Ed Sheeran is already thinking of his last album. Sheeran has never hidden his long-term vision for music.
From his sequence of mathematical album titles to his carefully mapped-out live tours, the singer-songwriter thrives on structure.
In a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Sheeran revealed the most ambitious piece of his plan yet: a posthumous album called Eject, set to be released only after his death.
Unlike many posthumous projects that surface unexpectedly, Eject is being planned in real time. Sheeran explained that his wife, Cherry Seaborn, will curate the album when the time comes, selecting ten songs that best represent his career.
The collection will draw from recordings spanning decades, beginning with songs he wrote as a teenager.
“I’ll be telling her along the way which songs I think are special,” Sheeran said. “So when the time comes, she’ll know what belongs there.”
This approach ensures that his final release won’t feel like a label-assembled compilation. Instead, it will be personal, considered, and shaped by someone who has been part of his journey from the inside.
Eject is not an isolated idea but the closing chapter of a broader creative arc. After his run of mathematical albums (+, x, ÷, –, and =), Sheeran has begun working on a second series themed around playback controls. Albums titled Play, Rewind, Pause, and Fast Forward are all part of the roadmap, with Eject reserved as the symbolic final step.
The naming isn’t just clever branding. Each title represents a phase in his career — moments of momentum, reflection, and experimentation. Eject, then, becomes the full stop at the end of the sentence.
By designing Eject himself and entrusting its execution to Cherry, he’s making sure that his final project is guided by intention rather than industry.
Because Eject will span Sheeran’s entire career, the sound will likely be diverse. Early acoustic tracks could sit alongside polished stadium ballads and experimental cuts that never fit his mainstream albums. It will be more of a scrapbook of his evolution.
Fans shouldn’t expect it to feel like a traditional release. Instead, it will carry the weight of reflection — a curated collection chosen not for chart potential, but for meaning.
The involvement of Cherry Seaborn adds another dimension: the album will be filtered through her perspective, a mix of professional insight and personal memory.
Speculation is already buzzing: which tracks will make the cut? Will the album include hidden gems he quietly cherished, or will it lean on unreleased songs fans have never heard?
Could Cherry choose pieces that carry personal significance, even if they were never meant for radio?
Whatever the answers, Sheeran’s decision ensures that Eject won’t be a rushed attempt to capitalize on legacy.
It will be what he always aimed for his music to be: deliberate, crafted, and deeply connected to the people closest to him.
The project remains years — perhaps decades — away. But the very act of announcing it changes how fans see his current work.
Each new album released while he’s alive is now part of a larger puzzle, leading toward the ultimate “final record.”