Ed Sheeran on songs inspired by “unbreakable bond” formed with wife during her illness

nme.com:

Ed Sheeran has shared with fans one of the key inspirations behind his new album ‘–‘ (‘Subtract’).The pop star told the audience at his Eventim Apollo show in London on Monday (March 27) that his wife’s illness made their already deep bond “unbreakable”.

It inspired a number of songs on his upcoming fifth studio album [via MusicNews].His wife, Cherry Seaborn, was last year diagnosed with a tumour while she was pregnant with their second child.

Sheeran said that new song ‘No Strings’ was inspired by the ordeal, as well as advice that his father had given him about marriage.Sheeran said: “My dad said to me when I got married, ‘You will not know what real love and marriage is until there’s death and real sickness’.

He said that because that happened when he first married my mum. There was real, real grief that happened in the family and real, real sickness that ended up in grief that they had to go through.”Seaborn is now recovering from her illness.