To promote his upcoming single “Old Phone,” Ed Sheeran has shared more than 200 personal photos from before December 2015, giving Swifties life during the Eras Tour singer’s content drought.
Sheeran linked his Instagram, @teddysphotos, to the account @teddysoldphone. Among the decadelong trip down memory lane is a collage of nostalgic shots painting what life was like for the “Thinking Out Loud” singer.
In one photo is a wooden patio overlooking the Cumberland River in Hendersonville. Sheeran explains this is where he wrote his song “Tenerife Sea.” There’s a photo of jam with a note in Swift’s handwriting labeled, “Yo Ed, I’m really happy 4 you and I’m gonna let u finish but this is the best JAM OF ALL TIME. -T.” He flips off the camera in another snapshot next to Swift’s brother, Austin Swift. The caption reads, “I think I’m wearing Austin’s clothes.” Sheeran poses with Robert Allen, one of the executive’s with Swift’s company Firefly Entertainment Inc. The caption is “OG swiftie.”
Sheeran toured with Taylor Swift during her “Red” tour, spending months with her and her team. In one image, she holds two slices of pizza making a awkward face. She walks the beach with a group of friends during another stop.
At the 2015 Billboard Awards, Sheeran hams next to Swift, her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris and One Direction’s Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson. The treasure trove also has selfies with Elton John, Paul Simon and Frankie Muniz.
Long live the Eras Tour with our enchanting book
“When I got sued,” Sheeran wrote in the pinned caption explaining the purpose of the page, “the judge ordered me to give up my old devices to the other sides lawyers, to look through messages, emails, voice notes, videos, etc, to see if there was anything on there to help their case.”
Sheeran was sued for his 2014 song “Thinking Out Loud.” The estate of Marvin Gaye claimed the single had elements from “Let’s Get It On.” A jury cleared him in November.
“Turning it on really spun me out, I found myself scrolling messages and conversations with people who are no longer here,” he added before teasing his new single, “Old Phone,” out May 1 at 11 a.m. ET.
“It feels like a song that should’ve been on my debut album, but also a song I couldn’t have written until I experienced real life things happening to me,” he wrote. “It makes me emotional to sing, I hope it finds some emotion in you too.”
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