Nine curiosities about Ed Sheeran

1. He names his guitars

They are: Lloyd, Felix, Cyril, Trevor, Keith, Nigel and the one that does battle re-creations at weekends, James The Second.

2. He has a cultured family

His dad John is an art historian, his mum Imogen designs jewellery and his brother Matthew is a classical composer. 

3. His second album leaked – and no one noticed

When music from ‘x’ appeared online unexpectedly, Sheeran feared he’d blown his big comeback. Except no one could tell they were his songs and the leak went by virtually unnoticed.

4. He previewed new album ‘÷’ to half of Westeros

“I ended up going to a party where a lot of the Game Of Thrones lot were at,” he told Radio 1. “They all ended up back at my house. I’d never met some of them before and said: ‘Do you want to hear some of my songs?’”

5. He once received a hair cake from a fan

Pop star rule number one: never eat the edible gifts. As Sheeran found to his cost when he cut into a cake sent to himby a fan, only to find it was full of hair.

6. He has colours for all of his songs

“All my songs have colours,” he’s said. “‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’, for example, is aubergine.”

7. He almost changed his name to Redward

He considered a name change “for a fresh start”. His choice? “Redward. Edward with an ‘R’. As in Jedward, who came along afterwards.”

8. He’s anti-smartphone

During his year away from music, travelling the world to visit countries he’d toured but never seen very much of, he ditched his iPhone and never wanted to go back to it. “I enjoy life without a phone – it’s a lot less hassle,” he said.

9. He once got a Barbie doll for his birthday

It was a gift from his brother. He definitely didn’t ask for it. Absolutely not.

Sources: 

http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/50-things-you-didnt-know-about-ed-sheeran-1999240

Written by: 

Katlain de Britto e Nicolly Vaz