Tuesday, June 11, 2024 -Ed Sheeran has opened up about why he does not have modern day communication tools.
The “Shape of You” singer recently appeared
on a podcast episode of Therapuss with Jake Shane, where he had to tell the
host that they couldn’t exchange phone numbers because he doesn’t have a cell
phone to call or text him from.
“I don’t have a number, but you can have my
email,” the Grammy winner said. “That isn’t me playing you off eit
However, the singer did admit that his team
gives him a phone to use when he attends events just for the purpose of being
active on social media.
He said: “I have something to like video
stuff that would then go up on social media. But it’s not like an active
working phone.”
The decision to get rid of his phone in the
first place occurred in December 2015, when the singer recalled having too many
contacts to keep up with.
“I had the same number from like age 15, I
think,” he said. “I got famous, and I had 10,000 contacts in my phone that
would just - people would just text the whole time. And I was just constantly
in touch with a lot of people.”
“I feel like with phones, everyone expects
you to reply, and if you don’t reply, it’s rude. Sometimes you’re just not in a
headspace to reply, you’re busy or doing whatever, but then you reply, then
they reply back… and suddenly you’re in like 40 conversations at once.”
Consequently, Sheeran made the
decision to get rid of his phone and only use an iPad.
His primary method of communication is now
email, with the singer explaining that he only checks it around once per week
“On a Thursday or Friday, I sit down,
usually in the car. I blast all the emails. Catch up. Do all the talking to
whoever... and that’s it,” the singer said. “You can really limit your
time.”
“I went to dinner after the Celtics
yesterday, and you just leave your iPad in your hotel room. I had dinner with
my best friend. We caught up, had a long chat and that was it.”
He also noted another email benefit, which
is that no one expects a reply instantly, so there is no fear of a person’s
negative reaction to being left on read.
Sheeran explained that not having a phone
allows him to be bored, which he says is often when his song ideas come to
him.
“When you’re just sitting doing nothing...
that’s when I think of a lyric or a melody, or you’ll have an idea about where
to go next in your career,” he said.
“Nothing creative has ever come out of being connected the whole time. Boredom is what makes someone think of an iPhone.”
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