Ed Sheeran: Penning fourth album for over half a decade

Singer

Ed Sheeran

said that he has secretly been penning his much anticipated fourth album and it will be '

very acoustic

'. "I've been working on this one since the same time as 'Plus'. Every year I write a song that will go on it."


"So I have about six, seven at the moment," Sheeran said. The British singer, whose latest track 'Shape of you' has become a worldwide hit, says he is taking a different musical direction this time.

"It's not necessarily experimental but I do not think there will be any hot radio songs on it this time. It's a very acoustic record," the 26-year-old said.

Sheeran said it will take him around "three or four" more years to release the

LP

.