Ed Sheeran was ready to reveal all in his cover story — and there was even more that didn’t make the story, like the reason Jay-Z turned down his request for a guest verse on “Shape of You” and that time someone cut his face with a sword
, and many other subjects. But there was even more from Sheeran that didn’t make the story. Here are some highlights.“We were in touch,” says Sheeran. “I sent him the song, and he said, ‘I don’t think the song needs a rap verse.’ He was probably right. He’s got a very, very good ear. He usually gets things right. It was a very natural, respectful pass.”“Why do you need to read a review? Listen to it. It’s freely available! Make up your own mind.
He’s finished the songs for an animated musical that he’s been “working on for about two years with Netflix.” “I got pitched on it,” he says, “and got super excited about it. And then wrote loads of songs.” He expects the songs to come out on an album of their own — one of the many albums he already has in the works.“I don’t want to homeschool my kids,” he says. “I love the way that country artists do it. They do the weekend-warrior thing, where they’ll just go out and play weekends. That’s obviously not possible in America because I live so far away from America.
Though he’s started to incorporate a full band for some songs on tour, he has no plans to abandon his guitar-plus-loop-pedal set-up as the heart of his concerts. “I feel like every step of my career, there was a conversation of getting a band,” he says. “When we moved into theaters, into arenas, into stadiums, it was always a conversation. And then the gig happened and it was never needed. It kept getting bigger and bigger with a loop pedal. That is because people liked the show. So I’m never going to strip that element out of it.
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