After a pair of low-key, introspective albums, Ed Sheeran has returned to his roots with a shimmering new pop single, Azizam.

Ed Sheeran dropped a new dancey, Persian-inspired song, “Azizam,” on Thursday, the first single off his upcoming eighth album Play .

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