We still have a ways to go until we hear Ed Sheeran’s new album Play , as it’s set to drop in September. Thankfully, he’s been generous with sharing singles leading up to the release, and today (June 5), he’s back with another new one: “Sapphire,” which arrives alongside a video.

The video was shot in India (an appropriate choice given some of the song’s instrumentation), and it serves as a love letter to the country, similarly to how his “Azizam” video paid homage to Persian weddings.

He says of the song:

“Sapphire was the first song I finished for Play that made me know where the album was heading. It’s why I finished the recording process in Goa surrounded by some of the best musicians in India. It was an incredible creative process. I shot the music video with Liam and Nic a

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