While recording his 2023 album â (Subtract), Ed Sheeranâs wife, Cherry Seaborn, was diagnosed with cancer and had a tumor that was inoperable until after the birth of their second child. During this period, Sheeran also struggled with the sudden death from a heart attack of close friend Jamal Edwards, who had given him his big break in 2010 on the U.K. hip-hop platform SB.TV. The events had a profound impact on Sheeran, who entirely rewrote the songs on the album while working through his grief.
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