Ed Sheeran Confirmed That a New ‘Curveball’ Project Will Be Out Soon

Ed Sheeran has previewed his new “curveball” project, suggesting that it would be out shortly. The singer-songwriter explained why he names his albums after mathematical symbols in an interview with The Project NZ about his impending stadium tour in Australia and New Zealand.

“I was like, ‘I don’t really want to be a poster boy’,” Sheeran said. “So I had sort of figured out a way [to do] it with colours and symbols. I was like, ‘I’d love to get to a point that there’s a billboard of just red with an equals sign […] and people go, Oh, Ed’s got a new album coming out’.”

The star was then questioned if he’ll switch up his long-running theme for his upcoming album, or if his ‘=’ follow-up will be called ‘–’ (Minus).

“That’s not gonna be the next record I put out,” Sheeran replied “I’ve got something else that’s a bit more of a curveball. We’ve got the first thing of it dropping in 10 days. I don’t think it’s gonna be a massive hit in New Zealand though, I’ve got to be honest.

“It’s gonna be a big hit, somewhere else. When you hear it, you’ll understand.” You can watch the full interview in the tweet below.

After Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon joined forces for a special performance at the BRIT Awards 2022 in February, Sheeran said that he was “going to record a song” with them. Meanwhile, Cradle of Filth revealed they were “looking at some options” for a possible Ed Sheeran collaboration.

Sheeran said in November 2021 that he would be releasing “ten symbol recordings,” which would include the previously released studio albums ‘+’ (2011), ‘x’ (2014), ” (2017), and ‘=’. (2021). Sheeran previously stated that a follow-up to 2019’s ‘No. 6 Collaborations Project,’ which includes duets with Eminem, Cardi B, Justin Bieber, and Stormzy, would be released.

“Between the next [album] I’ll do ‘No. 7’,” he said.

During his copyright court case for ‘Shape Of You,’ Ed Sheeran stated that he had created 25 songs with Aaron Dessner of The National. Sheeran will do a series of short warm-up gigs next week in preparation for his stadium tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2022.

—Silviya.Y