Sheeran’s wife of four years, Cherry Seaborn, and their two daughters - Lyra, who’s two, and Jupiter, eight months old - are hanging out inside. It’s a mid-February afternoon, late summer in this hemisphere. “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.” In those eyes, he’s a ginger-haired interloper, a vaguely hobbit-y mortal who ascended into the realm of pop godhood via some kind of cosmic error, and then refused to leave.
He’s one of the top five most-streamed artists ever on Spotify, a statistic that doesn’t even include his “hobby,” all the hits he’s written for other artists, from Justin Bieber to BTS. He’s the first dance at weddings, the last dance at prom, the voice you hear as you drag your suitcase off a plane.īut Sheeran is convinced that, in certain quarters, his achievements and talents - his elastic voice, his endless trove of hooks, his freaky, human-playlist capacity for cross-genre metamorphosis, lately extended to Afropop, EDM, and reggaeton - don’t seem to register.
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His last tour was the highest-grossing of all time, until his mentor, Elton John, surpassed it this one, somehow slated to last five full years, may well reclaim the title. Later this week, he’ll play to some 100,000 people over two shows here. That’s why he’s 11,000 miles from home right now, in the fenced-off, tree-lined backyard of a rented bungalow in Auckland, New Zealand, lounging in the shade his complexion demands (“I live in the shade ”), under blue-gray skies. Sheeran is, on the one hand, unquestionably among the 21st century’s very biggest global pop superstars. The state of being that guy, at the least the public version of him, is a paradoxical one. “When you say in your office, ‘I’m gonna go and interview Ed Sheeran,’ you must get sneers. “I’m not an idiot,” he says, early in our acquaintance. I'm healthier than I've ever been and I'm exercising everyday.”īelow are the lyrics to “Bad Habits” so you can spot the hidden meaning inspired by Sheeran’s own experiences.In case there’s any doubt, Ed Sheeran is well aware of the fact that he’s … Ed Sheeran. In June 2021, he told Radio 1's Greg James, “As soon as Cherry told me she was pregnant, life shifted, in terms of work and health and what I was putting into my body, be it food or alcohol.”Īppearing on the Late Late Show with James Corden the same month, he confessed “Instead of going to bed at 6 a.m. Sheeran has previously discussed how fatherhood has changed him he is said to have written “Bad Habits” for his one-year-old daughter Lyra, who he said has been the “ biggest motivation” to give up his vices for good. Sheeran was also a long-time smoker, something he eventually gave up in 2019.
During his year off, he cut out beer from his diet, and ended up losing 50 pounds. “Mostly, like, substance abuse,” he said. In 2017, he shared on Jonathan Ross that he was forced to take a year off of music after he started “slipping into” the pitfalls of fame. Sheeran has always been honest about his experiences with substance abuse. Sheeran’s new look got the seal of approval from close friend and collaborator, Taylor Swift, who said “it’s a yes from me.”Īs you can probably tell from its name, “Bad Habits” is a song about how vices can take control. Not to mention the copious amounts of glittery eyeshadow. He took a theatrical approach, ditching his signature jeans and t-shirt to become a sharp-fanged vampire in a fuschia suit. Sheeran recorded the music video for the song earlier this year in Catford, South East London. Like most of Sheeran’s back catalogue, “Bad Habits” was a massive success, spending 11 weeks at number one and breaking a new record for the singer. The 30-year-old performer described the song as “really different” in an interview with BBC Radio 1 ahead of its Jun. 29 this year, with lead single “Bad Habits” debuting a new direction for the singer. Ed Sheeran released his eagerly awaited fifth studio album, = (equals) on Oct.
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