He may have only released'÷'this year but Ed Sheeran is already looking forward to his next album.

The 'Shape of You' superstar has revealed that his next album will have a 'lo-fi' sound inspired by Bruce Springsteen, who he recently discovered, and predicts it'll receive a mixed reaction.

While everything he touches turns to gold - his latest single 'Perfect' is currently Number 1 in the UK and US - Ed has said that it'll be the 'lowest-selling' album of his career. Say what?!

In a new interview with The Times, Sheeran predicts that his fourth album will be his "lowest-selling, but most loved", expecting that the new sound will divide fans.

“My plan is a lo-fi album that will be my lowest-selling, but most loved," he says, before explaining the very normal story of how a Game Of Thrones actor introduced him to Bruce Springsteen.

“I only heard [Bruce]Springsteen recently. I was with Kit [Harington] from Game Of Thrones.We had a night out in New York, got back to his hotel to drink more, and he played ‘Atlantic City’."

While it sounds like he has a good idea of what he wants for his next album, it doesn't sound as though he's started the recording process yet so we might have to wait a while.

Sheeran's sold-out worldwidetour still has 11 months left to go as he is set to return to Europe next summer before wrapping up in North America next November.

Whether this lo-fi set arrives in 2018, 2019 or even later, we have a feeling it'll do much better than he's expecting it to.

Words: Ross McNeilage

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