Ed Sheeran can’t cease reminding followers: “autumn is coming.” And whereas it’s actually attainable that the pop famous person is simply actually, actually passionate concerning the fall season, Sheerios are fairly positive that he’s really teasing the arrival of a brand new undertaking.
Let’s again up. Sheeran has been cryptically dropping the phrase “autumn is coming” for a pair weeks now, utilizing it to caption a lot of Instagram pictures and movies. Funnily sufficient, one of many footage was a meme of the musician standing in entrance of a fall panorama, with the entire leaves changed with a whole bunch of images of him and his ginger hair.
Then, on Sunday (Aug. 13), the “Unhealthy Habits” singer shared a montage of clips from his time in Minneapolis, the place he lately broke U.S. Financial institution Stadium’s attendance file along with his Arithmetic Tour. Within the caption, he wrote: “Had an absolute blast. Left some clues across the stadium about autumn coming. Do you know autumn is coming?”
Whereas in Minneapolis, Sheeran additionally labored a shift on the Lego retailer in Mall of America, the place he sang a shock efficiency of his 2013 hit “Lego Home.” He additionally handed out his personal customized Lego figurine, which wears a shirt studying — you guessed it — “Autumn is coming.”
However that’s not all. Followers additionally seen that at his Aug. 5 Kansas Metropolis present, Sheeran sported a jersey emblazoned with the quantity 9 and, rather than his final title, “Autumn.” Then, one week later, at his Minneapolis present, he wore a jersey with the quantity 29, this time printed with the phrase “Variations.”
With the potential clues in place, followers on-line try to attach the dots. “Autumn Variations?” theorized one fan on Twitter. “Autumn is coming! 9/29, 29/9 aka September 29?”
“I’m throwing this on the market now that Autumn Variations is approaching September 29 based mostly on the clues given by Ed this weekend in Minneapolis,” tweeted one other fan.
If followers are appropriate and Ed’s unconfirmed subsequent album does come out this fall, it’ll be his second LP to drop this 12 months. In Could, he launched Subtract (stylized “–“), which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
See what Sheerios are making of Ed Sheeran’s “autumn is coming” mantra beneath: