Ed Sheeran Has A New Album Of Superstar Collaborations On The Way

2011 feels like centuries ago once you're talking about the music industry. Then, Ed Sheeran released his No. 5 Collaborations Project independently, featuring him networking with with English language grime artists, and hit No. 2 on the iTunes albums chart without any promotion. Since then, he's gone on to be a pop star of epic proportions. In a surprise move today, Sheeran reported a new album that's a fitting spiritual successor to his pre-label chapter: No. 6 Collaborations. It's poetic, and it'll be out on July 12.


Collabs are the name of the game with Sheeran's forthcoming body of work. First and foremost, "I Don't Care," his zany link-up with Justin Bieber, will appear on the album. Another track, "Cross Me," with Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock, will also appear, and should be released tonight (May 23). He released a heavily redacted playlist that means that the list of features will be lengthy. Although that's the point: We'll have wait to be able to see who else will join the singer on the album.


Sheeran's last studio album was 2017's ÷ (Divide). There's no word if Drake will be involved, yet in a interview with Entertainment Weekly last year, Sheeran did, although, mention that he wanted to collaborate with him. "I feel like, at some point, me and Drake need to do something," Sheeran said. "I feel like it’s inevitable... I have only met him several times. I do not even know if it's in the cards. I want to think he has the same mindset as me."