Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: "Shape of You" shi ne pop, dancehall da kuma Tropical gidan song tare da "strummy acoustics". A cikin waƙar, Sheeran tana raira waƙa a kan marimba-fueled percussive tasiri game da budding romance. "Club ba shine wuri mafi kyau ba don neman masoyi, don haka mashaya shine inda nake zuwa / Ni da abokaina a teburin shan shan giya da sauri sannan kuma muyi magana a hankali", in ji shi. "Ku zo ku fara tattaunawa da ni kawai/ Kuma ku amince da ni zan ba shi dama". A cewar NT News, waƙar "ta ba da labarin ƙaunataccen (ko sha'awar) har Sheeran ya haɗu da yarinya a cikin mashaya inda shi da abokansa suke yin harbi". "Shape of You" an rubuta shi a cikin maɓallin C<unk> ƙarami tare da saurin bugun 96 a minti ɗaya. An rubuta waƙar a cikin lokaci na yau da kullun (lokaci na 44), kuma yana bin ci gaba na asali na C<unk>m<unk>F<unk>m<unk>A<unk>B (i<unk>iv<unk>VI<unk>VII), kuma muryar Sheeran ta faɗi daga G<unk>2 zuwa G<unk>4.Rhythm na waƙar waƙar ya jawo kwatancen waƙar TLC "Babu Scrubs", musamman a cikin layin pre-chorus, "Boy, kada muyi magana da yawa / Ka kama ƙugu na ka sanya wannan jikin a kaina. " A sakamakon haka, mawallafin "Babu Scrubs", Kandi Burruss, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, da Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, an ba su lambar yabo a kan "Shape of You".  Tambaya: Waɗanne nau'o'in kiɗa ne za a iya rarraba wannan waƙar a ciki?
pop, dancehall da kuma gida mai zafi