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Ed Sheeran says he \u201cspiralled\u201d into depression in 2022 after his wife was diagnosed with a tumour and his friend Jamal Edwards died unexpectedly at the age of 31.<\/p>\n

The star\u2019s childhood sweetheart, Cherry Seaborn, who he married in 2019, was told she had a tumour while pregnant with their second child.<\/p>\n

There was \u201cno route to treatment until after the birth\u201d, he explained.*<\/p>\n

At the time, the star was in court every day facing a copyright trial.<\/p>\n

The devastating impact of those events \u201cchanged my life, my mental health, and ultimately the way I viewed music,\u201d said the star in a handwritten note posted to social media.<\/p>\n

As a result, he scrapped \u201chundreds\u201d of songs he\u2019d written for his upcoming sixth album.<\/p>\n

Sheeran and Seaborn welcomed their second daughter last May. The singer did not provide an update on his wife\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

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Sheeran and Seaborn married in 2019 (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sheeran was writing to fans to announce the release of \u2013 (Subtract), an Aaron Dessner-produced acoustic album that was written against \u201ca backdrop of grief and hope\u201d.<\/p>\n

The album was long-planned as the conclusion to his \u201cmathematical era\u201d, which began with + (Plus) in 2011, and continued with x (Multiply), \u00f7 (Divide) and = (Equals).<\/p>\n

But the entire project was rewritten in a week-long outpouring of emotions, as the star was \u201cspiralling through fear, depression and anxiety\u201d last February.<\/p>\n

It came after Edwards \u2013 who gave Sheeran his first big break \u2013 suddenly died from a heart attack after taking cocaine and drinking alcohol,\u00a0a coroner concluded.<\/p>\n

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Ed Sheeran and Cherry (Stephen Pond\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shortly afterwards, Sheeran faced a three-week copyright trial, over claims he had plagiarised his hit song Shape Of You.<\/p>\n

Although he eventually won, the singer and his co-writer, Snow Patrol\u2019s Johnny McDaid, said the case had put an\u00a0\u201cextraordinary strain\u201d\u00a0on them.<\/p>\n

To get through those experiences, Sheeran used songwriting to \u201cmake sense\u201d of his feelings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I was drowning, head below the surface, looking up but not being able to break through for air,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

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Artwork for the album was shot by famed US photographer Annie Leibovitz (ANNIE LEIBOVITZ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI 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\u2019s worth of work with my deepest, darkest thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time I\u2019m not trying to craft an album people will like, I\u2019m merely putting something out that\u2019s honest and true to where I am in my adult life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s opening the trapdoor into my soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album is due for release on 5 May, with Sheeran playing a handful of shows in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester and Paris to debut the first single at the end of March.<\/p>\n

The release comes shortly after January\u2019s\u00a0one-off single F64, which was a visceral response to Jamal Edwards\u2019 death.<\/p>\n

That song will not feature on the final tracklist, which was revealed on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

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  1. Boat<\/li>\n
  2. Salt Water<\/li>\n
  3. Eyes Closed<\/li>\n
  4. Life Goes On<\/li>\n
  5. Dusty<\/li>\n
  6. End Of Youth<\/li>\n
  7. Colourblind<\/li>\n
  8. Curtains<\/li>\n
  9. Borderline<\/li>\n
  10. Spark<\/li>\n
  11. Vega<\/li>\n
  12. Sycamore<\/li>\n
  13. No Strings<\/li>\n
  14. The Hills of Aberfeldy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sheeran\u2019s mathematical quintology has made him one of Britain\u2019s biggest music stars, with songs like Shape Of You and Thinking Out Loud among the most-streamed songs of all time.<\/p>\n

    Subtract, which was originally planned as an acoustic album, will now range from \u201cpaired back, folk-leaning textures to bolder, full-band\/orchestral arrangements,\u201d according to a press release from Sheeran\u2019s record label, Atlantic.<\/p>\n

    Unlike his previous albums, the artwork for Subtract does not focus on the title\u2019s mathematical symbol, instead featuring a picture of a corroding heart.<\/p>\n

    The star also posted a cryptic video on Instagram, featuring his song titles scored into the shore of a windswept beach, intercut with footage of what appears to be a child\u2019s birthday party.<\/p>\n

    Sheeran\u2019s record was produced by Dessner, best known as the frontman of alternative rock band The National, after the two were introduced by mutual friend Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n

    Dessner previously collaborated with Swift on her Grammy Award-winning lockdown album Folklore.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThis is last February\u2019s diary entry and my way of making sense of it,\u201d Sheeran concluded. \u201cThis is Subtract.\u201d<\/p>\n

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