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"Ed Sheeran's been talking about releasing another record for what feels like eternity, and since it's now been over three years since he dropped his debut album, we were beginning to think it was but a dream. Today, though, now that new music has officially arrived in our headphones, we can confirm that the dream has finally come true.\n\nLast week, Ed announced that the follow-up to his first LP, +, will be fittingly titled, x. (Place your bets now on the next record's name\u2014our money's on .), and confirmed that it'll be arriving worldwide on June 23. June 23, it should be noted, is not soon. But as long as he continues to unveil singles that sound like this first one, we're fine to wait. Because guys? It's worth it.\n\nQuite a departure from Ed's earlier folksy-pop hits, \"Sing\" is a dance jam with major Justin Timberlake vibes. It was produced by Pharrell, which makes a whole lot of sense\u2014you know how infectious and optimistic and, well, happy \"Happy\" is? This is exactly like that. Though as awesome as the song is (very awesome!), this Pharrell hat-wearing cat on Ed's Instagram might be even more awesome.\n\n\n\nIf you're feeling nostalgic for his old sound, fear not\u2014in addition to working with Pharrell and Rick Rubin (who has produced for everyone from Lana Del Rey to LL Cool J to Lady Gaga, and that's just the L names), Ed also hit the studio with Jake Gosling, the guy behind his debut album. In other words: There's more where that came from.\n\nBut for now, give \"Sing\" a listen\u2014you'll be playing it a lot between now and June 23, we have a feeling...\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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