{"id":59277,"date":"2023-02-01T09:49:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/ed-sheeran-says-turbulent-time-in-life-pulled-him-off-social-media\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:49:10","slug":"ed-sheeran-says-turbulent-time-in-life-pulled-him-off-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/ed-sheeran-says-turbulent-time-in-life-pulled-him-off-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran says &#8220;turbulent&#8221; time in life pulled him off social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ed-sheeran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Sheeran<\/a> has defined why he\u2019s been absent from social media for the previous few years, and has promised to renew posting.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/ed-sheeran-review-3081750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Sheeran \u2013 \u2018=\u2019 evaluation: the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streak<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The pop star mentioned in a video shared on his Instagram account yesterday (January 31) that he \u201cdidn\u2019t really feel like being online\u201d when he was experiencing \u201csome turbulent things\u201d in his private life.<\/p>\n<p>In a selfie video, the singer started: \u201cHi guys, so I realise I haven\u2019t been that engaged in my social media or my fan base on-line during the last couple of years. And the issues which have been posted on this account may need received a bit boring. And I\u2019m sorry, it\u2019s my fault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason I\u2019m making this video is, just being totally honest, I\u2019ve had some turbulent things been happening in my personal life, so I just didn\u2019t really feel like being online and pretending to be something I\u2019m not when I wasn\u2019t feeling like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CoEs37fBDTo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued, saying that \u201cthings are looking up\u201d and now that he\u2019s again on-line, \u201cweird shit is gonna start being posted\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve made this video like 50 fucking times, I\u2019m not making another one,\u201d he mentioned jokingly earlier than signing off.<\/p>\n<p>Sheeran hasn\u2019t been completely off responsibility. Last 12 months, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ed-sheeran-confirms-new-album-as-he-becomes-first-uk-artist-to-have-four-albums-spend-year-in-top-10-3341287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he posted a video on his Instagram to rejoice his tune \u2018Shivers\u2019 reaching the billion-stream mark on Spotify<\/a>. In the method he shared that he was on set of a yet-unknown music video for his follow-up to 2021\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/ed-sheeran-review-3081750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">=<\/a>\u2018 (Equals) that he mentioned shall be launched this 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Like many excessive profile artists, Sheeran doesn\u2019t use many social media platforms in a private capability. That contains Twitter, the place he has as an alternative opted for his web page to be managed by his crew as \u2018Ed Sheeran HQ\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In different information, final month Sheeran honoured his pal, the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jamal-edwards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamal Edwards<\/a>, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ed-sheeran-pays-tribute-to-jamal-edwards-with-powerful-sbtv-freestyle-3383938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">64-bar freestyle for SBTV<\/a>, the web hip-hop and youth tradition broadcaster that Edwards based in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Sheeran\u2019s freestyle was filmed inside an empty Stamford Bridge \u2013 house stadium of Chelsea FC, whom Edwards was a lifelong fan of \u2013 with the identify Jamal spelled out within the stands. The singer-songwriter delivered a uncooked, emotive set of bars as he expressed his grief at Edwards\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/jamal-edwards-has-reportedly-passed-away-aged-31-3165644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loss of life, aged 31, in February of final 12 months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Ed Sheeran has defined why he\u2019s been absent from social media for the previous few years, and has promised to renew posting. 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