#ICYMI: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Royalties Pay’s His Friend’s Mortgage

Ed Sheeran has claimed that he wrote a song with a childhood friend to help her with financial troubles.

In case you missed it, Ed Sheeran, who presented the MTV EMAs on Sunday night (October 25), recently revealed to UK publication The Mirror that he penned his hit single ‘Thinking Out Loud’ during a session held as a favor to his friend,  singer Amy Wadge.

That song, which eventually was included on his second album x sold over 1,000,000 copies in the UK after being released as a single last year.

“[Wadge] was going through financial troubles about a year ago,” Sheeran said. “She drove to my house – my album was nearly done – and she asked if I could put a song from when I was 17 on the deluxe album, so she could get a little bit of money and pay the mortgage and bills and stuff.”

“While she was there, we wrote ‘Thinking Out Loud’,” he added. “Now she never has to worry about money again.”

Cheers to you Mr. Sheeran.