Pop star Nina Nesbitt reveals the burden of being Ed Sheeran’s ex-girlfriend

Dating is not casual for anyone, particularly erstwhile you are conscionable starting retired successful the aforesaid manufacture arsenic your ex who happens to beryllium a Grammy-winning singer.

Singer Nina Nesbitt has been battling the ‘disheartening’ statement of ‘Ed Sheeran’s ex-girlfriend’ the full clip she has been successful the spotlight.

The brace dated successful 2012, with the Shape of You hitmaker penning songs Nina and Photograph astir the romance.

In turn, Nina, 30, penned her debut medium Peroxide astir Ed but successful the decennary since has recovered she has struggled to escaped herself from his shadow.

While speaking connected The Eras Podcast, the Stay Out vocalist agreed that this ‘only happens to women’, wherever their relationships and careers go intrinsically linked.

‘You virtually spot it with Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift… radical who are massive,’ Nina said.

A accidental brushwood with Ed, 33, astatine a vigor gig, the musicians had a little romance towards the commencement of Nina’s career.

She supported him connected circuit and adjacent starred successful his euphony video for the azygous Drunk earlier their divided months later.

The Apple Tree vocalist joked determination should beryllium a ‘disclaimer connected songwriters’, referencing the unavoidable transportation to the way Nina.

‘I deliberation it’s conscionable got to travel out,’ she shared. ‘But I deliberation it is what it is. I’ve decidedly written songs astir different people, so…’

Nina continued: ‘It was tricky. Obviously, helium gave maine astonishing opportunities of touring with him and everything, and I’m truly ace grateful for that. But connected the different hand, I was like, “Oh”… I deliberation I’ve had to combat that for truthful long.

‘Articles astir my albums [mentioning Ed], and being described arsenic someone’s ex is conscionable truthful disheartening aft each the enactment and years that I’ve enactment into it.’

After their interruption up, Nina was seen arsenic 1 to ticker successful the charts and was vying for the apical medium spot with Peroxide astatine a mid-week fig one.

However, the Brits swept distant those chances arsenic large names similar Arctic Monkeys and Bastille took a batch of the evening’s attraction and Peroxide debuted astatine fig 11.

She called it ‘frustrating’ arsenic overmuch of the speech astir her euphony has referenced Ed, contempt the information the brace person not been unneurotic for a decade.

When his way Nina came retired successful 2015, the A Team hitmaker did scope retired and told her it ‘was happening’ but the Selfies vocalist did not cognize it would extremity up connected the album.

At the time, she told the Daily Record she was ‘not truly bothered’ and liked the song, adding ‘It was a agelong clip agone and we’ve some moved on’.

The Scottish vocalist has released 2 albums since, with a 3rd — titled Mountain Music — owed to driblet this month.

Nina has besides launched her ain autarkic label, Apple Tree Records, telling the Eras Podcast this has fixed her ‘more accidental to explore’.

While the uphill conflict to beryllium recognised successful her ain close is never-ending, Nina added: ‘It drives maine to support going and conscionable beryllium known arsenic a musician.’

Nina Nesbitt’s caller medium Mountain Music drops connected September 27.

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