Ed Sheeran shares his private battles with love and loss in a heartbreaking new Disney+ docuseries that gives fans a unique insight on his life.

In the four-part documentary series the Shape of You singer, 32, speaks about how he struggled to cope after his wife Cherry Seaborn was diagnosed with a tumour while pregnant as well as the death of his best friend Jamal Edwards.

In a new trailer for The Sum Of It All, fans see a never-before-seen videos of the singer and his pregnant wife as he reflects on his relationship.

“Everything in my life got so much better when Cherry came into it. I got married, I became a dad who has two daughters,” he says.

However, the trailer takes a turn as it documents the pain Ed has gone through as he adds: “Cherry’s health was really bad and then suddenly my best friend Jamal died.”

The hit singer recently revealed in statement announcing his upcoming album Subtract that his wife was diagnosed with a tumour while she was pregnant with their second child.

Cherry has since successfully given birth to a little girl they have named Jupiter, who is 10 months, and the couple share another daughter named Lyra, aged two.

Ed continues: “Loss, it just took over my life. Every time something massive happened I tend to write a song about it.”

In the trailer, Ed breaks down in tears on stage, as his wife Cherry says: “I’ve never seen him cry on stage. He hasn’t had the time to process and be at peace with his thoughts.”

“I feel like every moment I’m learning, life is unpredictable things can change really quickly.”

The documentary series also addresses the painful loss he suffered when his best friend Jamal Edwards died by cardiac arrest in February 2022, aged just 31.

In the trailer, Ed credits Jamal with helping him launch his career after he gave him his first big break in music.

The singer revealed that the first single from his latest album, Subtract, was written in memory of Jamal and was all about losing him.

Referencing about the song, Eyes Closed, which is due out on March 24, he said: “This song is about losing someone, feeling like every time you go out, you expect to just bump into them, and everything just reminds you of them and things you did together.”

“You sorta have to take yourself out of reality sometimes to numb the pain of loss, but certain things just bring you right back into it.”

Speaking about why he decided to make the personal documentary, Ed said in a statement: “I’ve always been very guarded in my personal and private life; the only documentary I’ve ever made has been one that focused on my songwriting.

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“Disney approached me to make a four-part documentary, and it felt like the right time to open the door and let people in. I hope people enjoy it.”