Ed Sheeran Announces 'Honest' New Album, Wife Cherry Seaborn’s Tumor During Pregnancy

Ed Sheeran has a new album out!

He will address a challenging time that prompted him to musically reflect on his "deepest, darkest thoughts" with - (pronounced Subtract), he said in a press statement on Wednesday.

"I had been working on Subtract for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be. Then at the start of 2022, a series of events changed my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music and art," he said.

"Writing songs is my therapy. It helps me make sense of my feelings. I wrote without thought of what the songs would be, I just wrote whatever tumbled out. And in just over a week, I replaced a decade's worth of work with my deepest darkest thoughts.”

Ed Sheeran, what he lost to get to Substract?

In May of last year, he welcomed a second daughter with his wife, Cherry Seaborn. "Within the space of a month, my pregnant wife got told she had a tumour, with no route to treatment until after the birth," he stated.

"My best friend Jamal, a brother to me, died suddenly and I found myself standing in court defending my integrity and career as a songwriter. I was spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety," added the singer, 32, recalling a plagiarism lawsuit with his song "Shape of You."

"I felt like I was drowning, head below the surface, looking up but not being able to break through for air."

He continued by saying that this gave him the idea to release an album that completely captured his current state of mind.

"It's opening the trapdoor into my soul. For the first time I'm not trying to craft an album people will like, I'm merely putting something out that's honest and true to where I am in my adult life," he said.

"This is last February's diary entry and my way of making sense of it. This is Subtract."

The record may be pre-ordered here and will go on sale on May 5.