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Ed Sheeran on playing music for his daughter Lyra
One would imagine that the child ofEd Sheeranwould be happily sung to sleep every night, butthat’s not quite the caseforLyra Antarctica, the musician’s firstborn daughter whom he shares with wifeCherry Seaborn.
“I’ll sing [my new songs] to my daughter, who’s not my biggest fan. She just cries!” Sheeran admitted of his then-9-month-old during an interview with BBC Radio 1.
“No, I’ve got some she likes,” he adds. “She really likes ‘Shape of You.’ The marimba sound is good, but she doesn’t like anything loud or anything belt-y.”
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Ed Sheeran on writing a song for his daughter Lyra
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Despite Lyra not being “[Sheeran’s] biggest fan,” he did write a song just for her on his fourth studio album=titled “Visiting Hours.”
“But now I’m kind of in a difficult situation if I ever have more kids cause they’ll be like ‘Where’s mine? Where’s my song?'” he jokingly added.
03of 10Ed Sheeran on how fatherhood has helped him be healthierThe Late Late Show/InstagramBetween late night studio sessions and constant traveling on tour, Sheeran’s schedule as a chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning musician is all over the place. 10 months after having Lyra, the “Bad Habits” singer told James Corden onThe Late Late Showthat his “days are structured” now.“I became a dad and I feel like my lifestyle shift has changed. Instead of going to bed at six [a.m.], I’m getting up at four,” Sheeran said.“It just feels like what life was meant to be. It’s great,” he added. “I’m healthier than I’ve ever been. I’m exercising every day… I’m spending so much time at home making the record. Yeah, I feel like a human being. It’s good.”
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Ed Sheeran on how fatherhood has helped him be healthier
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Between late night studio sessions and constant traveling on tour, Sheeran’s schedule as a chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning musician is all over the place. 10 months after having Lyra, the “Bad Habits” singer told James Corden onThe Late Late Showthat his “days are structured” now.
“I became a dad and I feel like my lifestyle shift has changed. Instead of going to bed at six [a.m.], I’m getting up at four,” Sheeran said.
“It just feels like what life was meant to be. It’s great,” he added. “I’m healthier than I’ve ever been. I’m exercising every day… I’m spending so much time at home making the record. Yeah, I feel like a human being. It’s good.”
04of 10Ed Sheeran on what fatherhood has taught himJMEnternational/GettySheeran learned a couple life lessons after he became a father and gained a newfound respect for his own parents in the process.“I think the biggest thing I took away from it was … Well, two things,” he toldZane LoweonNew Music Dailyon Apple Music 1 just 10 months after Lyra was born.“The relationship that I had with my parents has completely changed from like, it was amazing before, but now it’s just like there’s this eternal gratefulness and respect of being like, I know what they went through and I’m still kind of like, going through it.”
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Ed Sheeran on what fatherhood has taught him
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Sheeran learned a couple life lessons after he became a father and gained a newfound respect for his own parents in the process.
“I think the biggest thing I took away from it was … Well, two things,” he toldZane LoweonNew Music Dailyon Apple Music 1 just 10 months after Lyra was born.
“The relationship that I had with my parents has completely changed from like, it was amazing before, but now it’s just like there’s this eternal gratefulness and respect of being like, I know what they went through and I’m still kind of like, going through it.”
05of 10Ed Sheeran on picking daughter Lyra’s nameEd Sheeran.Kevin Mazur/WireImageSheeran shared the thought process behindchoosing his daughter Lyra’s namewhen he appeared on the British morning showLorraine.“I realize some people think it’s quite a strange name,” he admitted. “But my wife’s called Cherry, and she is the only Cherry that I’ve ever met and I think that she’s the only Cherry that she’s ever met and I quite like that. In my class at school, there were probably more Eds.“The star said he and his wife “just wanted to give her a name that was unique, so that she would be the only one [with that name].”
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Ed Sheeran on picking daughter Lyra’s name
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Sheeran shared the thought process behindchoosing his daughter Lyra’s namewhen he appeared on the British morning showLorraine.
“I realize some people think it’s quite a strange name,” he admitted. “But my wife’s called Cherry, and she is the only Cherry that I’ve ever met and I think that she’s the only Cherry that she’s ever met and I quite like that. In my class at school, there were probably more Eds.”
The star said he and his wife “just wanted to give her a name that was unique, so that she would be the only one [with that name].”
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Ed Sheeran on the trials and errors of being a new dad
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Sheeran also toldLowethat hedidn’t know what he was doingwhen he jumped into the dad life, noting that while people may seem like they are experts at parenting, they most likely aren’t.
07of 10Ed Sheeran on how he almost left his career for fatherhoodEd Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn.Stephen Pond/GettyAfter becoming a dad, Sheeran opened about how hecontemplated putting his career behind himto focus onLyra.“In my year off, I was kind of searching for who I was because I stopped playing music for a bit,” Sheeran toldSiriusXMafter completing his÷tourand selling more than 22 million copies of the album.“And music is entirely me as a person,” he continued. “And then I had my daughter — well, my wife had our daughter, but I’m a parent. And then I was like, ‘That’s it, this is me, I’m just going to be a dad, I’m not going to play music anymore.'”
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Ed Sheeran on how he almost left his career for fatherhood
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After becoming a dad, Sheeran opened about how hecontemplated putting his career behind himto focus onLyra.
“In my year off, I was kind of searching for who I was because I stopped playing music for a bit,” Sheeran toldSiriusXMafter completing his÷tourand selling more than 22 million copies of the album.
“And music is entirely me as a person,” he continued. “And then I had my daughter — well, my wife had our daughter, but I’m a parent. And then I was like, ‘That’s it, this is me, I’m just going to be a dad, I’m not going to play music anymore.'”
08of 10Ed Sheeran on his daughter Lyra giving him purposeEd Sheeran.Trae Patton/NBCFor as long as Sheeran could remember, music has always been his sole focus in life, but after Lyra was born,his perspective changed.“I just found that I really didn’t have purpose outside of [music] because when I was giving myself fixed time of no work, I wasn’t doing anything I enjoyed because I love doing music,” Sheeran said onTheEllen DeGeneresShow. “And [being a dad] has actually given me purpose and something in life that’s actually more important than my job.“He also admitted to DeGeneres that being far from Lyra is “really difficult,” adding that he has only been away from her for about four or five days at the time.
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Ed Sheeran on his daughter Lyra giving him purpose
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For as long as Sheeran could remember, music has always been his sole focus in life, but after Lyra was born,his perspective changed.
“I just found that I really didn’t have purpose outside of [music] because when I was giving myself fixed time of no work, I wasn’t doing anything I enjoyed because I love doing music,” Sheeran said onTheEllen DeGeneresShow. “And [being a dad] has actually given me purpose and something in life that’s actually more important than my job.”
He also admitted to DeGeneres that being far from Lyra is “really difficult,” adding that he has only been away from her for about four or five days at the time.
09of 10Ed Sheeran on getting COVID with his daughter LyraEd Sheeran.Theo Wargo/GettyAfter getting COVID-19 in October 2021, Sheeran has to take care of himself and his daughter Lyra,after she contracted the virus too.“My wife was away, so, I was there with my daughter … She had it, too, so it was kind of heavy,” he revealed onHoward Stern’sSiriusXM show, adding that three days were “really bad.”
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Ed Sheeran on getting COVID with his daughter Lyra
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After getting COVID-19 in October 2021, Sheeran has to take care of himself and his daughter Lyra,after she contracted the virus too.
“My wife was away, so, I was there with my daughter … She had it, too, so it was kind of heavy,” he revealed onHoward Stern’sSiriusXM show, adding that three days were “really bad.”
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Ed Sheeran on welcoming his second daughter
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