- 2025-11-11
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MUSIC
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Ed Sheeran Performs “Camera” featuring Flames Collective on Graham Norton Show
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran appeared on Graham Norton Show to perform “Camera”.
This marks the fifth appearance as a musical guest on Graham Norton Show.
In the performance, he joined forces with the UK-based youth vocal ensemble and choir Flames Collective.
The song was featured on his eighth studio album “Play”, which was released back in September.
It was written by Ed Sheeran, Andrew Watt, David Hodges, and Louis Bell. Produced by Andrew Watt, Ed Sheeran, ILYA, and Louis Bell.
The music video for the song featured British actress Phoebe Dynevor.
When the release of the video, Ed Sheeran said, “My original Camera music video idea was using private home footage of mine and Cherrys key moments of our relationship. But as you guys know, we are an intensely private couple, and some things we wanted to keep just for us. So I recreated a few key moments of our relationship for the music video with the wonderful Phoebe Dynevor. It was so fun shooting this video, almost felt like a holiday for the whole shoot. It was all done on iPhone, and directed by the wonderful Emil Nava.”- Before appearing on The Graham Norton Show, Ed Sheeran founded Ed Sheeran Foundation to support meaningful music education.
Ed Sheeran told Graham Norton about a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, “I wrote Keir Starmer a letter because I feel like the arts in general, but in schools have really been like, underfunded and cut over the last. And we were just sort of rapidly losing that. And I feel like as a country, like, we have a lot that we offer as a country, but the thing that we're most proud of, like we do, we're really proud of, everywhere we go around the world, is our art. And also not just that, like, financially, it brings 7.6 billion music alone into the into the UK economy.”
He continued, “And so to defund all of that, and then wonder where the next generation of like, art is going to come from. So I wrote a letter to Keir, and I said, for one thing, there's a thing called E back that was put on music that basically it made it the DOS subject, that if people took it wouldn't count as much for universities. So I asked for that to be removed. I asked for funding to be put into underprivileged schools for music. I asked for the curriculum to be changed so it wasn't so classically focused. It could be like pop music, or it could be rock music, or it could be things that make kids want to go. So I was a curriculum change, and I asked for instruments to be bought for schools.”
He added, “I sent this letter maybe like eight months ago, but I got a letter back from him maybe two months ago, just basically saying, 'Thank you for your letter. I'll have a think about it.' And that was kind of it. And then about three days ago, they said, Oh, they're going to bring it up in Parliament, and he approved it.” -
Ed Sheeran said of Ed Sheeran Foundation, “I set up Ed Sheeran Foundation because every child deserves to have access to a meaningful music education, and the chance to experience the joy and confidence that musical expression can bring. Shortly after setting up my foundation, I wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister about the critical state of music education in the UK and the fact it was slipping through the cracks. The letter was backed by so many incredible people across the music industry and education who all said the same thing: music education matters. The Prime Minister replied, recognising the challenges and expressing his commitment to change.”
He continued, “With the help of the letter and everyone who signed it, I'm happy to say that some of the key points we raised have been recognised by the government today, marking the first change to the music curriculum in over 10 years. This involves diversifying the music genres taught in schools and removing outdated systems that stop kids from studying music and the arts as part of their school day. These changes give young people hope and the opportunity to study music.”
He aded, “There's a lot more to do to support music education, especially our music teachers, but this is a step in the right direction.” - source : BBC One The Graham Norton Show
