Ed Sheeran reveals when he’ll retire from making albums – and it’s sooner than you think
He's got it all planned out.
It’s been over 10 years since Ed Sheeran first burst onto the music scene, and he’s already planning his retirement – sooner than you think.
The 34-year-old singer has dropped over 26 Top 10 hits, with 14 of those securing a number one.
He’s getting ready to release a brand new album, which will move away from his mathematics series (Plus, Multiply, Divide, Subtract and Equals).
While on Jimmy Fallon, Ed revealed he has his next collection planned out, which will also be his last five albums.
The Shape Of You hitmaker plans to wrap up his singing career after 10 unique studio albums, inspired by filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
‘I wanted to do 10,’ explained Ed on the show. ‘I’m kind of a bit obsessed with [Quentin] Tarantino, and I heard he was doing 10 films, and he’s got his side projects like Grindhouse.
He told Jimmy Fallon the next collection would start with Play (Picture: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)‘I wanna do my 10 and then every now and then do a side project.’
His next collection will include albums called ‘Pause’, ‘Fast Forward’, ‘Rewind’ and ‘Stop’, an idea he’s had since he was 18.
Play, the first of these five, is set to be released soon with the A-Team singer usually taking two to three years per record.
He debuted the first single Old Phone while on the American talk show, playing an acoustic version but promising an official single was on its way.
Old Phone will be released soon (Picture: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)Old Phone was inspired by Ed’s copyright battle in 2016 when he was sued for $20,000,000 over Photograph, which was settled the following year.
Last year’s album Autumn Variations fits into these ‘side projects’ as it is not part of his two major collections.
Ed is also doing ‘continuous work’ on a life-spanning album which will be released upon his death.
‘I kind of want to make an album for the whole of my life where you put different songs on and then it’s in your will that it comes out the day you die, and it’s called “Eject”,’ he told Jimmy.
Ed is also working on an album to release after his death (Picture: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)‘Imagine if when [Paul] McCartney passes away and there’s a record that he’s made that has a song from he’s 16, there’s a song from when he’s 20, there’s a song from when he’s 30. It’d be fascinating.’
It’s unclear how much Ed has recorded for this album so far but at the pace he’s releasing music, it wouldn’t be surprising if he had some vault tracks locked away.
Responding to a fan asking him to choose a wedding song for them, the Thinking Out Loud star said: ‘Depends when you’re getting married, coz there’s a fair few new options coming soon.’
After teasing new track, Sapphire, Ed also said that Play will return to a bigger pop sound than what he’s been diving into more recently.
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