Ed Sheeran is celebrating the forthcoming launch of his album Play by releasing its newest single, “Previous Cellphone.”
The four-time Grammy Award winner introduced Thursday that his subsequent file can be out Sept. 12. To have a good time the event, he additionally launched the venture’s second single.
Sheeran opened up concerning the inspiration behind Play in an Instagram put up the place he admitted that the “album was made as a direct response to the darkest interval of my life,” which prompted him to “to create pleasure and technicolour, and discover cultures within the nations I used to be touring” whereas creating the file.
“I made this file everywhere in the world, completed it in Goa, India, and had a number of the most enjoyable, explorative inventive days of my life,” he wrote. “It’s an actual curler coaster of feelings from begin to end, it encapsulates every little thing that I really like about music, and the enjoyable in it, but additionally the place I’m in life as a human, a companion, a father.”
Nearly a month previous to his announcement, Sheeran dropped “Azizam,” the album’s first single that was produced by Ilya Salmanzadeh, who’s labored with the likes of Ariana Grande, Charli XCX and Tate McRae. The thought for the brand new observe got here when the producer “prompt attempting out making music impressed by his Persian heritage and tradition,” Sheeran shared on Instagram. “Azizam” is a time period of endearment which means “my pricey.”
Play’s tracklist consists of each “Azizam” and “Previous Cellphone,” totaling to 13 tracks with no reported options.
The singer-songwriter’s final album, Autumn Variations, launched in 2023 and landed at No. 4 on Billboard’s 200 Albums chart
