Last week, Ed Sheeran told his fans that he would soon be delivering a “curveball” with his next musical releases. Throughout the week many were left to ponder what this would mean for the “Shivers” singer. On Monday (March 21) Sheeran revealed his plans and how his next major collaboration went down.
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Taking to social media, the crooner explained how his gym run-in with J Balvin transformed into a full-blown friendship and musical partnership. Alongside a quick-cut teaser video where we see behind-the-scenes footage of Sheeran and Balvin on the set of a music video shoot, Ed wrote, “So I want to share something with you that I’ve been working on. I met @JBALVIN in a gym in New York last year. It was just me and him very early in the morning. I recognised his voice when he was on the phone so I just went up and said hi.”
The duo hit it off so well that they ended up having lunch together and afternoon tea. Sheeran said they quickly became “mates who chatted non-stop.”
During the holiday season, the “Bad Habits” artist told us he was in New York for shows, but took some time to head to the studio with J Balvin. Sheeran continued, noting that their time in the studio led to “so so much more, which you’ll find out about soon… He wanted to bring me into his world, and I wanted to bring him into mine. Was a proper challenge learning Spanish for this and I had so much fun doing it.”
Sheeran has promised that the duo’s first two tracks called “Sigue” and “Forever My Love” will be arriving “soon,” adding “I absolutely love them.”
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While promoting his 2023 Mathematics tour across Australia and New Zealand on New Zealand’s Project NZ Sheeran explained that his collaboration with the “Una Nota” artist would not contribute to his mathematical discography.
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Ed explained that his next release would not be titled Minus (−).
“That’s not gonna be the next record I put out, shared the artist. “I’ve got something else that’s a bit more of a curveball. We’ve got the first thing of it dropping in 10 days. There’s gonna be something coming out. I don’t think it’s gonna be a massive hit in New Zealand though, I’ve got to be honest. It’s more gonna be a big hit somewhere else. When you hear it you’ll understand.”
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