LET'S MEET OUR GUEST TONIGHT.
HE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTISTS ON THE PLANET, WITH FOUR GRAMMYS
AND OVER 50 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD.
LATER, HE'LL BE PERFORMING HIS BRAND NEW SINGLE "BAD HABITS"
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME ON TELEVISION.
PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE, THE ONLY, ED SHEERAN!
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>> James: HOW ARE YOU.
>> GOOD.
James: WELCOME TO ED SHEERAN WEEK.
>> THE FIRST INTERVIEW WE HAVE DONE.
WE HAVE ONLY DONE CARPOOL WITH YOU.
>> James: YES.
THIS IS IT.
WE'RE HAPPY ARE YOU HERE.
IF YOU WEREN'T HERE ED SHEERAN WEEK WOULD BE WEIRD FOR US.
YOU'RE LOOKING FANTASTIC.
ARE YOU ON A HEALTH KICK?
>> WELL I BECAME A DAD.
James: CONGRATS.
HAPPY FOR YOU.
>> I FEEL LIKE MY LIFESTYLE SHIFT HAS CHANGED INSTEAD OF
GOING TO BED AT 6:00 I GET UP AT 4:00.
>> James: IT DOES THAT.
HOW HAVE YOU FOUND THE CHANGE IN EVERYTHING?
HOW OLD IS SHE?
>> NINE MONTHS.
James: ARE YOU ENJOYING BEING A FATHER?
>> IT JUST FEELS LIKE WHAT LIFE WAS MEANT TO BE.
IT'S GREAT, GREAT MAN.
I AM, MY DAYS ARE STRUCTURED.
I'M HEALTHIER THAN I HAVE BEEN.
I EXERCISE EVERY DAY.
I SPEND SO MUCH TIME AT HOME MAKING THE RECORD.
I FEEL LIKE A HUMAN BEING.
>> James: DO YOU PLAY SONGS FOR LAURA AROUND THE HOUSE.
DOES SHE LIKE IT?
>> YA, I MEAN IF I SING TOO LOUD SHE GETS LIKE.
YES I THINK, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T TOUCH THE GUITAR FOR MONTHS
AFTER MY TOUR FINISHED.
I HAD A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE LIKE I WANTED TO NOT WORK BUT
THEN I WAS LIKE WORK IS MY HOBBY.
I HAD TO, I BASICALLY HAD TO FIND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I HAD
AS HOBBIES.
I DIDN'T TOUCH THE GUITAR FOR AGES.
WHEN LAURA WAS BORN I PICKED UP AND STARTED TO SING TO HER.
LIKE IRISH MUSIC AND SING QUIET SONGS THAT ARE REALLY SWEET.
>> James: NOW WE'RE OUT HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE HERE.
ANYTIME YOU ARE HER STAYING AT T SAME FRIEND'S HOUSE.
>> YES.
James: ARE YOU STAYING THERE THIS TIME?
>> YES.
I CAME HERE IN 2013.
I DID A GIG AT NOKIA THEATER.
I MET THIS BONDER FULL FAMILY.
THE LAWRENCES.
THEY TOOK ME TOO COURTNEY COX'S HOUSE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
WHEN I WAS THERE COURTNEY,S I PICKED UP A GUITAR AND WAS
JAMMING.
SHE SAID WHEN YOU WANT TO STAY YOU CAN.
SO I HAVE STAYED THERE EVER SENSE.
SHE HAS AN A LEXA THING IN HER HOUSE.
SHE SAYS THIS IS WONDERFUL.
I CAN ORDER WHAT I WANT ON THIS.
SHE WALKS OUT OF THE ROOM.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A GIMP MASK IS.
A S & N LEATHER GIMP MASK.
I SAY, ALEXA, ORDER ME A GIMP MASK.
UNBE KNOWN TO ME COURT MOE'S ASSISTANT FOUND IT OPEN THE POST
AND UP TO THE MASK.
GOES, OOPS I DON'T THINK IS SUPPOSE TO SEE THAPLT COURT THEE
COMES UP AND IS LIKE WHERE DID THIS COME FROM.
SHE FOUND OUT THE STORY.
NOW WHEN I GO BACK I ORDER HER ANOTHER GIMP MASK.
SHE HAS MAYBE 12.
I HIDE THEM IN PEOPLES BEDROOMS.
THEY GO IN THE DRAWER AND FIND A LEATHER S & M MASK.
SHE HAS PEOPLE IN, STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE.
I FOUND OUT ABOUT THEM AND I LEFT MASKS ON THE PIANO.
>> James: WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIP HEREOF WHAT COURTNEY DOES
WITH THE MASKS.
>> YES THIS IS MY 30th BIRTHDAY.
>> James: HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE TURNING 30.
NOW WE'RE IN THIS PANDEMIC.
HERE I AM ON SET AND -- >> COURTNEY, WE NEED YOU ON SET,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE PROTECTION.
THESE HAVE REALLY COME IN HANDY.
[LAUGHING] >> NO COVID HERE.
OKAY.
ALRIGHT, LOVE YOU.
>> James: THAT'S SO GREAT.
>> I BROUGHT YOU ONE.
James: YOU BOUGHT FUN FOR ME.
>> YES IT HAS AN EXTRA PADLOCK.
[LAUGHING] >> COME ON LET'S SEE YOU IN IT,
MAN.
>> James: THE MORE YOU BUY FOR PEOPLE IT STARTS TO --
[LAUGHING] >> WOW.
James: I FEEL ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
I NEVER REALLY GET THE APPEAL BUT IT WOULD BE LOVELY FOR A
SNOOZE.
IT'S A TOTAL BLACK OUT IN THERE.
I'M GOING TO START US USING THAT AN EYE MASK ON A FLIGHT.
IMAGINE THAT.
>> YOU WOULD DEFINITELY.
James: YOU'RE ON THE PLANE.
WOULD YOU LIKE AN EYE MASK.
ABSOLUTELY I'M FINE.
I HAVE THIS.
WILL YOU WAKE ME FOR BREAKFAST.
[LAUGHING] >> James: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, ED.
I WILL ABSOLUTELY TREASURE IT.
I WILL.
NW I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING THING YOU HAVE DONE.
YOU HAVE BEEN A FAN OF A SOCCER TEAM IN THE U.K. YOUR WHOLE
LIFE.
THIS IS HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN A FAN OF THIS TEAM.
HERE YOU ARE HERE, HOW OLD ARE YOU, ED?
>> SIX.
James: SIX.
LAST MONTH YOU ANNOUNCED THE MENS AND WOMENS TEAMS WILL BE
SPONSORED BY YOU.
>> YES.
James: AMAZING THING TO DO.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
>> SO, MY FIRST FOOTBALL TEAM I PLAYED FOR IN MY HOMETOWN FRAM
TOWN, 2000 POPULATION, A LITTLE MORE NOW.
THEY'RE UNDER 11 GIRLS TEAM CAME TO MY MANAGER AND SAID WE NEED
SPONSOR FOR SOMEONE TO BOY THE KITS.
SOY BOUGHT THE UNDER 11 GIRL TEAM THE KITS.
I PUT MY RECORD LABEL.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL.
THEN I WAS LIKE, I WONDER IF ITSWITCH NEEDS A SPONSOR.
THEY WERE SPONSORED BY A BETTING COMPANY AND FANS WERE NOT KEEN
ON IT.
I SAID LET ME INQUIRE AND SEE IF THEY WANT A NEW SPONSOR.
I DID.
THEY SAID YES IT'S BEEN CALLED, THE MOST INTERESTING THING IS
THE CONTRACT AND WHAT YOU GET.
BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S COMPANIES THAT GET IT.
THEY GIVE YOU LIKE HUNDREDS OF SIGNED SHIRTS BY THE TEAM AND
FOOT BALLS.
I WS LIKE NOT TOO INTERESTED IN ALL OF THAT.
THEY IF I HAVE YOU A MAYOR TRACK SUIT WITH YOUR INITIALS.
IT MEANS NOTHING TO AMERICANS.
SKWRAEUPLT NO.
WELL, YA.
IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU, A MAJOR RECORDING ARTIST MAKING US OWN
MERCHANDISE TO MAKE A TRACK SUIT WITH -- I DON'T KNOW I RECKON
YOU COULD GET THE TRACK SUIT.
>> YES.
THE LOVE, THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH.
I DID IT AND DIDN'T EXPECT.
THEY'RE -P A TOP NIGHT TEAM.
HE SOON WILL BE.
THEY'RE NOT TOP NIGHT TEAM.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TIP TO NOTICE IT PAWS OF THE EUROPEAN SUPER
LEAGUE STUFF IN EVENING HAPPENED.
THIS WAS A HUGE BACKLASH OF BIG RICH ONERS CONTROLLING THINGS
AND DOING THINGS FANS WERE NOT KEEN.
THIS STORE OWE CAME OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE AMOUNT OF LOVE FROM -PG HREURB FUTBOL FANS IS WONDERFUL.
>> James: BRILLIANT.
ELTON JOHN BOUGHT WA TFORD.
WOULD YOU BYE ITSWITCH TOWN.
>> THEY WERE BOUGHT BY AN AMERICAN BUT THERE WAS DEBT.
NOT A GREAT FINANCIAL DECISION.
>> James: YES.
THE AMOUNT OF MOPPY YOU SPEND ON GIMP MASKS IS MAKING A DENT.
>> THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT COURTNEY'S A ELECTION
AFPLT I DON'T PAY FOR IT.
SHE DOES.
>> James: NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT SONG, BAD HABITS.
IT JUST CAME OUT.
I LOVE THIS SONG.
I LOVE IT IT FEELS LIKE A NEW SOUND.
DIFFERENT DIRECTION BUT EVOLUTION.
HOW DO YOU FEEL IN THESE MOMENTS WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING A NEW SONG
OUT INTO THE WORLD.
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FOR ME, LIKE ON MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE THE LEAD SINGLES.
THEY WERE SONICALLY DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I HAD DONE.
I WAS NERVOUS PUTTING THEM OUT.
BOTH TIMES IT WORKED BY DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW I COULD, I'M AN ACOUSTIC SINGER SONG WRITER.
I FEEL I COULD SING ACOUSTIC LOVE SONGS FOR THE REST OF MY
LIFE.
IT WON'T KEEP PEOPLE INTERESTED.
I HAVE NEVER DONE A DANCE TUNE.
I HAVE BEEN LIKE HESITANT TO MAKE DANCE MUSIC.
IT BE JUST BE -- DOESN'T FIT WITH MY THING.
SO, ANYWAYS I HAD A FIRST SINGLE CHOSEN.
WE WERE GOING TO SHOOT THE VIDEO.
THE ALBUM WAS MIXED.
THEN JAN OR FEBRUARY ENGLAND ANNOUNCED IN JUNE THE COUNTRY
WOULD BE OPENING UP.
MY SINGLE WAS SCHEDULED TO COME OUT IN JUNE.
I SAID I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORLD NEEDS A DEPRESSING SAD SLOW
ACOUSTIC SONG, OPENING UP.
I WAS IN STUDIO AND CREATED THIS SONG.
IT'S JUST FUN.
>> James: I LOVE IT.
>> THE VIDEO IS FUN.
I'M A VAMPIRE IN IT.
>> James: LOOK AT YOU HERE, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WITH A NEWBORN.
>> YES.
LOTS OF GLITTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT, SO I GET THIS FROM FRIENDS OF MINE KIDS.
FRIENDS OF MINES KIDS.
I WILL MAKE SHOWER MY CHILD DOES IT.
YOU SEE GLITTER.
YOU GET A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM YOUR MATE'S DAUGHTER WHO IS
FOUR.
THEY FOR THE GLITTER IN AND IT GOES ALL OVER.
YOU CAN'T [BEEP] SAY ANYTHING.
>> James: NO.
>> I WILL BE THERE WITH A SCOOP AND LOADS OF GLITTER WHEN LAURA
SENDS CARDS TO PEOPLE.
JUST [BEEP] WITH THEM.
>> James: I LOVE THE SONG.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE, I THINK T-B T. HAD BEEN A SMASH AND
REPRESENT A GLORIOUS JOY BOMB THIS SUMMER.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU PLAY LIVE YOU WITH A GUITAR AND A LOOP PEDAL.
TONIGHT YOU'RE PERFORMING WITH THE BAND.
IS THIS PERMANENT.
ARE YOU GOING TO SWITCH IT UP AND PLAY WITH A BAND MORE.
>> I DON'T KNOW I HAVE DONE THE LOP PEDAL THING FOR 15 YEARS.
THE LAST TOUR WAS PUBLICIZED THE BIGGEST TOUR OF ALL TIME.
I FEEL LIKE PLAYING 9 MILLION PEOPLE WITH THE SAME SET.
I THINK SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE ON THE NEXT TOUR.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A BAND.
I'M TRYING IT OUT.
I'M SEEING WHAT, HOW, HOW IT FEELS.
I JUST FEEL QUITE STIFF ON STAGE WITH A BAND.
THE HOOP PEDAL I'M MORE FLUID WITH IT.
I THINK, I MEAN THIS BAND IS AMAZING.
SKWRAEUPLT WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THE PERFORMANCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BE THE PERCENT PLACE YOU PERFORM
IT ON TV.
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US.
STICK AROUND MORE WITH ED SHEERAN WHEN WE COME BACK.