Ed Sheeran has revealed one piece of death-admin his wife will have to complete when he’s gone, and it’s a sad task.
The ‘Shape of You’ singer revealed his posthumous plans, and exactly what needs to happen if he was to ‘go tomorrow’.
I’m all for a bit of future planning, but death admin? That’s something that seems like you should reserve for your 60s.
But Sheeran isn’t taking any chances, as he knows what he wants to be done, and how it needs to come together.
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The 34-year-old got real in a conversation with Zane Lowe, particularly when talking about a potential posthumous album.
In a shockingly efficient turn of events, Sheeran revealed he’s even got a name for it: 'Eject'.
He’s even made his plans for the album clear on legal documents, that says the album must be created when he dies.
He told Lowe: “Eject is the album in the will.”
However, he went on to say that his wife has a role to play in the album too.
He explained: “It's actually in my will and Cherry gets to pick the tracks for it. It's fully in there if I were to go tomorrow.”
The singer added: “My will of wishes is to make a record out of all the songs from the age of 18 to when I pass away.”
Sheeran went on to say: “Lots of people won't like that of me, but there will be lots of my fans that would find that super interesting.”
He said that to select the perfect picks, he will 'talk to Cherry throughout my life' about which ten tracks to include.
People who watched the clip were pretty opinionated about the topic.
One person wrote in the comments: “Not the biggest fan of Ed but the idea that he has an album called Eject and it’s in his will is pretty rock and roll!”
Another said: “EJECT!! Ed goes to heaven, and then we get the last specially picked album! Oh yeah, LEGENDARY stuff right here...and a creative name.”
Recently, he also raised some eyebrows when he told The Louis Theroux Podcast that he considers himself culturally Irish.
He said: “I class my culture as Irish. I think that's what I grew up with.
“My dad's family is ... he's got seven brothers and sisters. We'd spend all of our holidays in Ireland.
“My first musical experiences were in Ireland, I grew up with trad music in the house. So, I identify culturally as Irish, but I was obviously born and raised in Britain.”
He said: “I don't overthink it, but I do feel like my culture is something that I'm really proud of and grew up with and want to express.
“And I feel like just because I was born in Britain doesn't necessarily mean that I have to just be [British], there's loads of people I know that are half this or quarter this.
“I don't think there's any rules to it. It should be how you feel and how you were raised and what you lean into.”
People on X were not too happy, with one writing: "Identifies just means to pretend”.
Another asked: “does Ed Sheeran hold eligibility to start for the Irish national football team?”
Someone else wrote: “It's not where you're born. It's your bloodline that determines what you are. Cliff Richard was born in India. Is he Indian? You can be born anywhere in the World. That doesn't automatically make you part of that culture.”
Britt Jones