Mark SurridgeEd Sheeran had the biggest album in the world last year with Divide, but he says the next batch of music he’ll release will be different. Very different.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Ed reveals, “The next project I’m going to do is completely out of my comfort zone —completely. I don’t think there’s an acoustic guitar on it. Which, to be an acoustic singer-songwriter, it’s different. But it’s not an album or a mixtape or anything, it’s just a collection of songs that will just come out.”
Asked for more details, Ed adds, “I don’t really want to promote it, I just want to stick it out. I feel like I need to clear the air a little bit after Divide, because it was such a pop thing…if I came out with an album next, people would compare it to Divide and want it to be bigger and sell more.”
According to Ed, that’s why he’s taking cues from Drake.
“Drake puts out these albums that are huge but then in between he sticks out projects and however big the project is, it doesn’t really matter because it’s not the album, if that makes sense. It just clears the air for the next album,” he explains. He also says that he and Drake need to collaborate in the future.
“I just think at some point those two worlds have to meet, and I don’t know how or what it sounds like, but I feel like it’s inevitable,” Ed adds. “I’ve only met him a couple of times. I don’t even know if it’s in the cards. I’d like to think he has the same mindset as me.”
While we wait for his next project, Ed is continuing his North American stadium tour behind Divide. It wraps up November 10 in Atlanta, GA.
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