Admitting to have failed German and French at school, the 'Bad Habits' singer decides to learn the language to be able to talk to the locals whenever he's at his holiday home in central Italy.
- Jul 12, 2021
AceShowbiz - Ed Sheeran is learning Italian so he can talk to the locals whenever he's at home in Umbria. The "Bad Habits" hitmaker owns a holiday home in central Italy, and after years of touring the globe, Ed admits he felt "embarrassed" by his lack of language skills.
The locals kept asking him if he'd started lessons yet, and Ed finally signed up for Italian classes during lockdown, though he's struggling to get to grips with past tense after failing languages in high school.
"I have a house in Italy and every time I'd gone to Italy the locals were like, 'You haven't learned yet, have you?' And I'd say, 'I will, I will,' " Ed is quoted by The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column as telling a radio station. "I just decided I was going to do it, so I do an hour a day and I've done that for about 10 months."
"I'm in that at the moment and it's like a completely new language. I failed German at school, I failed French at school, I've never really learned languages. I've spent the last 10 years travelling the world speaking English and feeling quite embarrassed about being in all these wonderful countries and not being able to communicate, so it's really cool. It feels like a key, you unlock the door and suddenly this whole world opens up to you."
In the meantime, Ed has topped Billboard's Top Triller U.S. chart with "Bad Habits". The new single, which settled at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, gave the "Perfect" hitmaker his first No. 1 on Top Triller.
