Ed Sheeran spent six hours watching videos of his fans reacting to his new album

If you ever thought that Ed Sheeran doesn’t know exactly what his fans are up to then you are completely wrong, with our favourite popstar revealing that he spent a whopping six hours watching YouTube videos of his fans.

That’s six hours potentially watching a video of, well, you.

If that doesn’t make you feel all warm and gooey inside then we don’t know what will.

Ed admitted that he was so desperate to find out what his fans thought of his much-anticipated album, Divide, that he searched online to find out if it’d received the seal of approval.

He explained to Entertainment Tonight: “I spent six hours last night watching YouTube reaction videos. It just makes me smile the whole time.”

The star also opened up about some of the darker tracks on his chartopping record, admitting that he’d written many of them when away from his girlfriend, Cherry Seaborn.

He shared: “I’ve always made my albums on the road. The road isn’t always happy. It’s not the most stable place for a relationship or a life.

“There are some dark, dark moments on the album. My life isn’t like that now. Those songs were basically written a while back and I felt they should be on the album, because you can’t just have an album that’s all positive.

“It has to have light and shade.”

Ed’s third studio album has been well received by fans, with the star set to go on tour later this year.