Инстаграм Эд Ширан (Ed Sheeran)

This is the last song I wrote as a teenager, being sung in the national stadium of Bhutan before the first international concert ever there. Mad to think how far music and lyrics can travel

I set up @edsheeranfnd because recently there’s been less and less importance being put on music education. Even when I was in school it was seen as a ‘doss subject’ and not taken seriously. There’s a misconception that it’s ’not a real job’ - when the music industry accounts for 216,000 jobs in so many different fields, and bringing as much as £7.6 billion in a year to the UK economy. Not to mention the power our art has worldwide to bring joy to people. It’s something we should be proud of and championing in the UK, not sweeping under the rug and pretending we are just bankers (no offence to bankers obvz). It was incredible for my mental health as a kid, feeling a sense of purpose and achievement, even just learning piano or cello at a young age way before songwriting. I want kids to be able to learn instruments, learn production and songwriting, performing, and have apprenticeship schemes help them learn different skills to enter the industry. I employ 150 people on tour who all have different skill sets, there’s also labels, management, publishing, promoters. Music is such a key part of our society. The more I do travelling around and visiting schools and grass roots projects, the more I see there’s passion and inspiring people, who are being undervalued and underserved. I’m hoping this foundation is a start to giving them the support they need to keep going, and show them they are hugely important to us. More to follow, loads of love x

My 8th UK number one album. Thank you to everyone who streamed or bought it. What a way to cap off Mathematics, and what a way to start 2025. Feeling very very grateful. Happy new year folks, love you all x @officialcharts

Tingle all the way

That Christmas out on Netflix now. My song Under The Tree I wrote for it is out now too, have a watch of the movie it’s brilliant. Richard Curtis at his best !

Me, Richard Curtis and Claudia Jessie got something fun for you next week

Haters will say its AI #halloweenbruv #feltcutemightdeletelater

Tour collection week dump