Ed Sheeran Releases New Single

Ed Sheeran releases new single “Eyes Closed” alongside official video


The new album is set for release on May 5, 2023 (Pre-order here)

Ed Sheeran’s: THE SUM OF IT ALL’ documentary is to air on Disney+ from May 3, 2023.


Ed originally wrote ‘Eyes Closed’ a few years back. Although it started as a break-up song, the lyrics took on a whole new meaning after Ed suffered a heartbreaking loss, which led him to revisit and reimagine the original version of the track for ‘-ʼ. One of the most pop-leaning sonics on his highly anticipated new record, ‘Eyes Closed,’ captures the essence of love and loss, also reflected in the official video. Directed by Mia Barnes, we see Ed on a night out, followed by a blue monster, serving as a metaphor for grief. Ed cannot shake it wherever he goes, reminding him of the void left in his life.


Speaking of the new song and the video, Ed says – “This song is about losing someone, feeling like every time you go out, and you expect to just bump into them, and everything just reminds you of them and the things you did together. So you have to take yourself out of reality sometimes to numb the pain of loss, but certain things bring you back into it.

When thinking of concepts for the Eyes Closed music video, I wanted to make a video inspired by movies like Harvey. The main character has an imaginary friend, a giant rabbit that no one can see. I also read a book to my daughters where an imaginary creature encapsulates sadness. So often, sadness follows you around, engulfing the rooms you’re in, and you can feel and see it, but no one else around you can. So I decided to create my big blue monster for the video. He gets bigger and bigger as the video goes on, til he takes up whole rooms, and is all I can see, just like sadness.”

Ed’s soul-baring new album ‘-‘ will be released on 5 May through Asylum/Atlantic. Written against a backdrop of grief and hope, Ed wrote and recorded the fourteen-track record with Aaron Dessner (The National) in February last year after a series of hard-hitting events impacted his life.

Announced earlier this week, his all-new, four-part documentary ‘Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All’ will air on Disney+ from 3 May 2023. The intimate documentary explores how his experiences have shaped him into the artist he is today, Blending never-before-seen personal archives, interviews, and performances.