US EditionEd Sheeran Presses ‘Play’ On New Album: Stream It Now
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- Ed Sheeran released his eighth studio album, Play, on September 12, 2025, featuring 18 tracks and a mix of global musical influences.
- He developed Play after closing his Mathematics Tour on September 7, 2025, in Dsseldorf, Germany, marking a new era following his previous album Autumn Variations.
- The album includes singles like Azizam, Sapphire, Camera, and Old Phone, blending Persian, Indian, and Western styles into ballads, dance-pop, and rap.
- Sheeran will promote Play with a livestream Tiny Desk concert at NPR and tours across Europe, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand through 2026.
- This release extends Sheeran's record of chart-topping albums and reflects his life as an artist, partner, and father while embracing diverse cultural sounds.
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Ed Sheeran's new album makes me wish I didn't speak English
Readers will be pleased to hear that, following five albums titled Plus, Times, Divide, Equals and Minus, Ed Sheeran has chosen not to cycle through SohCahToa. Rather, he has entered a new era with his new album, Play, expressed like the little triangle on your remote control and opening the door to a whole new world of title opportunities. Pause, Stop, Rewind and Fast Forward are to be expected, but dare I dream that in my lifetime I might hear…
British singer Ed Sheeran released his eighth studio album, called "Play", this Friday, September 12. It contains the singles "Azizam", "Sapphire" and "A Little More".
Ed Sheeran Presses ‘Play’ On New Album: Stream It Now
Ed Sheeran is here to play. The superstar British singer and songwriter today drops Play, his eighth studio album, which gathers the previously released singles “Camera”, “A Little More”, “Azizam”, “Sapphire,” “Old Phone” and more. Inspired, in part, by his exposure to Indian and Persian musical cultures, Play sees Sheeran enter a brand new era, after closing the chapter on his hugely successful Mathematics series. “Play was an album that …
It arrived on Saturday and with it, as always, a new music take to listen at the end of the week. In the cardboard, there are new albums by Ed Sheeran, Parcels, Twenty One Pilots, King Princess and singles by Pedro Mafama, Gorillaz, D.A.M.A., Smashing Pumpkins or Limp Bzikit
Ed Sheeran full of pink music industry with the release of his new project, Play, the eighth studio album of his career that comes after a hard stage and introspection for the artist. "It was a tough year. But now I am reflecting on everything that happened, because I have friends who are going through difficult times, and I realize that it is something that happens to all of us. During that time I did a lot of introspection and now I feel very …
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