Ed Sheeran made shocking admissions in his new album.
The singer dropped his new album Play September 12, 2025. The raw and confessional lyrics of the album reveals his journey through sorrow and family struggles.
The main song of the album, Opening, refers to the devastating loss of his close friend Jamal Edwards in 2022, and Sheeran’s wife, Cherry Seaborn, the diagnosis of cancer of the same year.
“”It is far from the bottom of the rocks / There were times when I felt that I could fall further / I liked, lost and feared and prayed / but now the day breaks out of wild and opening. I cried tears on my brother’s grave / I shared my hands with my wife’s surgeon / I spent weeks inside the darkest cage“Sheeran sings.
He also promises to keep their daughters Lyra, 5 years old, and Jupiter, 3, strong on the track.
On the other hand, the album also included romantic lyrics from Seaborn in songs like Camera,, In other wordsAnd The wish. In addition, the Photograph Hitmaker has always devoted herself to his daughters.
In particular, Ed Sheeran also alluded to tensions at Home in Deluxe Edition Songs Like Regret,, ProblemsAnd War game.
It should be mentioned that Play would be the most personal disc of the singer.
