Ed Sheeran Performs His Brand-New Song "Old Phone" | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

In the lawsuit, they'd order you to give up all your old devices. So I handed everything in, but I haven't used... I moved to a tablet in 2015, just on email. And so I switched my phone off in 2015 and left it in a box. And then when I went through that lawsuit, I got my phone out again and had to go through all the voice notes and the pictures and all that stuff for the lawyers. And I switched it on and it was like going into a time machine. The first text was my friend that had passed away the year before. The second text was like an argument with an ex-girlfriend. The third text was a family member I hadn't spoken to in 10 years. The fourth text was another mate that died. And I was kind of like scrolling down. It really, really spun me out. And that day I wrote in my notes, like, I found my old phone today and then finished this as a song. And then I ended up writing it into a song that that's the music video for, essentially. Well, we always happen to have a guitar handy. I did spot that. Yeah. If you ever feel the need to pick it up... Could you give us a taste of... Yeah, this will be the first time I've done it to this many people. I did it at the Bluebird in Nashville for about 30 people, but this will be the second time I've played it. I found my old phone today In a box that I had hidden away Nostalgia trying to lead me astray Maybe I'll unwrite some wrong I charged the battery again Combinations cause my passcode had changed Opened up and saw familiar names Now I wonder where they've gone Conversations with my dead friends Messages from all my exes I kind of think that this was best left There in the past where it belongs I feel an overwhelming sadness Of all the friends I do not have left Seeing how my family has fractured Growing up and moving on I found my old phone today Arguments that I tried to keep at bay The ones who loved me I just pushed them away Couldn't tell the difference from the leeches My close hands still hold some mates But if I'm open it gets smaller day by day I can't tell if it is pleasure or pain Trying to keep within my remit Conversations with my dead friends Messages from all my exes I kind of think that this was best left There in the past where it belongs I feel an overwhelming sadness Of all the friends I do not have left Seeing how my family has fractured Growing up and moving on My old phone today So full of love yet so full of hate I put it back inside there from whence it came Nothing good will come from regretting Conversations with my dead friends Messages from all my exes I kind of think that this was best left There in the past where it belongs I feel an overwhelming sadness Of all the friends I do not have left Seeing how my family has fractured Growing up and moving on I found my old phone today