An interview with Ed was uploaded on to youtube on the 10th June 2011, with Virgin Red Room.
Although the interview was very informal, Ed shows personality and jokes with fans by answering their questions and even stating that the most embarrassing thing he has ever done is walk in to lamp posts. ‘I do that a lot’ he said with a smirk on his face. Ed also reinforces the truth in his lyrics by saying that he does sofa hop a lot and keeps a casual attitude throughout showing fans his true self.
Another interesting interview with Ed Sheeran, only shows him – the audience only see Ed and do not hear any of the questions being asked.
First of all Ed introduces himself as an acoustic singer/ songwriter, he chats about how he has been ‘living in London for a while doing writing, recording and gigging’. He talks about how he likes to make people think with his lyrics and give them a meaning. He later states that his style of music is ‘acoustic hip hop with a little twinge of soul.’ –Hip hop being the lyrics and making people think and he lets his fans know how much he loves soul and that he tries to add it to his songs. He talks about how he likes to ‘convey an image of just a regular person, rather than being very glossy’ and he’d like to look like ‘someone’s kid or someone’s mate or someone’s brother’ – showing his fans how down to earth he is. Ed wraps up his interview by stating that in five years’ time he would like to be writing songs for other artists and playing with people that he admires and finally finishes with telling the BBC how his dream is to create a song that spurs up people’s emotions and be successful.
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| Print screen of Ed's interview with asylum |
‘www.asylum.co.uk’ interviewed Ed Sheeran on ‘being number one, music piracy and getting bad press’
The written interview begins with: Sitting opposite Ed Sheeran in a Dublin hotel room, it's hard to believe he is a 20-year-old still enjoying only his first months as a certified pop star.
The interview goes on to talk about the number of gigs he has done in the past and how he is sick of talking about that, Elton John and Jamie Foxx (who are great fans of his).
He also chats about his song ‘you need me, I don’t need you’
"That song wasn't just about one particular person, but the industry in general," He says.
Ed also shows examples of how he was treated by the press and others and how he decided to go his own way (good for him!)
"I came from a small farming town in Suffolk and just wrote songs and did gigs, and suddenly I was being told: 'other people need to write your songs, you can't be looping, you can't be beat boxing, you need to dress like this and have that image'. I was like: f**k that, I going to do what I want."
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