{"id":1932,"date":"2025-03-27T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:00:16","slug":"ed-sheeran-reveals-he-hasnt-used-his-phone-since-2015-on-the-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran reveals he hasn&#8217;t used his phone since 2015 on &#8216;The Tonight Show&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Ed Sheeran revealed that he hasn\u2019t used his cellphone since 2015, a decision that inspired his new song &#8220;Old Phone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Grammy Award winner discussed his cellphone hiatus during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 26. Sheeran explained that the turning point came amid a legal battle surrounding his song &#8220;Thinking Out Loud,&#8221; where he was ordered to surrender his devices for evidence in the copyright infringement case. The case concluded in his favor in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Sheeran switched to using a tablet for communication and completely disconnected from his phone. &#8220;I switched it off in 2015 and left it in a box,&#8221; Sheeran shared. However, after receiving his phone back following the lawsuit, he turned it on and was flooded with old notifications, which took him on an emotional journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first text was from a friend who passed away the year before. The second was an argument with an ex-girlfriend, the third from a family member I hadn\u2019t spoken to in 10 years,&#8221; Sheeran recalled. &#8220;The fourth was another friend who had died.&#8221; The flood of memories led him to write &#8220;Old Phone,&#8221; a song that reflects both deep emotional moments and the lighthearted frustrations of everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by The Tonight Show (@fallontonight)<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Sheeran has opened a pop-up pub called &#8220;Old Phone&#8221; in Ipswich, Massachusetts, inspired by the song. Guests must bring their old phone and find a meaningful message or video, which will be projected onto the pub&#8217;s walls. The pub will be open for two days, March 28 and 29, serving Guinness and tater tots as part of the experience.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Sheeran revealed that he hasn\u2019t used his cellphone since 2015, a decision that inspired his new song &#8220;Old Phone.&#8221; The four-time Grammy Award winner discussed his cellphone hiatus during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 26. Sheeran explained that the turning point came amid a legal battle surrounding his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}