Ed Sheeran is back with a shimmering new pop single, Azizam. In this new single we see the singer incorporate Middle Eastern influences, inspired by producer Illya Salmanzadeh’s Persian heritage. The title means “my dear” or “my darling” in Farsi.
“Now the song’s finished, and it’s out, I’m discovering more and more every single day that Persians are really, really proud of their culture, and it’s great to celebrate it,” Sheeran told BBC Radio 1.
The song is the first track from Sheeran’s eighth studio album, which is due for release later this year. He was on US chat show The Tonight Show, in which he confirmed the record would be titled Play, kicking off a new series of records that will be called Pause, Rewind, Fast-Forward and Stop.
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