Ed 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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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 …
Ed Sheeran's new album "Play" features 13 pop pearls in which the British experiment with sounds from India and Iran.
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