THE GENIUS GINGER Ed Sheeran’s astonishing success

Edward Christopher Sheeran was born in February 1991 in Halifax, England. His parents, both working for an art consultancy at the time, also had an older son. Constantly being surrounded by art and creatives, Sheeran took an interest in music at a very young age, joining the church choir at the tender age of 4. Soon enough he would start learning the guitar and at the age of 11 was already writing his own songs. Yet his music was an escape for the young boy as he was bullied constantly at school, mainly for his stutter and oversized glasses. In an interview with Q magazine, Sheeran opened up about the setbacks he faced as a child. “I was a weird little ginger kid, with a stutter, big NHS specs and no eardrum,” he said. Sheeran also had a perforated eardrum, which he did not have replaced until he was 11. He was