Ed Sheeran ends hiatus with new song ‘Afterglow’

Ed Sheeran has launched fresh tunes for the to start with time in a lot more than a calendar year.

The British singer-songwriter, 29, broke his nearly 18-month hiatus on Monday with the release of his melancholy new keep track of “Afterglow.”

“Hey men. Afterglow is a tune I wrote last yr that I wanted to release for you,” Sheeran wrote on his Instagram Monday morning. “It’s not the initially solitary from the following album, it’s just a music I enjoy, and hope you really like as well. Delight in ! Have a safe and happy festive crack and New Year’s. Back to father land for me now, ciao x.”

The put up, which showcased a clip from the track’s tunes online video, had already racked up additional than 1.9 million sights as of Monday morning.

Sheeran past released new new music in July 2019 with his fourth album, the star-studded “No. 6 Collaborations Challenge,” which featured artists such as Justin Bieber, Prospect the Rapper and Cardi B.

In August of 2019, Sheeran made a surprise announcement that he’d be having a split from tunes subsequent two many years of touring. “There is something really bittersweet about it,” he mentioned at the time. “I appreciate that you men are here and we are ending it in Ipswich. This is my final gig for possibly 18 months.”

Soon thereafter, Sheeran declared he’d also be using a hiatus from social media, so he could “actually have one thing to produce about,” he spelled out very last December. He also admitted that he had not too long ago located his everyday living overwhelming, that it had been “a bit nonstop, so I’m just gonna take a breather.”

He gave lovers his term that the break would not be without end. “I’ll be off all social media till it is time to come back again,” he certain his audience. “I guarantee to be back again with some new new music when the time is appropriate.”