Ed Sheeran Announces New Album 'Subtract', Revealing Details About His Life | Daily Music Roll

Ed Sheeran Announces New Album ‘Subtract’, Revealing Details About His Life

Calling this the most intimate and special project to date, The British pop star Ed Sheeran announces the release of his next album, entitled ‘Subtract’.
Jennifer Stone
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The British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran announces a new album through social media. The album is called ‘Subtract‘ following the same theme name for all of his albums with mathematical characters. The ‘Bad Habit‘ singer said that this fifth album of his will put an end to his mathematical album era. In a heartfelt social media post, the chart-topping British superstar said that the album will be released on 5th May along with very intimate details of his personal life. About the album-making process, the singer said that it is about some blood-curdling challenges that he and his family faced in early 2022. In his latest Instagram post, the singer shared some very personal struggles that include his wife’s tumor and his best friend’s death.

The upcoming album ‘-‘ will be released via Atlantic Records and is pronounced Subtract, is the last installment of the singer’s decade-long mathematical albums, ‘+’ in 2011, ‘x’ in 2014, ‘÷’ in 2017, and ‘+’ in 2021. While talking about the album in his latest post, the ‘Shape Of You’ singer said, “I had been working on Subtract for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be”. Then he said he faced some terrifying challenges that changed several events in his life along with a long-lasting effect on his mental health. These events and their impact have ultimately changed the way the musician viewed art and music which has led to him making this new album, his most personal to date.

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Calling writing songs his therapy, the British pop star continued by saying “It helps me make sense of my feelings,” he wrote whatever he felt like, without thinking about what the full songs would be. In the post, the singer also mentioned that he wrote everything in over one week and then “I replaced a decade’s worth of work with my deepest darkest thoughts”. The ‘Photograph’ singer further mentioned how within a space of just a month, his pregnant wife was diagnosed with a tumor that cannot be removed until delivery. He and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, welcomed their second child, in July 2021.

But in the same month, the singer also lost one of his best friends, Jamal Edwards, who was like a brother to him in a sudden death. Additionally, the singer also had to fight a battle in court for his song ‘Shape Of You’ and its copyright infringement case.

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