He's stepping into a fresh new phase for 2025!
Ed Sheeran has announced details and the release date for his next album, 'Play'.
The album finds him exploring new musical ground through collaboration with producers and musicians from around the world, as well as diving deeper into the timeless sounds and themes that have made him one of the world’s best-loved pop artists.
Inspired in part by his exposure to Indian and Persian musical cultures—and their surprising connections to the Irish folk tradition he grew up with —he explored this borderless musical language, giving the album its distinctive, fresh edge.
Speaking on the announcement, Ed said: "Play was an album that was made as a direct response to the darkest period of my life. Coming out of all of that I just wanted to create joy and technicolour, and explore cultures in the countries I was touring. I made this record all over the world, finished it in Goa, India, and had some of the most fun, explorative creative days of my life. It’s a real rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish, it encapsulates everything that I love about music, and the fun in it, but also where I am in life as a human, a partner, a father."
'Play' will be released on the 12th of September.
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Ed has also released a new single this week, 'Old Phone'. To celebrate, he has launched a new Instagram account, @teddysoldphone — a nostalgic digital time capsule filled with unseen photos, texts, and notes from the phone he retired in 2015.
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