Ed Sheeran has dismissed fears for his marriage after releasing some brutally honest new songs

Ed Sheeran's music is inspired by "big extremes" in his emotions.

The Azizam hitmaker sparked concern for his marriage to wife Cherry following the release of the deluxe edition of his album Play, on which tracks such as Regrets, War Games and Problems hinted at problems in their relationship and the strain of being away from his spouse and their two daughters while out on tour.

But Ed has insisted he is keen to be honest in his music and inspiration tends to strike when his feelings are heightened.

At a Spotify pop-up event at the weekend, The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column reports he said: “Sometimes people listen to records today and assume that what that song is, is their world 100 per cent at the time.

“It’s very much like heightened emotions. You never write a song on a ‘meh’ day.

“You always write songs like, ‘This is the most loving I’ve ever felt, this is the happiest I’ve ever felt, this is the angriest I’ve ever felt’.

“They’re all like big extremities and that’s what inspires the song.

“And then that’s where the song exists and that’s why people connect to the song as people have these big feelings.

“I think the only time the songs will ever be created, for me at least, are in those moments of big extremes.”