“I suddenly was like, I think it’s more important for my daughter to grow up knowing that her parents have the work ethic and her parents love working hard and love creating and enjoy their jobs and seeing that rather than like looking at your dad as technically unemployed (sic),” said Sheeran.
He added that he “slowly got back into music,” and his creative process started flowing quite naturally.
“But there was a long period of time when I just didn’t really know,” he said.
“Everything was directionless. Not that success should be measured in album sales or ticket sales, because I do feel like most of my success in my mind has been measured by songs being good that I’ve written, but just there’s an expectation from everyone around you (sic).”
Sheeran shared that the people in his family support him and ask him to do more extensive albums in the future.
“People in my family are like, ‘The next album has to be even bigger,’ and I know they’re saying it to be supportive, but maybe it shouldn’t be, maybe it should just be an album and like maybe a career can kind of go like this [makes wave motion] rather than always up (sic),” he said.
On the professional front, Sheeran’s recently released “Bad Habits” has led him to No. 1 on both Billboard Global Charts.
On the personal front, the star welcomed daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran in Aug 2020 year with his wife, Cherry Seaborn.
(With inputs from ANI)
Edited by Ojaswin Kathuria and Nikita Nikhil
