Overview
- In a new Instagram video, Blunt marked the song’s 20th anniversary by touring his 2006-purchased Ibiza villa and thanking fans for turning the 2005 release into a global success.
- He revealed the ballad financed his £1.7 million, six-bedroom home surrounded by pine forest and complete with a library, sun terrace, and pool house.
- Blunt characterized the song’s lyrics as drawn from being “high as a kite on drugs” and stalking someone else’s girlfriend, overturning its romantic image.
- Upon release, “You’re Beautiful” topped charts in the UK, Canada, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, and Italy and remains a popular wedding soundtrack.
- Fans and celebrity friends, including Poppy Delevingne and Hugo Taylor, praised his humour and congratulated him on the milestone post.