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Ed Sheeran says Trump's presidential win affected album release

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has revealed that his highly anticipated new album 'Divide' was originally supposed to be released in November, but Donald Trump's presidential victory in America derailed his plans. 

He told Zane Lowe on Apple Beats 1 that the press and interest surrounding the U.S. election was so intense that he knew it would be a bad move to announce the release of a new record so decided to wait until a quieter time:

"The plan was to come in September and then the album was meant to come in November, but the week the album was coming out was the week the presidential elections - that was just a s--t storm of media and I was like obviously if I come out with a record then no one's gonna care. And then the week after Bruno [Mars] came out, the week after The Weeknd came out and I was like..."

He added: "It feels like a clean start this year not like any time I've come out there's always been another person. Like remember the first year I came out, being nominated for every award but then Adele was nominated for every award, and I'd kinda turn up like, 'uh yeah.' But this year it kinda feels like there's no one there ... I'm very, very confident in this year. This year is mine!"

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Watch him performing one of his new singles below:

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