of the most talented musicians of this generation" and Sheeran having few verses. On the other hand, Chris Willman of Variety said that despite "Blow" being "intriguing on paper" it is "pastiche", with the three artists being together on a "Rock of Ages" joke. Willman dubbed it as a "bogged down moment". NME Nick Levine criticized Sheeran's vocals as they sound like "terrible hair metal come-ons" and dubbed the guitar solo as ironic. Levine concluded that "Blow" is "a fun piece of dress-up". Seth Wilson from Slant Magazine was disapproval towards the lyrics, as they "make L.A. Guns seem like Nobel laureates". Wilson concluded that "Blow" shows the problem with the album, in that "Sheeran opts to avoid his strengths." Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph called the song "retrogressive and fake", with the single objective of expand "the demographic of everyone involved." Winston Cook-Wilson writing for Spin described the song as "assaultive" and "puzzling", saying that there is "nothing fun about the actual process of listening". Commercial performance "Blow" debuted at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 26,000 downloads, 7.5 million streams and 1.5 million radio impressions in its first full tracking week. The single debuted at its number three peak on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. This was Stapleton and Mars's first appearance on the chart, and Sheeran's first since 2013. The song also debuted at number one on Rock Digital Songs, marking each artist's first leader. It entered and peaked at number 33 on the US Rolling Stone Top 100. "Blow" debuted at its peak of number 39 on the Canadian Hot 100 and peaked at number four on Canada Rock, spending twenty-five weeks there. It was certified gold by Music Canada (MC). It appeared at number 31 in Australia and peaked at number 93 in Germany. On the Czech Republic and Slovakia single charts, the song peaked at number 53 and 56, respectively. "Blow" entered at its peak, number 21, on the Scottish Single Charts. It also charted at number 35 on the United Kingdom's Streaming Chart. Music video Sheeran announced the music video was set to be released on 30 June 2019, however it was delayed until 8 July 2019. It was directed by Mars and Florent Dechard and shot in three days. One of the actresses featured in the video, Jordan Kelly DeBarge, affirmed: "Please believe me when I say