Ed Sheeran announced today that his fifth studio album, pronounced Subtract but styled as “-”, will be released on May 5. In a Twitter post and statement today, Sheeran also revealed that his wife Cherry Seaborn was diagnosed with a tumor last year when she was pregnant with the couple’s second child.
He said the tumor could not be treated until after the child was born; the couple’s daughter was born last May, and Sheeran did not provide his wife’s current health status.
The statement was posted on Twitter today in the form of a diary entry photographed by Annie Liebowitz. (See it below.) Sheeran writes that the Subtract album has been in the works for a decade, as he was “trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album.” “Then at the start of 2022, a series of events changed my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music and art,” he writes, adding, “Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour, with no route to treatment until after the birth.
My best friend Jamal, a brother to me, died suddenly and I found myself standing in court defending my integrity and career as a songwriter.
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