Ed Sheeran might have simply launched his sixth pop album, Subtract, however this isn’t stopping the singer from setting his sights on his subsequent musical style.
On Wednesday, the musician informed Billboard that he’d prefer to enter his nation music period.
“I discuss this to my spouse on a regular basis. I’d like to transition into nation,” he informed the publication. “I like the tradition of it, I simply love the songwriting. It’s identical to sensible songs.”
It’s becoming then that Sheeran is performing on the Academy of Nation Music Awards on Thursday night time. In actual fact, it’s on the awards present’s venue — the Ford Middle at The Star in Frisco, Texas — that Sheeran spoke to Billboard about his new musical aspirations.
Sheeran’s pivot to nation wouldn’t be so farfetched. He’s besties with country-turned-pop-turned-folk-turned-country (once more) singer, Taylor Swift.
In actual fact, it’s Swift who first uncovered Sheeran to the world of nation music. “I’d by no means actually listened to nation music as a child rising up. It was solely being on Taylor’s Purple tour and dwelling in Nashville and her principally introducing me to that aspect of it,” Sheeran informed Billboard.
In case you forgot, Sheeran opened for Swift on her Purple tour in 2014 after the discharge of his 2011 debut album, Plus.
A part of Sheeran’s curiosity in transitioning to nation, apparently, has to do along with his love for town of Nashville. Billboard reported the singer has lived there twice in his life, as soon as in 2013 and once more in 2018.
“There’s probably not a spot in Europe the place you might level and say, ‘That’s the house of songwriting,’” he informed the publication. “It’s not only for nation music. Nashville is only a hub of unimaginable songwriters, unimaginable performers. And I actually felt impressed simply being there being round everybody.”
