Put songs on a playlist, put the album on shuffle-whatever you want. "I don't care what you do after your first listen. "Please just listen to it once in order, that's all I ask," he says. And he has just one request before you press play. All tied together by bare-skinned songwriting, = is Sheeran's most personal, moving record to date. There's '80s-inspired pop (the gargantuan "Bad Habits"), sad bangers ("Overpass Graffiti"), a cinematic piano ballad ("The Joker and the Queen"), and even a child's lullaby, written for his daughter ("Sandman"). You'll find tracks from that time here ("First Times," "Love in Slow Motion"), but-with Sheeran restlessly writing and recording right up until its release-= is a typically eclectic record from an artist who has always delighted in confounding expectations.
"It's stuff that really has meant a lot to me." The follow-up to 2017's all-conquering ÷ was originally conceived as an acoustic record, with Sheeran setting up in Nashville way back in 2018 to work.
"The theme of the record is me turning 30, becoming a dad, losing a friend, trying to balance work and marriage," Ed Sheeran tells Apple Music of his fourth full-length LP, =.
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