“Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded,” Sheeran explained upon announcing the album. “When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion.”
Sheeran continued by mentioning how his father and brother had exposed him to the music of Elgar, whose album Enigma Variations contained 14 compositions that were each inspired by a different friend. "This is what inspired me to make this album," he said. "Aaron Dessner and I, our chemistry was instantaneous when we recorded Subtract. We continuously wrote and recorded, and this album is the result of that collaboration. I really think he has beautifully captured the spirit of autumn in his sonics, and I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do.
Sheeran's Subtract, which was released earlier this year and reached at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, is immediately followed by Autumn Variations.
Stream Autumn Variations: https://spotify.link/aOqJ41C3tDb
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