He made the whole world dance to his hits your shape, shaking and sing itstirred the listeners perfect, thinking out loud and photographAnd thanks to his atypical style, he left his mark on everyone’s mind: today Ed Sheeran reveals himself candidly in a painful documentary series, which will be exclusively discovered Disney+ !
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of Everything, who has a habit of remaining very private in his private life, confides the hardships that gave birth to him and what particularly inspired his new album. deduction.
His marriage, his role as a father, the loss of a close friend… a true dive into the daily life of this acclaimed artist, here are 5 things to remember from this heart-wrenching documentary.
2022, an extremely difficult year for him
Even though he just unveiled his latest album to the public, Ed Sheeran is returning to writing and producing it in a documentary series dedicated to him.
A very difficult period, which, unfortunately, was marked by several personal dramas in 2022: after learning that his wife Cheri, who was then pregnant with their second child, had cancer, the British artist had to deal with the death of one of his best friends, Jamal Edwards. Which especially helped him break into YouTube when it first started.
“The last six months have been the hardest in 30 years.” admits Ed Sheeran in an interview. These tragic experiences inspired him to write new songs, such as his recent singles eyes closed and a boat. At least this year 2022 brought its share of happiness with the birth of her 2nd daughter named Jupiter!
The meaning of his albums
Internationally acclaimed artist, Ed Sheeran is currently continuing his acclaimed “Math Tour” across the United States and Canada. A tour title that perfectly sums up the singer’s career because, as his fans know, each of his albums is named after a mathematical sign. A very mysterious choice that he reveals in episode 4 of the series.
His first album + Adding to all of his already released EPs, the 2nd x Ten times everything, 3rd ÷ split between acoustic and R&B, while = It’s clearly the sum total of all his previous albums. finally, – (“subtract”), his fifth and latest, is a full acoustic album, “The Ultimate Singer-Song Album” He specifies.
“I’ve been working on Subtract for over 10 years, here’s a song, there’s an idea.” This new opus is also certainly the most personal and darkest yet from an artist who originally planned to make 5 albums and thus achieved his goal with this one. Never mind listeners, it looks like he’s determined to keep making music beyond this countdown!
His favorite song
This is information that may not have escaped those who have had the opportunity to see him in concert, considering that he mentions it almost every night on stage: his favorite song from his discography n is anything but a ballad. perfect in which he confesses his love for his wife Cheri.
The series also focuses on the relationship of these two former comrades, who met after a few years before reuniting in 2018 with great secrecy.
From their reunion in New York to the details of the marriage proposal, to the touching sequence of Ed Sheeran’s serenade on his pregnant wife’s belly… the couple, usually very discreet, are more in love than ever. Camera!
His secret to keeping our feet on earth
How do you keep your cool when you’re filling stadiums around the world week after week? For Ed Sheeran, it’s very simple: you just have to be surrounded. And the artist from Ipswich, England can count on his close friends to accompany the band every day on their tours.
In episode 2, he introduces us to his band, people some of whom he has known for over 10 years and who work at his concerts as cameramen, tour coordinators and photographers. Not to forget his manager Stu and his bodyguard Kev, who fans know very well!
The very first images of his famous advertisement
It’s been a few years since the news broke: Ed Sheeran has turned an old building in Suffolk, England into a real pub, where he regularly meets his closest friends. For the first time, thanks to the Disney+ documentary series, the star has opened the locked doors of this mysterious place, Lancaster, to the delight of curious fans.
In particular, we find walls covered with stickers and souvenirs related to the couple’s history, such as Cherry’s diploma for reaching 3rd place during a junior hockey tournament and the singer’s first guitar in a very poor condition.
Other strange objects adorn the walls, such as an ax seen in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a leather jacket from the Mayans MC series. On the shelf you can also see bottles of ketchup with Ed’s name on it (the singer has a tattoo of the famous ketchup label on his arm)!
Many more anecdotes await you in episode 4 of the Ed Sheeran docu-series on Disney+: The Sum of Everything, in which the international star enjoys himself like never before!
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
