įor the first three days, my fans were, like, “No, no, we don't like this one.” I remember, like, three days into it… On the Monday that it came out, I was like “Man, I think we put out the wrong one.” This song is so odd because it's not even peaking now, it's still getting bigger and we're sort of like five months into it and I sort of thought it was over three, four weeks ago and it's still going.Įd Sheeran Tells Apple Music That Writing Songs About Loved Ones Has Been ‘Uncomfortable’ For Them… I've basically got a statue of my friend Michael in my pub and I've got a bottle of his favourite wine and I'm going to open that and have a drink with him after this and wait for the album to come out.Įd Sheeran Tells Apple Music About The Fan Reaction To “Bad Habits”. There's not many people in my life like that and, yeah, I really, really appreciate him.Įd Sheeran Tells Apple Music The Poignant Way He’s Celebrating His Album’s Release… I mean, at first it was just to check up on me and now it's kind of just become part of a daily routine, I'm sort of feeding porridge to Lyra, got a call from Elton, say hi to Lyra, it's just become a daily thing. And then just from that point he's literally ringing me every single day.
Like, he rung me quite a bit to check up on Lyra, he's got two kids and he loves seeing parents and blah, blah, blah but when Michael passed away he rung me the day after to check how I was and I really wasn't good. But no, man, he's, like, you know, just he's such a caring human.
We've kind of been following each other's stuff. Even if it's like 10 seconds, every single morning he calls … This morning, he's very excited about his album, it’s going to be number one this week and he's super, super excited.
I feel like people think I'm exaggerating and lying when I say he calls every day. I only cancelled gigs from breaking my arms and then one time there was a thunderstorm in Hong Kong… but I rarely, rarely cancel s*** but it was quite heavy at the beginning of the week and I've rested a lot, a lot of vitamin C and zinc and D and these pills and I feel a lot better now.Įd Sheeran Tells Apple Music About His Unique Relationship With Elton John… I hate letting people down and… I rarely, rarely, rarely ever cancel. Speaking with Zane Lowe, Ed revealed his close relationship with Elton and shared that he calls him everyday, reflected on the importance of honest songwriting and how 'uncomfortable' that has been for people close to him, discussed how major life events including the loss of close friend Michael Gudinski have changed his outlook on life, and more.Įd Sheeran Tells Apple Music About Quarantining. During the livestream he discussed his brand new album '=' and played fans a selection of tracks for the first time, with Elton John also making a special guest appearance. Ed Sheeran joined Zane Lowe live from his home last night (28th October) for an exclusive Apple Music 'First Listen' event.