The follow up to Azizam Ed Sheeran is dropping a new song Thursday titled Old Phone. The 34-year-old detailed the new song in a write up:
I got rid of my phone 2015, and moved onto email full time. I just turned my phone off December ‘15 and that was it. When I got sued, the judge ordered me to give up my old devices to the other sides lawyers, to look through messages, emails, voice notes, videos, etc, to see if there’s was anything on there to help their case. Turning it on really spun me out, I found myself scrolling messages and conversations with people who are no longer here. I found old photos of me with people I was so close to then, but we’ve lost touch since. The whole experience was such an emotional journey. It feels like a song that should’ve been on my debut album, but also a song I couldn’t have written until I experienced real life things happening to me. It makes me emotional to sing, I hope it finds some emotion in you too. Maybe it makes you switch on your old phone and have a look at where you were a decade ago too. Whatever it does, I’m glad I wrote it. – Ed x
