Ed Sheeran shared the touching inspiration behind his tattoos, revealing that he has turned his daughters’ artwork into permanent inked designs.
During the Shape of You singer’s recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, host Alex Cooper inquired about the backstories behind his numerous tattoos.
In response, Sheeran explained that virtually every tattoo on his body “got stories” associated with it.
“I think my left arm is my first five years of my career, and my right arm is kind of the next five years,” Sheeran shared. “And then I got my chest and back done, and my back is kind of like the most recent one. I got my kids’ footprints the week that they were born, so I quite like that because they’re tiny and obviously, they’re a lot bigger now.”
The English singer-songwriter’s leg tattoos also serve as sweet tributes to his daughters’ artistic endeavors.
“My legs have actually started being my kids’ drawing book,” the proud father revealed. “So my daughter’s just done a little bunny rabbit for my leg, and you can put the date of it. It’s quite nice seeing it.”
Cooper then inquired whether Sheeran’s daughters initiate the tattoo requests for their drawings or if he proposes the idea first.
“Sort of that, yeah. Sort of that,” Sheeran replied, adding, “Now she’s like, she’ll draw something and be like, ‘Get it as a tattoo.’ But yeah. I think I’m gonna get one for each of them every year.”
It is worth mentioning that Sheeran shares his daughters, Lyra and Jupiter, with his wife Cherry Seaborn.
