Ed Sheeran: He discovered a tumor in the pregnant wife

Songwriting is his therapy: “It helps me understand my feelings.” After all, he just started writing without giving much thought to how the songs should be. “And in just over a week, I’d traded a decade’s worth of work for my deepest, darkest thoughts.”

Fate after fate

Within a month there were many blows of fate in the life of the star. His pregnant wife was diagnosed with a tumor that could only be treated after the baby was born. Then the musician’s best friend died. Sheeran also had to fight a copyright battle in court. “I was in a spiral of anxiety, depression and anxiety,” Sheeran admitted.

The 32-year-old recently wrote that “turbulent things” in his private life made him use less social media, without elaborating. “I didn’t feel like going online and pretending to be someone I wasn’t.” He knows this sounds funny, but he wants to be completely honest, he says.