Ed Sheeran had a pretty eventful past few weeks. The copyright infringement trial he was involved in pretty much took his energy and mind as he was forced to deal with the frustrating predicament that made him question his songwriting skills.
In the last two weeks, he has to face missing the funeral of his grandmother, having to release his album, and being a judge on "American Idol" while also being confronted with the post-trial reflection of his win.
Ed Sheeran Copyright Trial
In a new interview at "The Howard Stern Show," Ed Sheeran gave a stripped-down, encore performance in front of the radio icon, Robin Quivers, of the same setlist he had when he performed at the Manhattan courtroom to demonstrate the similarities of the contested four chord sequence in his song "Thinking Out Loud."
Starting with the Grammy-winning song, Sheeran also performed snippets of "You're Still the One," "My Girl," and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," which hold the same chords but are very different from one another.
"There were 101 songs, and that was like scratching the surface. Yes, it's a chord sequence that you hear on successful songs, but if you say that a song in 1973 owns this, then what about all the songs that came before?" he expounded, revealing that they even found songs tracing back to the 1700s with the same contested melody.
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Along with this, Sheeran expressed delight and frustration about the said trial. In the middle of the trial, the singer revealed that he missed his grandmother's funeral in England to attend to his legal headache.
"I'm really glad it's over, man," he added. "It's a shame. I won't get that time back and she was a great woman."
Check out the full interview below:
Ed Sheeran New Album, Tour
All while he was confronted with the grueling copyright trial against Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On," Ed Sheeran also had to be present at the rollout of his new album, "Subtract (-)," which came out the day after he won the trial.
An "intimate" Ed Sheeran summer Tour was also announced days before the album was released. Fans can see Ed Sheeran Concerts in the United States as he goes on the road on a 14-stop show from the latter part of May 2023 to September 2023. Check out his website for more information.
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