It's been 10 years since Ed Sheeran released his hugely successful second album, Xwhich gave fans enduring hits such as 'Thinking Out Loud', 'Don't' and 'Sing'.
“I think at the time you don't really realize what's going on,” he says Advertising sign of his 2014 Billboard 200-topping album on the red carpet at the 2024 Blue Diamond Gala on Thursday (May 2), where he headlined the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation charity event. “You go from one song to the next song to the next song. At the time, I was just happy that people liked the songs, and now I look back on the album, and it's an album that people really liked, which I guess is good. It took me from arenas to stadiums and I feel like it was such an important album in my career.”
Shockingly, he had to warm up to one of the album's biggest hits. “I remember 'Photograph' took a long time to get the production right. It seems like a long time,” he recalls. “That was the song I didn't really like at first because we spent so much time making it and it ruined it. Now, I can look back and enjoy the process.”
From X, Sheeran hasn't slowed down one bit. Complete the math equation of albums with 2017 ÷of 2021 = and 2023 –as well as the 2019 collaborations album No. 6 Partnerships Project and his latest release, Autumn Variations. “It's important to never do the same thing twice,” he says of keeping his career exciting after all this time. “Musically, I'm always like, 'Have I said this before? Has such a song been heard before?” It's less about what other people are doing and more about what I've already done and I'm constantly doing something different.”
The star is about to fall x (10th Anniversary Edition) on June 21, an expanded version of the 12-song original featuring nine bonus tracks, none of which were ever available on vinyl.
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