We finally have a chance to get a better look for the highly anticipated Ed Sheeran-focused documentary Songwriter, since the official trailer is finally here. The trailer contains footage from writing and recording sessions for Sheera’s highly anticipated third studio album, 2017’s ÷, footage of him playing various musical instruments in his childhood, as well as meeting with his school music teacher.
You can check out the official trailer below.
Songwriter, which will offer “an intimate and personal look into the writing process” of Ed Sheeran, will be released on August 28th, exclusively on Apple Music.
“Songwriter gives viewers a unique glimpse into the songwriting process,” said Sheeran in a press release. “Murray’s film brilliantly documents the hard work and DNA that goes into creating a song from start to finish.”
The documentary was filmed over a course of a decade by Sheeran’s cousin Murray Cummings, who followed the Grammy Award-winning musician during his tours and recording sessions and documented a good part of it on camera.
“I decided to make something different,” said Cummings about the project. “I wasn’t going to show fame. I didn’t want paparazzi, screaming fans or big stadiums. I didn’t want to have sit down interviews because I didn’t want to tell the audience how something came to be, I just wanted to show them. And I wanted the focus to be the songwriting.”
Before receiving its worldwide release on Apple Music, Songwriter will also have a festival run including screenings at Berlin Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary will see a short theatrical run in New York starting August 17th and Los Angeles starting August 24th.
