Ed Sheeran’s new single smells of India

It cannot rain forever. After dealing with the “most difficult period” of his life, and Sheeran is back. It came out “Sapphire“, The single that anticipates the new” Play “album arriving on the market on September 12th. Parallel at the exit of the song, the video clip shot in India was also published:“ Sapphire is the first song that I finished for play that made me understand in which direction the album would go. This is the reason why I finished the GoA recording process surrounded by some of the Best musicians from India. It was an incredible creative process, “says the author of” Shape of You “on social networks, who will arrive in Italy for the only date in our country of his” Mathematics Tour “, at the Olimpico in Rome.

In fact, “Sapphire” can boast the collaboration of Arijit Singhprominent figure in Bollywood; The production is entrusted to Ilya Salminanzadeh, Johnny Mcdaid and Savan Kotecha. “I shot the music video with Liam (Pethick, director) and Nic (Minns, director of photography) during my tour in India at the beginning of this year, we wanted to show the beauty and vastness of the country and its culture”.

The first two singles released, “Azizam” and “Old Phone”, have already received excellent consents, reaching the top 20 of the English ranking of the best -selling songs. “Play is an album born as a direct response to the darkest period of my life. After all this, I just wanted to create joy and colors“.

In his young career and Sheeran has conquered several awards, including two statuettes in the Best Pop category only performances at the Grammy Awards in 2018. To these are added seven prizes to the Brit Awards and five wins at the MTV Europe Music Awards.