and I had that and I was like, right, let me just flesh that out. He said: 'Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song, which happened to be Future's ' March Madness'. Sheeran revealed that the inspiration for the lyrics came after visiting James Blunt's house in Ibiza, where the two singers had listened to the rapper Future's music at six in the morning. The song is a romantic ballad written about his wife-to-be Cherry Seaborn, whom he knew from school and then reconnected with when she was working in New York. 'Perfect' was the first track Sheeran wrote for his third studio album ÷.

The song and its official music video received three nominations at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. Another duet with Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, titled 'Perfect Symphony', was released on 15 December 2017. The second version of the single, titled 'Perfect Duet', with American singer Beyoncé, was released on 1 December 2017. 'Perfect' became the UK Christmas number-one song for 2017 and also peaked at number one in sixteen other countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand.

The song eventually reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 2017.

The song was serviced to pop radio on 26 September 2017 as the third single from the album in the United States (fourth overall). On 21 August 2017, Billboard announced that 'Perfect' would be the fourth single from the album. After the album's release, it charted at number four on the UK Singles Chart. ' Perfect' is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran from his third studio album, ÷ (2017).

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