Will Ed Sheeran sign the best sale of 2025? This is in any case what he aims with “Play”, his new album seen as his return to the top of the charts after several commercial disappointments. Designed largely during his world tour, which literally took him to the four corners of the globe, this eighth opus will have more eastern inspirations, as we can hear on the first single “Azizam”. “” There are sounds that we are not used to hearing in Western pop music “Indicates Ed Sheeran, in voice-over, in a trailer to announce the release of the disc. Because yes, after several weeks of waiting and teasing, the release of “Play” is formalized: it is on September 12 that the public will be able to listen to the 13 new hits of the English popstar.
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« As an artist, this is the most exciting thing I have done. It’s like a new chapter, all fresh He adds in this teaser, in which we hear several unpublished extracts of pieces strongly inspired by oriental or Asian musical cultures. Already available in pre -order, the album “Play” will contain 13 songs, including the singles “Azizam” and “Old Phone”. The Deluxe edition will be completed by two bonus titles (“Problems” and “War Games”) while a 16th piece will slip on vinyl versions: “Regrets”.
“The more I get older …”
To support this trailer and the sale of the disc, Ed Sheeran reveals that this new opus is one of the most important in his career: “ “Play” is an album that I made in response to one of the darkest periods of my life. I just wanted to create joy in Technicolor and explore the cultures of the countries in which I performed in concert ». Created ” over the world “And finished in Goa in India,” Play “is described as” A real big eight of emotions from start to finish Where the interpreter of “Shape of You” takes stock of his musical loves but also of his life as a father. Besides, he indicates that he wants to do ” that fun and fun things “For the promotion of this album:” This is why we build pubs to play, that we do concerts on open roof buses and that I sing with pink cowboy hats in bars. The more I get older, the more I want to enjoy things and savor moments of madness and chaos ».
In addition to his tour, which will go through Lille and Marseille in June, Ed Sheeran announces three exceptional concerts in Ipswich, of which he is a supporter and now a minority shareholder of the English city football club. It will occur from July 11 to 13 in the Portman Road stadium with first quality games: the pop-rock busted group, Myles Smith (the tubes “Nice to Meet You” and “Stargazing”) and a certain … James Blunt!
Tracklist de l’album “Play” d’Ed Sheeran
1. “Opening”
2. “Sapphire”
3. “My dear”
4. “Old Phone”
5. “Symmetry”
6. “Camera”
7. “In Other Words”
8. “A Little More”
9. “Slowly”
10. “Don’t Look Down”
11. “The Vow”
12. “For Always”
13. “Heaven”
14. “Problems”
15. “War Games”
16. “Regrets”
