English singer-songwriter and Music sensation Ed Sheeran has revealed that he hasn’t had a phone since 2015.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter revealed that he ditched his mobile phone due to the relentless pressure to respond to messages and the decline of genuine human connections.
Sheeran humorously pointed out to the host that they couldn’t exchange phone numbers since he no longer owns a cell phone to call or text him on.
However, his team provides a phone for social media use at events. This technique allows him to reduce his time spent texting and instead focus on real-life conversations, which he finds more gratifying.
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.”
