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Sheeran said that while making the record \"all over the world,\" he had \"some of the most fun, explorative creative days of my life.\"

He described the album as \"a real rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish\" and noted that it \"encapsulates everything that I love about music, and the fun in it, but also where I am in life as a human, a partner, a father.\"

Sheeran also noted that he decided he wanted the promotional campaign to be \"fun and playful,\" which is why he's been doing things like building pubs and performing on the street and on buses.

\"The older I get the more I just want to enjoy things, and savor the moments that are mad and chaotic,\" he wrote.

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