Renowned English singer-songwriter and music sensation, Ed Sheeran, disclosed that he has been without a phone since 2015.
The Grammy-winning artist revealed that he opted to go phoneless due to the constant pressure of responding to messages and the decline of authentic human connections.
Sheeran amusingly noted to the host that they couldn’t exchange phone numbers as he no longer possesses a mobile phone for calls or texts.
Nevertheless, his team supplies a phone for social media usage at events. This approach enables him to minimize time spent on texting and prioritize real-life interactions, which he finds more fulfilling.
In his words; “I had the same number from like age 15, I think. I got famous, and I had 10,000 contacts in my phone that would just – people would just text the whole time. And I was just constantly in touch with a lot of people.
“I feel like with phones, everyone expects you to reply, and if you don’t reply, it’s rude. Sometimes you’re just not in a headspace to reply, you’re busy or doing whatever, but then you reply, then they reply back… and suddenly you’re in like 40 conversations at once…
“Nothing creative has ever come out of being connected the whole time. Boredom is what makes someone think of an iPhone.”
