--- title: Ed Sheeran Teases New Music VIDEO description: Sheeran is dropping new music on Friday—and keeping fans busy by sending out indecipherable teasers in the meantime. canonical: https://time.com/4620753/ed-sheeran-teases-music/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-03T18:03:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:51.116Z og:title: Ed Sheeran Shares Cryptic Messages in Advance of New Music og:description: The 'Photograph' singer has taken to social media to tease eager fans. og:url: https://time.com/4620753/ed-sheeran-teases-music/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ed Sheeran Shares Cryptic Messages in Advance of New Music twitter:description: The 'Photograph' singer has taken to social media to tease eager fans. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ed Sheeran Shares Cryptic Messages Before Releasing New Music > Sponsored content. 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Alongside a short clip of Sheeran announcing that new music will indeed be dropping on Friday, Jan. 6 ([_Love-Actually_\-style](http://time.com/3611672/love-actually-honest-trailer/?iid=sr-link3), with the news held up silently on a piece of paper), the [Grammy-winning musician](http://time.com/4224932/grammys-2016-winners-list-nominees/?iid=sr-link4) also shared a very cryptic GIF of what might be song lyrics. “When I was six years old I broke my leg,” the stylized clip scrawls out. Poor young Ed! > [](https://twitter.com/edsheeran/status/816313214774509572) Sheeran also tweeted another GIF on Monday—this one of a minus sign and colon, animated together to also form a division symbol. Because his last albums were titled _+_ and _x_ respectively, it’s now looking probably he’ll be sticking with the mathematical theme for this next release, too. But until Friday, all fans can do is wait and keep checking in on Sheeran’s Twitter for any more sly updates. > [](https://twitter.com/edsheeran/status/815950803789717504) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4620753/ed-sheeran-teases-music/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4620753/ed-sheeran-teases-music/"},"headline":"Ed Sheeran Shares Cryptic Messages Before Releasing New Music","datePublished":"2017-01-03T18:03:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:51.116Z","description":"\"When I was six years old I broke my leg...\"","url":"https://time.com/4620753/ed-sheeran-teases-music/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4620753/ed-sheeran-teases-music/","name":"Ed Sheeran Shares Cryptic Messages Before Releasing New Music"}}]}] ```