Ed Sheeran Shares His Wife Had a Tumor During Pregnancy

“As an artist I didn’t feel like I could credibly put a body of work into the world that didn’t accurately represent where I am and how I need to express myself at this point in my life,” the 32-year-old mentioned. “This album is purely that. It’s opening the trapdoor into my soul. For the first time I’m not trying to craft an album people will like. I’m merely putting something out that’s honest and true to where I am in my adult life.”

Concluding that the album is “last February’s diary entry and my way of making sense of it,” Sheeran included, “This is Subtract.”

It will be the last installation of his mathematical album period, which started in 2011 with launching album + (Plus). It has actually given that broadened to x (Multiply), ÷ (Divide) and = (Equals). The tracklist for the job—which is produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner—consists of tunes “Boat,” “Salt Water,” “Eyes Closed,” “Life Goes On,” “Dusty,” “End Of Youth,” “Colourblind,” “Curtains,” “Borderline,” “Spark, “Vega,” “Sycamore,” “No Strings” and “The Hills of Aberfeldy.”

-, (Subtract), will be offered to stream on May 5.