Thanks to technology,, we have seen singers from so many different perspectives. However, I don’t ever remember seeing someone through the eyes of a guitar.
But now we have because Ed Sheeran put his phone in the sound hole and recorded his reflection in the mirror.
And now the guitar finally knows what it looks like when it played by someone. And we got to see what the guitar sees.
Too bad the sound hole creates a muffled sound because it is missing out on Sheeran’s soothing beautiful voice.
Whether you are a fan of Sheeran or not (I can’t believe there are people who don’t like his music), you will say this is the coolest thing you saw all day. Unless you saw a baby being born because nothing can top that.
Ed Sheeran has a new album coming out, and today he released a sneak peek of the first single, Eyes Closed.
The singer has already said that Subtract is about some of the tough times he went through recently. In a matter of months, his wife was diagnosed with a tumor while she was pregnant with their second child that doctors couldn’t deal with until after she gave birth, and he also lost his friend Jamal Edwards suddenly.
As I was listening to Eyes Closed, I felt it was Sheeran singing about his friend. And then I closed my eyes and started picturing my late parents. So I started to cry. But I wasn’t sad.
If this is what his album, which comes out on May 5th, is going to be like, I will make sure to stock up on tissues and make an appointment with my therapist because I am going to need both.
Ed Sheeran had a lot of stuff to get off of his chest, so he talked about it on social media.
First, he announced that he will be releasing his new album, Subtract, on May 5th. And it is available to preorder today.
Second, the singer recently revealed that he has been going through a lot emotionally, but he didn’t say what it was. Today, he opened up about everything that has happened to him over the last year.
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. Then at the start of 2022, a series of events changed my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music and art.
Writing songs is my therapy. It helps me make sense of my feelings. I wrote without thought of what the songs would be, I just wrote whatever tumbled out. And in just over a week I replaced a decade’s worth of work with my deepest darkest thoughts.
Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour, with no route to treatment until after the birth. My best friend Jamal, a brother to me, died suddenly, and I found myself standing in court defending my integrity and career as a songwriter. I was spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety. I felt like I was drowning, head below the surface, looking up but not being able to break through for air.
As an artist I didn’t feel like I could credibly put a body of work into the world that didn’t accurately represent where I am and how I need to express myself at this point in my life. This album is purely that. It’s opening the trapdoor into my soul. For the first time, I’m not trying to craft an album people will like, I’m merely putting something out that’s honest and true to where I am in my adult life.
I hope his wife is better now and the tumor was benign.
When it comes to Subtract, it sounds like the greatest songwriter of his generation is going to release an album that is raw and vulnerable. And I can’t wait to hear every word that comes out of his mouth. Although, I might need therapy when I am done listening to it.
So the singer teamed up with Heinz to create Tingly Ted’s, a hot sauce with the consistency of ketchup.
“I love sauces, that’s no secret. But the older I’ve got, the more I love and need spice with every single meal,” Sheeran explained. “I travel a lot, so having a bottle in my suitcase wherever I go that can spice up any and every meal seemed like a good idea. I knew I didn’t wanna do a watery hot sauce, as they usually all get relegated to the same shelf of other random hot sauces. I wanted to make a sauce that took the same pride of place as ketchup.”
As a fan of hot sauce and Ed Sheeran (in that order), I can’t wait to get all tingly with Ted’s! You can say it is a bad habit that I have.
I thought Ed Sheeran was a stand-up guy with us, but it turns out he is a cheeky little bastard.
You know how he named his albums are +. x, ÷, and =? Well, you would think he loves math and is good at it. It turns out he has been lying to us all of this time. The singer admitted today, “Fun fact I actually failed maths in school.”
And the singer failed us by not misleading us. But, I will give him the benefit of the doubt this time. However, if he does it again, then I will give him the one major math symbol he hasn’t used.
