26 February 2022

Ed Sheeran thinks being a solo artist can be a “lonely” experience.

Ed Sheeran loves working with other artists

The 31-year-old pop star is one of the world’s best-selling musicians, but Ed is eyeing lots of collaborations in 2022.

He explained: “This year is actually going to end up being busier than last year, which I’m really excited about. There’s a lot coming out.

“I’ve wanted to span genres. I had a load of people hit me up in different genres, ranging from metal to drill music, and I just said yes to everything. It’s been a really interesting collaborative process.”

Ed has plans to work with a number of big-name artists this year, as he continues to push his own boundaries.

And the ‘Perfect’ hitmaker – who has previously collaborated with the likes of Stormzy and Taylor Swift – admits it’s “quite exciting” to join forces with other musicians.

He told BBC Radio 2: “It’s quite lonely being a solo artist sometimes and it’s quite exciting, like I did a session this morning at 7am with a guy called Kodak Black who’s from America and after that I did a session with a guy called Kwengface who’s from Peckham.”

Earlier this month, Luke Combs heaped praise on Ed, calling the pop star a “great man”.

The country music singer admitted he would love to work with Ed at some stage in his career.

He shared: “We hung out last time I was [in the UK] but he wasn’t on an album cycle that time. I think he is doing like 55 stadiums just in Europe, that’s just part of the tour … I’m definitely going to shoot him an email and see if he is around … he is great man.”

Luke and Ed previously had plans to work together. However, the pandemic has stopped them from getting together over the last two years.

Luke said: “We were going to [write together] but the COVID thing screwed our whole plans up on that but maybe one day, hopefully one day.”