Ed Sheeran's hit "The A Team" was inspired by a homeless woman

Playing a performance at a homeless shelter inspired Ed Sheeran’s huge hit “The A Team”.

The UK singer and songwriter told NovaFM he never would have predicted this track would become big enough to take him around the globe on a promo trip.

“I did a gig I a homeless shelter around two years ago and it was about that experience and one of the people I met here. I drew a lot of inspiration from it,” he said.

“I didn’t think (“The A Team”) would become as popular as it was, or is… It has a lot of drug references in it and it’s about a touchy subject with a bit of a controversial video.

“When we originally went to radio and TV with it, they said they weren’t going to play it.”

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