--- title: When Is Taylor Swift Releasing Her Next Album description: The "Shape of You" singer mused that the holidays are the smartest time to release music, suggesting that Swift might wait until then. canonical: https://time.com/4688432/taylor-swift-album-2017/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-02T16:27:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:33.431Z og:title: Ed Sheeran Predicts a Taylor Swift Album for Christmas og:description: In the meantime, it's a year of "all Ed, all the time." og:url: https://time.com/4688432/taylor-swift-album-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0e5fcfb2b92cc6d/6988bcada988ca294e6bb33b/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4136 og:image:height: 2327 og:image:alt: Ed Sheeran - At Madison Square Garden Arena - November 1, 2013 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ed Sheeran Predicts a Taylor Swift Album for Christmas twitter:description: In the meantime, it's a year of "all Ed, all the time." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0e5fcfb2b92cc6d/6988bcada988ca294e6bb33b/ed-sheeran-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ed Sheeran Predicts You're Getting a Taylor Swift Album for Christmas > Sponsored content. 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Anna Webber—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 2, 2017 4:27 PM UTC It didn’t happen in September. [Not October, as expected.](http://time.com/4526914/taylor-swift-new-album-fall/) Not even November. And now, in March, it looks like fans could be waiting until the faraway last days of 2017 for the long-anticipated next Taylor Swift album—that is, according to her [industry pal Ed Sheeran](http://time.com/4652109/ed-sheeran-on-taylor-swift/). The “Shape of You” singer, whose [new album _Divide_](http://time.com/4653758/shape-of-you-ed-sheeran-video/) comes out Friday, noted that he has smooth sailing for his own music over the next few seasons, with no interruption from the perennially chart-topping Swift to steal his thunder. In an interview [with the BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39128030), Sheeran offhandedly commented on the ongoing dearth of Swift tunes. “Taylor \[Swift\] isn’t going to be releasing until probably the end of this year—Christmas is the smartest time to release because that’s when everyone buys records,” he told the BBC, explaining why he thinks he’ll be able to dominate the music landscape in 2017\. “So I’ve got a full year of just all Ed, all the time.” Swift stepped away from her normal biannual album release cycle in 2016, and has been keeping a relatively low profile for more than half a year. So far in 2017 she’s released the _Fifty Shades Darker_ collaboration [“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”](http://time.com/4596550/5-songs-you-need-to-listen-to-this-week-2/item/i-dont-wanna-live-forever-zayn-taylor-swift/) with Zayn and [played a single show,](http://www.nme.com/news/taylor-swift-says-pre-super-bowl-only-show-no-tour-2017-1967624) which she said will be her only one for the year. 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