Ed Sheeran is hitting nostalgia to promote his upcoming single Old Phone!
The Perfect singer took to his Instagram account on Tuesday, April 29, to share a series of throwback photos, including a selfie with longtime pal Taylor Swift, to celebrate his forthcoming single.
Alongside the photos, the Shape of You singer penned a lengthy paragraph, revealing that he was inspired to write Old Phone after turning on his old phone, which he had given up in a lawsuit.
“Turning it on really spun me out, I found myself scrolling messages and conversations with people who are no longer here. I found myself crying at messages to friends who are now dead, who I won’t get to speak to again. I found old photos of me with people I was so close to then, but we’ve lost touch since,” he wrote.
Ed continued, “The whole experience was such an emotional journey. I wrote the song Old Phone on my own at 2am whilst jet lagged in India finishing the album, and recorded it that morning. 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.”
“It makes me emotional to sing, I hope it finds some emotion in you too. Maybe it makes you switch on your old phone and have a look at where you were a decade ago too. Whatever it does, I’m glad I wrote it. Old Phone, out Thursday 11am,” he added.
Ed Sheeran's throwback photos
Ed kicked off his carousel of photos with a silly photo of himself with messy hair, which was followed a never-before-seen photo of a very young Taylor Swift.
In the throwback selfie from 2015, Ed could be seen playfully scrunching his nose while Swift, wearing a blue button-up shirt, gazes at the camera with a faux forlorn expression.
He also shared a screenshot of a note he wrote on November 4, 2015, a photo of Benny Blanco working at a computer, a selfie with his wife Cherry Seaborn and more.
