Ed Sheeran has been dropping hilarious hints about his next album in recent weeks, and the cat is finally out of the bag! The British hitmaker officially announced the release of his second album this year, Autumn Variations, set to come out this September.
From starring in a fake “Damper Hamper” informercial to sharing a photo of himself surrounded by fallen leaves replaced with hundreds of photos of his head, Sheeran took a pretty funny approach to teasing his new album. It was just a matter of time before he officially announced the release of his autumn-themed album, and that moment is finally here!
Autumn Variations will hit the shelves on September 29, and its name is inspired by Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. He dedicated his seminal work to his “friends pictured within”, and Sheeran embraced a similar approach to his new studio album.
Autumn Variations will feature a total of 14 songs, inspired by the life changes that Sheeran and his friends were going through last autumn.
“I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness, and confusion,” wrote Sheeran in a statement announcing his new album.
