With his sunniest album to date, singer Ed Sheeran is not giving up his pop throne just yet
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Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's Play is his eighth studio album.
PHOTO: JEREMY LIEBMAN/NYTIMES
Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica
NEW YORK – A pop superstar for nearly 15 years, Ed Sheeran is always mindful of what – and who – is coming up next.
On the first track of Play, his eighth studio album that dropped on Sept 12, he raps a verse about the anxieties that have racked him in recent years. They include the loss of two close friends, his wife’s cancer scare and the legal challenges to his songwriting credits.
