In an intimate and absorbing atmosphere, Ed Sheeran has presented this Friday some of the songs that will be part of his new studio album, ‘Subtract’, a work that, as he has revealed, is based on the story of experiences and complicated emotional states throughout the songwriting and production process.
Since he set foot on stage, the British artist has revolutionized the hundreds of people in the public, who could only attend by invitation or by lottery, and has given some brushstrokes that will wrap up his next LP, in which, according to the above, love and human loss will act as key thematic axes.
Although an eclectic work is presumed, made up of the usual variety of genres that Sheeran practices with ease, as he did in the best sellers ‘Divide’ or ‘Equals’, this Saturday’s performance, totally acoustic, does not completely clear up what paths his career will take. songs.
It is clear, however, that his guitar and a piano are the only accompaniments that his voice, calm and clear, needs to conquer the majestic Hall of Columns of the CÃrculo de Bellas Artes, a place as sober and delicate as his interpretative style, wrapped in a deep and familiar play of light.
Always temperate, almost cold, Sheeran has told the stories that have motivated the creation of some of the 18 songs, such as the death of his friend Jamal, for whom he composed the already released ‘Eyes closed’, which takes him back to his time in West London at 18 years old.
“I wasn’t ready to come back to life after Jamal died, like people did when the queen died. That helped me â€, she told those present.
Or the “intense” and difficult moments during the complications of his wife’s pregnancy, Cherry Seaborn, who was diagnosed with a tumor during the pregnancy of their second daughter together, Jupiter, who recounts, in part, in ‘Sycamore’ .
The British singer-songwriter has also performed ‘Boat’, ‘Salt water’, ‘Life goes on’, ‘The end of youth’, or ‘The hills of Aberfeldy’ and has openly recounted moments when he felt “depressedâ€. and that he patched up through drug use.
And he has been agile receiving compliments and suggestions from the public in moments of silence, such as when a person from the public has told him that he has to come to Spain more, to which, at the moment, he has recognized: “I come to Spain a lot, but not to work.”
After the songs from the new album -the performance has been based on the principle “four new, four hits”- the British superstar has been left alone on stage and has given way to some of the most recognized songs not only by his fans , but for the whole world, like ‘Shape of you’, ‘Perfect’ or ‘Bad Habits’, with which no one has remained silent.
And after half an hour in which he has given the first brushstrokes of his next creation to the Spanish public, Sheeran has succinctly thanked him and has vanished from the stage, leaving a roar of applause and faces of the most genuine happiness.
This Saturday’s concert has been an appetizer both for the new album, which will go on sale on May 5, and for the tour with which Sheeran will tour Europe and North America, which at the moment does not have closed dates in Spain for this anus.
Sheeran’s fifth album, not counting the collaboration album he released in 2019, has been produced by Aaron Dressner, who has worked among others with Taylor Swift, and is already on pre-sale.
Precisely, to be able to attend the concert, fans had to share a proof of booking the album with which to enter a raffle for tickets.
The British singer, used to concerts with up to 100,000 spectators, has acknowledged feeling more “nervous” in front of a smaller audience but has also confessed that he likes this format better because it allows him to see the reactions of the fans to his new album, of which He has said he feels especially “proud”.
