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Ed Sheeran The Sum of It All review: Singer is more vulnerable than ever before in his new docu-series
‘It’s scary putting out your deepest, darkest thoughts to the world,’ he says in the documentary (Picture: Disney Plus)
One minute, the singer is savouring every joyful moment of family life with his two kids and his wife Cherry Seaborn, his high school sweetheart, while living his dream by touring the world and filling the lives of millions of fans with harmonious music.
The next, he’s facing the prospect of losing his partner, while coping with the grief of the death of his best friend, the trailblazing music pioneer Jamal Edwards.
Ed isn’t one to typically broadcast what goes on in his world behind closed doors, choosing in the past to pop up on social media when he’s releasing a new album, before disappearing again from the internet.
So for the 32-year-old to open up in this way, letting cameras film some of his darkest times at all angles, is an incredibly brave thing for him to do.
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All is a new Disney Plus docu-series, with its name relating to the mathematical titles that the artist has given his first five studio albums: + (‘Plus’), × (‘Multiply’), ÷ (‘Divide’), = (‘Equals’), and − (‘Subtract’), the last of which come out on Friday May 5…
