Ed Sheeran

In his most revealing interviews ever, Ed Sheeran discusses making his new album '-,' falling into depression, his massive new tour and much more.

“I’ve got loads and loads and loads of shit,” he says. He walks into a room to write a song, and tells me how grateful he is to be doing this.” With Ed, his frequency band is so wide that it really can come from anywhere and be anything.” But it’s a mistake, McDaid argues, to confuse facility with being facile: “He approaches every song he writes as if it’s the first song and the last song. “I wrote 25 songs the week I wrote ‘Shape of You,’ ” he says. “It is something that will always be there and just has to be managed.” “I went to a really, really sport-orientated primary school,” he says. “People assumed that we were lovers,” Sheeran rapped on a recent tribute to his friend, “F64.” “But we’re brothers in arms.” “That was a big rumor in the industry,” Sheeran says. He loves Van Morrison, but if Sheeran wrote a song called “Listen to the Lion,” it would probably be about a trip to the zoo, and a Top Five worldwide hit to boot. If he’s grown up and is a father now, he sings, “I have grown up/I am a father now” — the opening line of 2021’s =. First of all, he imagines people seeing it through the highly unsympathetic lens of “Rich Pop Star Feels Sad.” And then there’s the fact of the particular pop star he is. “Yesterday,” Sheeran says, “we cooked, we watched an episode of The Simpsons, went to bed.” “I was the butt of jokes before this,” he says, “and I’m the butt of jokes now, and it’s not necessarily just my music.”

The star says he reached a low point after the deaths of his friends Jamal Edwards and Shane Warne.

"He hasn't had the time to process and be at peace with his thoughts." And just have it in my will that after I die, it comes out". "And then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze. It was all very, very, very fast." "I remember just being at a festival and being like, 'Well, if all of my friends do it, it can't be that bad,'" he said. "The help isn't a button that is pressed, where you're automatically OK," he continued. "There's nothing you can do about it." "And then it got done. "I would never, ever, ever touch anything again, because that's how Jamal died," he added. "People think it's weird getting a therapist in England.… You're just sort of in this thing. "No one really talks about their feelings where I come from," he said.

Ed Sheeran got teary eyed while talking about wife Cherry Seaborn's health issues in a new trailer for his upcoming docuseries.

“That guy doesn’t grow up to be a pop star,” he stated, adding, “It’s so unlikely.” “This song is about losing someone,” he explained via Instagram. within the space of a month,” he wrote earlier this month. And it should be me in the studio’ …. Sheeran added that he was “spiraling through fear, depression and anxiety” at the time, feeling like he was “drowning” with his head “below the surface.” “You guys said, ‘Do you want to make a documentary?’ And I went, ‘Yeah!

Ed Sheeran talks about his wife Cherry Seaborn's tumor in the 'Sum of It All' trailer. Watch the teaser for his upcoming docuseries.

“Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour, with no route to treatment until after the birth,” he shared in his album announcement for [Subtract, his fifth LP](https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ed-sheeran-new-album-subtract-1235277002/) set to arrive on May 5. Ahead of its premiere on the streaming platform, Disney+ shared the first trailer for program, which sees that “Bad Habits” singer opening up about the tough moments in his life, including [wife Cherry Seaborn](https://www.billboard.com/video/sheeranwibbit-8095438/)‘s tumor diagnosis and the loss of his best friend, Jamal Edwards. “Everything in my life sort of got so much better when Cherry got into it.

Ed Sheeran shares his emotions on his upcoming "Subtract" album, but says he sought therapy after struggling with depression, drugs and bulimia.

[The Jonas Brothers prepare for new album with special show](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/18/jonas-brothers-nyc-concert-broadway-happiness-begins-the-album/11478612002/) [Check out lineups for Lollapalooza, Coachella and more](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/08/music-festival-2023-lineups-outside-lands-bonnaroo-coachella-more/11367234002/) While he still loves wine, Sheeran understands that harder substances “just became bad vibes.” I’m a real binge eater. [Inside opening night of Taylor Swift's 3-hour Eras Tour](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/18/taylor-swift-kicks-off-eras-tour-arizona-44-song-set/11490795002/) [Shawn Mendes](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/07/27/shawn-mendes-cancels-entire-tour-mental-health/10163710002/). “The help isn’t a button that is pressed, where you’re automatically OK,” he says. The days of partying until 7 a.m., waking up at 4 p.m. Sheeran also explains how life is different now with two young children and his wife joining him on tour. [traumas that emerged ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/06/ed-sheeran-lawsuit-singer-wins-copyright-case/9481447002/)shifted his plans. You’re just sort of in this thing. [his upcoming album, “Subtract,”](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/01/ed-sheerans-fifth-album-subtract-arrives-may-5/11368707002/) will overflow with feelings.

'The Sum Of It All' is due to be released on Disney+ on May 3, just a few days before his next album 'Subtract'.

Subtract has been in the works for a decade and is a compilation of his “deepest darkest thought” and is a “trapdoor” into his soul. In the new trailer, Ed is seen in the back of a car, accompanied by his wife, who later explains “He hasn’t had the time to process and be at peace with his thoughts.” Very excited to share this.

Ed Sheeran has opened up about the depression he has endured after the death of his best friend and some health struggles experienced by his wife.

“The help isn’t a button that is pressed, where you’re automatically OK,” he said. “I felt like I didn’t want to live anymore,” he said. “No one really talks about their feelings where I come from,” he said. I feel really embarrassed about it.” I think it plays into wanting to be on a stage and have people like you and stuff.” “And I have had that throughout my life. “I went to a really, really sport-orientated primary school,” he said. And you can’t get out of it.” “I had bright red hair, big blue glasses, a stutter. I couldn’t play the sport because I had a perforated eardrum. [diagnosed with a tumor](https://www.today.com/health/ed-sheerans-wife-tumor-pregnancy-rcna72964), but she couldn’t have surgery until she gave birth. That, coupled with his wife’s health struggles and some professional controversy, had an impact on his own mental health.

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“We’ll rise from the ashes and write in stars with our names,” he sings. Be happy with that and just be done.’ I love red wine, and I love beer. “I was in the One Direction wave, and I’m like, ‘Well, why don’t I have a six pack?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, because you love kebabs and drink beer.’ Then you do songs with Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes. “Who’s to say at what point creativity stops and you can’t write any more songs? “I was just drinking a lot,” he says. I don’t know any old rockers that aren’t alcoholics or sober, and I didn’t want to be either.” “I want to slowly make this album that is quote-unquote ‘perfect’ for the rest of my life, adding songs here and there,” says Sheeran. And I think that’s what was brilliant about Folklore and Evermore — it’s just complete brain-to-page. And that’s why it’s brilliant.” That’s where you get lines like ‘When I felt like I was an old cardigan under someone’s bed, you put me on and said I was your favorite.’ There wasn’t anyone challenging that line. “Everyone saw me as a joke, and no one thought I could do it. And the last of them won’t be released in his lifetime.

'The A Team' singer, 32, was given his first big break by music producer Jamal – the son of 'Loose Women' star Brenda Edwards – who died aged 31 after a cardiac ...

Along with Subtract—which is the last in his series of mathematical albums—Sheeran revealed that he's finished a collaborative album with reggaeton artist J ...

Be happy with that and just be done.’ I love red wine, and I love beer. I don’t know any old rockers that aren’t alcoholics or sober, and I didn’t want to be either.” “I want to slowly make this album that is quote-unquote ‘perfect’ for the rest of my life, adding songs here and there,” he told the magazine. “And I have had that throughout my life.… And you can’t get out of it.” “I felt like I didn’t want to live anymore,” Sheeran said about his grief.

Ed Sheeran decided never to touch drugs again as he thought taking illegal substances would be “disrespectful” to the memory of his late best friend Jamal ...

Ed Sheeran is preparing for a posthumous album to be released after his death, saying that he will be adding songs to it "here and there".

[But,] I think it’s very helpful to be able to speak with someone and just vent and not feel guilty about venting,” Sheeran said of the negative connotations surrounding therapy in the UK. And just have it in my will that after I die, it comes out.” “People think it’s weird getting a therapist in England. “I felt like I didn’t want to live anymore,” he told Rolling Stone. I feel really embarrassed about it.” [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ed-sheeran-new-album-subtract-tour-cover-story-interview-1234694319/), the ‘Shape Of You’ singer revealed that he has plans to release at least five more records throughout his career, with a special album being planned for after his demise.

In a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone, Sheeran says he has quit drugs and spirits after the death of his close friend Jamal Edwards.

Be happy with that and just be done'." Sheeran was also in court [defending a plagiarism lawsuit](https://news.sky.com/story/ed-sheeran-awarded-more-than-900k-in-legal-fees-after-shape-of-you-copyright-win-12637920) over his hit song Shape Of You. You're just sort of in this thing. I was like, 'No, actually, I really don't.' And I don't ever want to be pissed holding my kid. "Because I was just drinking a lot. And you can't get out of it." "It's just a realisation of, 'I'm getting into my thirties. "I was always a drinker. It just became bad vibes." "I would never, ever, ever touch anything again, because that's how Jamal died. And then sort of dabbling. "Then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze.

Ed Sheeran says he has five more albums planned after his maths series, including a posthumous one he'll continually work on.

The singer told Rolling Stone that he’s already begun working on his final album. The four-part series due out globally on May 3 is described as the story of “how an unlikely child with a stutter rose to fame to become one of the biggest global music superstars and how his chart-topping hits were born.” At press time no release date, or title, has been announced yet for that collection, with Sheeran explaining, “I have no goals for the record. The singer also revealed that while working with his pal Taylor Swift’s recent collaborator The National’s Aaron Dessner on Subtract, the duo produced enough material for another album. Though his upcoming May 5 release – (Subtract) will square the circle on his cycle of five mathematically themed studio albums, Sheeran said he’s sketched out his next five releases, as well as a posthumous collection that will be constantly updated during his life. Sheeran, 32, told RS, “I want to slowly make this album that is quote-unquote ‘perfect’ for the rest of my life, adding songs here and there.

Ed admitted that he has “always” been a “drinker” and once said he'd have up to 10 pints of beer at a time.

[Submit it here](https://tips.buzzfeed.com) [Stephanie Soteriou](/author/stephaniesoteriou) at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). Ed admitted that he has “always” been a “drinker” and once said he’d have up to 10 pints of beer at a time.

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“I’ve always been very guarded in my personal and private life,” Sheeran said of the series in a statement, “the only documentary I’ve ever made has been one that focused on my songwriting. “I want to slowly make this album that is quote-unquote ‘perfect’ for the rest of my life, adding songs here and there,” Sheeran told the outlet. The last of which, he says, will not be released as long as he lives and breathes.

Ed Sheeran opened up about his life at home with his two kids and revealed what he and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, named their younger daughter.

The "Shape of You" singer [shared a photo](https://www.instagram.com/p/CdwQFKRIYzi/) of a pair of white baby socks resting on a brown crocheted blanket. "Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour, with no route to treatment until after the birth," Sheeran said. I was spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety. “Me and Cherry were talking earlier about how it’s so lovely,” he said. It’s so nice and wholesome having family on tour. [being diagnosed with a tumor](https://www.today.com/health/ed-sheerans-wife-tumor-pregnancy-rcna72964) while she was pregnant and him having to go to court for a [copyright case for “Shape of You,”](https://www.today.com/video/ed-sheeran-speaks-out-after-copyright-case-win-no-choice-137376325873?search=ed%20sheeran) which he ultimately won in 2022.

Ed, who shared the post to announce the upcoming release of his album Subtract, recalled “a series of events” that occurred across 2022 that had ...

The footage later shows Ed gushing about his love for Cherry, saying: “Everything in my life got so much better when Cherry got into it. At the time of the tragic death, Ed wrote of Jamal, “His light shone so bright. “I was spiraling through fear, depression, and anxiety. First, Ed revealed that his wife, Cherry Seaborn, had discovered a tumor while she was pregnant with their second child. He only used it to illuminate others and never asked for anything in return. And in his Instagram post from this month, Ed wrote that “within the space of a month” Jamal — whom he described as his “brother” — “died suddenly,” while Cherry found out she had a tumor “with no route to treatment until after the birth.”

Ed Sheeran has opened up about the loss of his best friend, Jamal Edwards, and the devastating diagnosis his wife received while pregnant with their second ...

When Sheeran announced the new album, he shared a message on his social media which read: "I had been working on Subtract for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be. It helps me make sense of my feelings. "Writing songs is my therapy. And you can’t get out of it." You’re just sort of in this thing. You feel so powerless."

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Ed Sheeran talked about binging, purging, and the stigma attached to living with an eating disorder as a man.

“Because of the concepts of toxic masculinity, the cultural norms of what a man is—a lot of that messaging and the psychosocial aspects of being a man in our culture can interfere with a man seeking eating disorder treatment,” Dr. [Kimberly Dennis, MD](https://suncloudhealth.com/about/our-team/dr-kimberly-dennis-md), a member of the [Clinical Advisory Council](https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/blog/real-solutions-not-resolutions-nye) at the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) and the co-founder of [SunCloud Health](https://suncloudhealth.com/), tells SELF. “Untreated eating disorders can go on for years, if not decades, and contribute to physical and mental health issues,” she tells SELF. “That harms large portions of the population, [including] men.” According to data from [NEDA](https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/general-information/research-on-males), about a third of all people with eating disorders are men. Often, when they start to experience symptoms, “The men themselves don’t know it’s a disorder,” she explains. The 32-year-old singer and songwriter also denounced the stigma associated with [eating disorders](https://www.self.com/topic/eating-disorders) among men.