Ed Sheeran’s Revealed He’s Planning an Album That’ll Only be Released After He Dies

It could be a while yet.

He’s one of the worlds favourite singers right now – he’s just broken pretty much all the Aussie records with his recent tour and his upcoming album, “-” (Subtract), is on everyone’s minds.

He’s also gonna be the feature of an upcoming Disney+ documentary series, The Sum Of It All.

But in an interview with Rolling Stone, everyone’s favourite ginger has revealed he’s planning a posthumous album, to be released after he passes away.

“I want to slowly make this album that is quote-unquote ‘perfect’ for the rest of my life, adding songs here and there,” Ed told Rolling Stone writer Brian Hiatt, “and just have it in my will that after I die, it comes out.”

Ed’s only 32, so it could be more than half a century before we ever hear his final album.

If he does release the album, Ed would join music greats like Freddy Mercury and George Harrison, who spent their final days creating their last release.

The singer has big plans before he even gets to his posthumous album – “Subtract” is the final iteration in his mathematical-symbol-series, but he revealed to Rolling Stone he’s got a lot more in the works.

That includes another album created in collab with J Balvin, as well as working with singers as diverse as Shakira and Justin Bieber.

“Subtract” is set to be released on 5 May.

In the interview, Sheeran also opened up about his recent issues with loss, grief and addiction, and how his wife and family helped him out of some dark days.

“I’ve always had real lows in my life, but it wasn’t really till last year that I actually addressed it. No one really talks about their feelings where I come from. People think it’s weird getting a therapist in England,” he said.

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