Ed Sheeranfans, rejoice!
Early Monday morning, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter released hisnew song,“Afterglow,” with an accompanyingperformance video.
In the song, Sheeran sings: “We were love drunk waiting on a miracle / Trying to find ourselves in the winter snow/ So alone in love like the world had disappeared / Oh I won’t be silent and I won’t let go / I will hold on tighter ‘til the afterglow.”
Sheeran also shared the news about “Afterglow” on Instagram Monday, posting aclipof the accompanying performance shortly after the track’s release. Sheeran wrote to his fans that his new tune “is a song I wrote last year that I wanted to release for you.”
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Sheeran had previously teased the track’s release on Sunday, when hecryptically wrote, “11am GMT tomorrow. A Christmas present,” on social media alongside the tune’s cover art.
Although he didn’t get into any specifics, Sheeran seemingly offered up another clue on his Instagram Story, which indicated that the surprise would be the release of a new song. In the short snippet, the father of one could be seen sitting down while holding a guitar.
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The release of “Afterglow” comes after Sheeran announced last December that he wastaking a break from music and social media.
“Hello all. Gonna go on another break again,” hewroteat the time. “TheDivideera and tour changed my life in so many ways, but now it’s all over it’s time to go out and see some more of the world.”
“I’ve been a bit non stop since 2017 so I’m just gonna take a breather to travel, write, and read. I’ll be off social media until it’s time to come back,” he continued. “To my family and friends, see ya when I see ya – and to my fans, thank you for always being amazing, I promise to be back with some new music when the time is right and I’ve lived a little more to actually have something to write about.”
source: people.com
