Um die Veröffentlichung seiner neuen Single „Old Phone“ zu feiern, hat Ed Sheeran einen neuen Instagram-Account ins Leben gerufen: @teddysoldphone – eine nostalgische digitale Zeitkapsel gefüllt mit unveröffentlichten Fotos, Textnachrichten und Notizen von einem Handy, das er 2015 ausmusterte.
Während er letztes Jahr im Zuge eines Urheberrechtsstreits sein Telefonarchiv durchstöberte, wurde Ed dazu inspiriert, den Track zu schreiben. Nun teilt er über diesen Account einige seiner liebsten verborgenen Erinnerungen: urkomische Teenagerfotos, Aufnahmen von seinen frühen Tourneen und Studio-Sessions, erste Momente mit berühmten Freunden wie Harry Styles sowie E-Mails, Textnachrichten und persönliche Notizen.
In der Instagram-Caption zum Post heißt es:
”I got rid of my phone 2015, and moved onto email full time. I just turned my phone off December ‘15 and that was it. When I got sued, the judge ordered me to give up my old devices to the other side’s lawyers, to look through messages, emails, voice notes, videos, etc, to see if there was anything on there to help their case. In the process, I switched on my old phone. The first message was from my friend @JamalEdwards, who had recently passed away. The second was from my ex girlfriend who I hadn’t been in contact with for years. The third was a family member I haven’t spoken to in a decade. And so on. It felt like a time capsule, a time of life that I was in, and living at that time in 2015. 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. 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 EDT / 4pm BST x”
Fotocredit: Singlecover / Artwork
