The album will be released on May 5, with the first single coming out on March 24.
at his wedding ready Single “Perfect” Ed Sheeran recalls dancing in the dark with his true love. That’s when separateHis 3rd studio album after a long planning on a mathematical theme. As the singer approaches the fifth and final installment deleteOn May 5, he was previewing the record with a trailer that found him dancing again in the dark. but under different circumstances
“So I dance with my eyes closed/’Cause everywhere I look I Still See You,” Sheeran sings of “Eyes Closed,” the album’s first single, due out March 24. “Time moves so slow/And I don’t. I didn’t know what else to do/so I danced with my eyes closed.”
The video preview sees the British musician sitting at his piano. Play the instrument with one hand before really diving into the chorus.
When Sheeran started working delete 10 years ago, he had imagined that it was “A perfect acoustic album,” that was his style from the start of his career. only his voice topless musical instrument and a loop pedal when he’s on stage.
According to what he shared with “Eyes Closed.” delete The National’s Aaron Dessner produced the album after Sheeran abandoned the foundations he’d built over the past 10 years in favor of a more immersive reflection of his position at He stands as an artist today. He said the project will explore his spiral through fear, depression, anxiety, grief and more.
“As an artist I don’t feel like I can convincingly bring a piece of work into the world. Which doesn’t accurately represent where I am and how I need to act at this point in my life. This album is just that. It was opening a mechanical door into my soul,” Sheeran explained in a statement. “For the first time, I wasn’t trying to make an album that people would like. I just presented what was sincere and true to me as an adult.”
