--- title: Ed Sheeran Is Making the "Superpop" Boy Band of Our Dreams description: The "Shape of You" singer is already auditioning members of a new boy band he's putting together, and he's even written the music for them. canonical: https://time.com/4693746/ed-sheeran-boy-band/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-07T20:53:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:41.432Z og:title: Ed Sheeran Is Making the "Superpop" Boy Band of Your Dreams og:description: Prepare for the next British invasion. og:url: https://time.com/4693746/ed-sheeran-boy-band/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14d9d332993ee277/6988bd618e06011e5d469791/ed-sheeran2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Ed Sheeran Performs For SiriusXM's "Secret Show" Series At The Studio At Webster Hall; Performance To Air On SiriusXM Hits 1 And The Pulse Channels og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ed Sheeran Is Making the "Superpop" Boy Band of Your Dreams twitter:description: Prepare for the next British invasion. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14d9d332993ee277/6988bd618e06011e5d469791/ed-sheeran2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ed Sheeran Is Busy Putting Together the 'Credible' Boy Band of Your Dreams > Sponsored content. 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[One Direction](http://time.com/4583672/one-direction-reuniting-niall-horan/). And now—drumroll, please—Ed Sheeran’s boys. While the name has yet to be selected, Britain’s [blockbuster pop export](http://time.com/4653758/shape-of-you-ed-sheeran-video/) Sheeran shared that he’s already in the thick of auditioning singers to join a boy band that he’s putting together. (Cue the tween screams.) According to a [new interview with _Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/ed-sheeran-on-hard-drinking-nights-taylor-swift-true-love-w470599), the singer-songwriter behind hits like “Thinking Out Loud” and [“Shape of You”](http://time.com/4653758/shape-of-you-ed-sheeran-video/) has already written plenty of music for the upcoming group, songs that—if he says so himself—are “really, really decent.” “Superpop, but obviously credible,” is how he described the music. “I’m gonna put three or four boys together and do all the songs, take them on the stadium tour with me.” The prolific Sheeran has already written boy band music before, contributing to One Direction’s oeuvre with tear-jerker ballads, so it’s a given that he knows how to make the perfect harmonizing tune that will play right into the hearts of boy band addicts everywhere. While there’s no word on which lucky lads will be involved in the project, it could be just the launchpad for a lifetime of fame and fawning fans. Plus, with the disbandment of One Direction, the timing is right for a new crew to fill the power vacuum where boy bands belong. 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