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Ed Sheeran was advised to dye his hair if he wanted to be a star.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old singer may be known for his ginger locks, but his first management company suggested he’d have a better image if he coloured his tresses black, and also told him to overhaul his music by ditching his trademark loop pedal and dropping raps from his songs.<\/p>\n
Manager Stuart Camp, who guided Ed’s rise to fame after taking over from his previous team in 2011, said: “The other management actually resigned from him because they said he wasn’t going anywhere.<\/p>\n
“He had to drop the looping pedal, dye his hair black and give up the rapping.” The ‘Shape of You’ hitmaker is currently taking a break from music after he and his wife Cherry Seaborn recently welcomed daughter Lyra into the world, but Stuart revealed that not only will Ed be back in a year with a new album, he’s already planning ahead for the future.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the ‘Straight Up’ podcast, he said: ““We’ve started recording now. We’ll probably put a record out this time next year.<\/p>\n
“I’m looking at a piece of paper that actually has the tracklisting for the album after the next one on it.<\/p>\n
“He’s always one or two albums ahead.”<\/p>\n
Ed has previously admitted he was bullied over his ginger hair but eventually embraced his “quirky” appearance and realised his tresses were what helped him stand out in a crowd.<\/p>\n
Asked if he felt he was different at school, Ed replied: “Well yeah because I was ginger so I was instantly ripped into from the day I started school.<\/p>\n
“Ginger, had a stutter, wore huge glasses, just a bit odd, but then as I got older I kind of loved it.<\/p>\n
“I have always looked a little bit quirky and I never had much luck with girls it was always like I looked a bit weird and then when I started playing music every time I would do a gig everyone was like , ‘Oh it’s the ginger guy with the small guitar’ and you get remembered for that.<\/p>\n
“And then suddenly you start gaining a bit of attraction because you are memorable. The thing I always say to kids now is it’s great to be weird.” <\/p>\n
(Contactmusic)<\/p>\n
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