Among those pictures was selfie with longtime pal Taylor Swift ... a selfie with Swift, a screenshot of a note he wrote on Nov. 4, 2015, a photo of Benny Blanco working at a computer, a selfie ...

Among those pictures was selfie with longtime pal Taylor ... a silly photo of Sheeran with messy hair, sticking his tongue out as he holds up the "rock on" symbol with his fingers. This was followed ...