Global Courant 2023-05-01 16:15:29
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Ed Sheeran wrote “seven songs in four hours” after his wife Cherry Seaborn was diagnosed with a tumor.
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The husband of the 32-year-old pop megastar was six months pregnant with their second child, Jupiter, when she was diagnosed last February, and the “Bad Habits” hitmaker used songwriting to help him deal with his heartbreak.
Speaking on the Disney+ documentary ‘The Sum of It All’, 30-year-old Cherry said: “We had the tumor diagnosed and the next day Eds went into the basement and wrote seven songs in four hours.
“Some people write a diary and write down their emotions through the pen and for Ed, if something really intense happens, he’s going to write a song.”
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Ed – who also has two-year-old Lyra with childhood sweetheart Cherry – said: “Music has always been a kind of therapy for me.
“It was a way to control my thoughts and feelings as a child, and it works. It really works.
“The moment you realize the worst has happened to someone you really love, you feel like you’re drowning and can’t get out of it.”
The ‘Castle On The Hill’ singer has had weekly therapy.
The ‘The A Team’ singer decided to seek help after becoming overwhelmed by his wife’s losses and health issues.
On an episode of “The Jonathan Ross Show” last month, he shared how therapy has remained an important part of his life.
He said: “I go once a week. Some weeks it’s just complaining about something really petty and some weeks it’s digging into heavier stuff.
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“It’s just good to talk. I used to just not talk to anyone and keep it all bottled up and that’s when you get lower and lower and lower.
The flame-haired star was devastated when music producer Jamal, who gave him his first big break, passed away in February 2022 at the age of 31 after suffering a cardiac arrest caused by cocaine and booze at the age of 31.
Speaking about how his new song ‘Eyes Closed’ is about his late friend, Ed said: “We both lived in the same part of London and I found that after he passed, everywhere I went I thought I’d see him because it was all the places we’ve been. The song is essentially that.”
When asked by presenter Jonathan if the song is difficult to play on stage, Ed said: “It’s different now that it’s out. I think songs are so personal when you write them and they belong to you. The first time I ever played it, I did a gig at Union Chapel. I cried when I introduced it, I cried during it and I cried after. Because the song was still mine, it was still my story.”
Ed explained the meaning behind another song on the album, adding about ‘No Strings’: “2022 was a year where a lot happened with me and my family and I sort of said to my wife, ‘If we can get through this come, it’s a breeze from here. Anything can happen from here and it’s going well.'”
