Ed Sheeran announces the release date for the seventh album Autumn Variations with brand new cover art and full track list
He has 14 UK number one hits.
And Ed Sheeran doesn’t stop there as he took to Instagram on Thursday to announce his brand new album, Autumn Variations.
This will be Ed’s seventh album and the first to be released by his own record label, Gingerbread Man Records.
The singer, 32, has updated his Instagram profile picture with the album cover and shared a video on his feed explaining what the album will be about. He said, ‘The sun is shining but autumn is coming.
‘I think autumn is a season with a lot of change.
Announcement: Ed Sheeran doesn’t stop there as he took to Instagram on Thursday to announce his brand new album Autumn Variations
The cover: The singer updated his Instagram profile picture with the album cover and shared a video on his feed explaining what the album will be about
He continued, “When people come out of the summer, they leave their relationships, they get into a relationship and they are very lonely.
“I just found out that my friends and I go through different things in the fall.”
The musician explained in the fall of 2022 that to all his friends everything seemed calm and settled or was falling apart and imploding. He said, “When I was going through a rough time early last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on.
“When I heard about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspective, some from mine, to capture how she and I viewed the world at the time.”
The album will focus on a range of emotions including heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion.
It was inspired by Elgar’s Enigma Variations, who created 14 compositions based on 14 friends, so Ed decided to do the same with Aaron Dessner, who worked closely with Ed on Subtract.
“We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album grew out of that collaboration.
“I feel he has captured the feel of autumn so beautifully in his sounds and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”
Inspiration strikes: ‘We wrote and recorded non-stop and from that collaboration this album was born’
Autumn Variations is available for pre-order now and will be released on September 29.
The album cover is covered in little sketches of all things fall, including pumpkins, boots, bits of tea, warm fires, and comfort food with a can of baked beans.
In addition to items that reflect the season, there are deeper elements such as ‘dark thoughts’, ‘drinks only’ and ‘rough tides’.
The artwork has a strong color theme of thunder gray, pebble gray and cloudy gray to emphasize the negative emotions in the songwriting.
Last year Ed and his family went through a rough time when his wife Cherry was diagnosed with a tumor while pregnant with their second child.
The couple had to wait for Jupiter to be delivered before treatment could begin.
Ed and Cherry were childhood sweethearts. They grew up together in the same city. They rekindled their romance in 2014 and tied the knot five years later.
The couple have two children, Jupiter, 15 months, and Lyra, two.
Challenges: Last year Ed and his family went through a rough time when his wife Cherry was diagnosed with a tumor while pregnant with their second child