Ed Sheeran is experimenting with different cultures in the field of music with his album Play.
The 34-year-old award-winning singer describes the album as not only a reset for him but also a creativity leap.
Play is an inspiration from all the travels, heartbreak and need for joy that Sheeran experienced, a deviation from his usual quiet sounds in the Mathematics series.
The album, slated for a September 12, is not a continuation of his symbol-themed series, but is a collection of tracks from different cultures, which Sheeran created while touring different parts of the world.
Much of the album’s essence was inspired from India, the Shape of You singer admits, with him ending the recording process in the Indian city, Goa.
In the trailer, where it is stated that in Play, “the sounds are sounds that we don’t use in western pop music,” he can be seen playing the sitar and the tabla, singing a line in Punjabi that goes, “cham cham chamke sitare warghi.”
Sheeran has already released two tracks off the album Play, one includes the track Old Phone, which he wrote jet-lagged in India and reflects on the artist’s past experience.
While his other single, Azizam is an exploration of the Middle Eastern scales, inspired from the Persian word “my dear,” a song which he dedicated to his wife, Cherry Seaborn.
