Ed Sheeran has released his brand-new album ‘=’ (Equals)
listen here. In conjunction with the release, Ed is delighted to announce
details of his new single ‘Overpass Graffiti’, which will be joined by an
official video, premiering today at 9:00pm Philippine Time.
Warner Music Philippines along with SM Mall of Asia and the
PH Sheerios celebrated the album release with a wonderful cinematic trailer.
Fourteen large butterflies (coming from each of the album track covers) can be
seen flying over the city skyscrapers of Metro Manila, painting the town red
(and more!), and traveling through relevant areas way too familiar for our
Sheerios, such as the famous Mall of Asia Complex where Ed had both of hist
Multiply and Divide tour shows.
Aside from that, Asian fans are in for a treat as Ed hosts
his a grand virtual fan meet on October 30 (Saturday) at 7:00pm Philippine
Time, streamed live from the Warner Music Philippines Facebook page! RSVP to
the fan event here.
Did you the MOA Arena in his latest music video?
About the Album Written and produced by Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Fred
Gibson (the trio behind ‘Bad Habits’), ‘Overpass Graffiti’ - the third official
single to be taken from Ed’s new album ‘=’ – is a heady, synth-rich ode to '80s
pop, and provides us with a wistful portrait of lost love as Ed soundtracks a
past relationship. The official video - directed by Jason Koenig – explores the
romanticism of living in the moment as we find Ed stranded in the desert in his
dressing gown (!), before he embarks on an adventure with a newfound set of
friends who he meets after hitching a ride. Embracing Ed’s own truths, ‘=’ seamlessly captures both the
intimate and every day, elevating universal experiences to a higher plane. The
fourth instalment in Sheeran’s symbol album series and a body of tracks that
were made over a four-year period that followed his seminal ‘÷’ (Divide) album
era, the new album finds Ed taking stock of his life and the people in it as he
explores the varying degrees of love (‘The Joker And The Queen’, ‘First Times’,
‘2step'), loss (‘Visiting Hours’), resilience (‘Can’t Stop The Rain’) and
fatherhood (‘Sandman’, ‘Leave Your Life’), while also processing his reality
and career (‘Tides’). Sonically, ‘=’ encapsulates Ed’s versatile musical palette,
spanning signature, guitar-led tracks and world-class balladry to weightier,
euphoric production moments, as first showcased on this summer’s emphatic, 2 x
platinum comeback track, ‘Bad Habits’. Written and recorded across Suffolk,
London, Sweden and LA, the album’s executive production comes from Ed Sheeran,
FRED (No.6 Collaborations Project) and Johnny McDaid (Divide), with additional
writing and/or production provided by Steve Mac, Joe Rubel, Amy Wadge, Foy
Vance, Elvira Anderfjard, David Hodges, Andrew Watt, Lou Bell, Natalie Hemby
and Ben Kweller. Sheeran’s brother, Matthew, a composer, also contributes
stunning string arrangements on ‘First Times’ and ‘The Joker And The Queen’.
The album artwork is a vivid collage of butterfly imagery symbolising the
albums’ thread of ‘new life’ and is backdropped by one of Ed’s own abstract
paintings. ‘=’ Official Tracklisting 1. Tides 2. Shivers 3. First Times 4. Bad Habits 5. Overpass Graffiti 6. The Joker And The Queen 7. Leave Your Life 8. Collide 9. 2step 10. Stop The Rain 11. Love In Slow Motion 12. Visiting Hours 13. Sandman 14. Be Right Now
Since his comeback in June, Sheeran has sat atop the charts
worldwide, and in the UK, he spent a staggering 15 weeks at No.1 on the
Official Singles Chart with his singles, ‘Bad Habits’ and ‘Shivers’. Moreover,
with the help of his recent single releases, Ed achieved another milestone in
the UK after becoming the first British Solo Artist to claim 52 weeks – a full
year – at No.1 on the Official UK Singles Chart, with only Elvis Presley and
The Beatles achieving more overall weeks at the top. Ed Sheeran will embark on the first leg of his ‘+ - = ÷ x
Tour’ (pronounced ‘The Mathematics Tour’) from April 2022, that’ll see him play
across the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and Central Europe in 2022 (shows in other
territories will be announced in due course).
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