Ed Sheeran premieres new song 'The Man'

Ed Sheeran has debuted his latest new track online.

The singer-songwriter is releasing a new song every day this week on iTunes and YouTube from his upcoming new album 'x'.

The record is being released on Monday (June 23) and today (June 19) Sheeran unveiled the song 'The Man'.

The tune sees the Brit rap the song's verses being going into a soulful chorus.

Sheeran meanwhile recently hit out at people who associate liking mainstream pop music with "shame". He said:

"Pop (and, especially, hip-hop) producers are as important as rock auteurs, Beyoncé is as worthy of serious consideration as Bruce Springsteen, and ascribing shame to pop pleasure is itself a shameful act. I’d say pop music is still the No. 1 music that people listen to and has been for the past 70 years, 80 years - however many years. As long as it’s popular, it’s pop music I guess.”

Listen to Ed Sheeran's 'The Man' below: