The fall of big musical releases has indeed started. While waiting for Adele, Orelsan or Angèle, who will all arrive before the end of the year, here is the new album by Briton Ed Sheeran on Friday October 29th. Surely the greatest popstar in the world, holder of multiple sales and touring records, who had taken a step back in the past four years. Equals, the last episode of his records with a mathematical sign, does not deviate too much, with a few exceptions, from his infallible and (very) expected recipes.
= (equals) is out now. This is my favorite album I’ve made, I’m so proud of it. Thank you to all the wonderful people who worked on it with me. To the fans, I hope you love it as much I do, it’s been a long journey to this point. Have a fantastic weekend xx pic.twitter.com/s8mQ1pLKYj
– Ed Sheeran HQ (@edsheeran) October 29, 2021
But where did Ed Sheeran’s guitar go? Bad Clothes, first single released last summer, is not frankly in the vein of the eternal English “boy next door”. Difficult equation for him. “I wanted to be talked about for my comeback, I always want to surprise my fans, I don’t want them to think that I’ve changed, that I’m doing something totally different. But at the same time I can’t do the same record forever “, he explains.
But the album has more to reassure the fans. Everything Ed Sheeran is there. The simple songs, the unifying themes, this is what has allowed him to become one of the biggest sellers in the world over the past ten years. Equals will not change the game. Neither will his concerts in the biggest stadiums next year. “For me, being a popstar is being honest. People are giving tickets to my concerts at Christmas, these are events that they plan months in advance so I just want, when I’m on stage, to offer. the best of shows and play the songs that people want to hear. You can’t come up on stage and say ‘This is a song I wrote yesterday’ “, says the singer.
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Ed Sheeran back with his new album “Equals” – Report by Yann Bertrand
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