George Ezra welcomes new baby as he becomes dad for the first time
Singer George Ezra has become a dad for the first time and has been spotted out and about with his baby in a cosy baby carrier in the Hertfordshire town of Hertford. The Shotgun singer, whose most recent album Gold Rush Kid topped the charts, was seen running errands with his girlfriend and their newborn. The couple welcomed the new addition earlier this month.
A friend told The Sun: "George is ecstatic about becoming a dad. It’s been such an exciting time for him and this Christmas is going to be very memorable for him. George is in a great place and is enjoying being a hands on dad.” George was seen running errands in his home town of Hertford, carrying his new baby in a black baby carrier. The singer was dressed casually in black jeans and a black windbreaker, and was later seen carrying a pack of nappies and a box of Brewdog lager that he bought from the local supermarket.
George, who is 31, took a break from performing last year after suffering from acute vertigo during his tour. He has also been quiet on social media, only posting in July to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of his debut album Wanted On Voyage.
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He previously spoke to OK! in 2022 about how his third album Gold Rush Kid was inspired by feelings of loneliness he was having during the Covid pandemic lockdown in 2020, when he was living alone in the London flat he previously shared with his ex-girlfriend, singer Florrie. The album includes the ballad Sweetest Human Being Alive, in which he sings about wanting to meet a future love.
“I love that song,” he said. “I wrote that in the flat in the first lockdown when I felt really isolated. In the past, I would have censored myself from writing that kind of emotion. I’ve protected myself from it before. With the first and second records, I could just pinch other people’s stories and be the bubbly kid that writes about travelling around Europe. This is without a doubt my most personal album. It’s the record I hear myself on the most.”
At the end of a solitary five weeks in the flat, the loneliness became unbearable. Crippled by anxiety fuelled by fear of the virus, George packed his bags and went to live in the back of a van on a friend’s farm for six weeks.
“For the first five weeks I was able to convince myself it was an experience,” he explained. “Then one day I just woke up and I knew I had to get out. It wasn’t good for me to be alone much longer. So I got this camper van on to my friend’s farm and I lived there for a further six weeks. It was a heatwave and there were dogs that needed walking, fields that needed mowing… We almost lived in paradise – if there wasn’t this undercurrent of anxiety.”
