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Ed Sheeran reveals heartbreaking story behind the song that helped launch his career

This is so sad

VIPIRELAND.COM

Ed Sheeran penned a song in memory of his school friend when he was just 14 – and the song helped launch his hugely successful music career.

According to a new book about Ed, penned by Sean Smith, the singer wrote the song ‘We Are’ in memory of his best pal Stuart Dines, who was killed when a lorry crashed into their school bus during a skiing trip to Austria.

According to the Mirror, Sean writes in his book: “Ed had to come to terms with the death of someone he saw practically every day.”

“He resolved to write a song about his feelings. He composed it, he said, ‘whilst I got round to actually accepting it’.”

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Stuart’s family were so moved by the song, that they decided to play it at his funeral.

Years later, Ed sang ‘We Are’ during his set at The Bedford pub in Balham, south west London, which was recorded for a self-released live EP in October 2010.

Talent scouts from record label Atlantic were in the audience, and they went on to sign him three months later.

Still to this day, Ed credits ‘We Are’ as “the song that actually got me a record deal”.

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