Ed Sheeran Plans Posthumous Album ‘Eject’ with Cherry Seaborn at the Helm

15 September 2025

Ed Sheeran for Apple Music. Apple Music/The Zane Lowe Show

Ed Sheeran has revealed plans for a carefully curated posthumous album called Eject in a September 10, 2025 interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. What makes this project unusual is that the singer has already laid out its details in his will. His wife Cherry Seaborn will be the one to select the ten final tracks that span his entire career beginning from age 18. He said he wants Eject to be something honest instead of a disjointed collection.

Sheeran described Eject as part of a larger album vision inspired by the idea of symbols and cassette recorder buttons. Right now he is releasing Play on September 12. After that he is considering albums named Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind, Stop and finally Eject. He likened the plan to imagining Paul McCartney’s early Beatles recordings through to the pinnacle of his career selected in one definitive collection.

In talking about posthumous albums Sheeran acknowledged there is a tendency in the music industry for them to be put together without much planning. He wants Eject to avoid those pitfalls. He said he doesn’t want people to just jumble together songs after his death. He wants Cherry to play an active role in shaping the narrative that the collection will tell.

Sheeran also admitted that there may be people who find the idea unsettling. Songs selected after an artist dies can feel strange or controversial to some. But he believes many fans will find it meaningful. For him the planning is not an impulse thing. He wants this to be intentional. The concept is tied to how he views his body of work and its legacy.

Cherry Seaborn has already played a role in his music before. Sheeran has credited her feedback with influencing which songs he releases. She has good taste, he says, and her reactions help him decide what works. That makes her a natural choice to carry out this final selection for Eject.

Play will mark his eighth studio album and it preludes what he hopes will be this ten-album arc. Stop is envisioned as a kind of “final” statement in the series though Eject sits beyond it in plan, fulfilling that ultimate selection of songs from across his life. Sheeran emphasized that it is truly posthumous and that Eject will only come out after his passing. He sees it as part of his will and testament.

The idea raises questions about how artists manage their legacies, how fans perceive work released beyond life, and what responsibility exists to preserve artistic integrity. For Sheeran the goal is that Eject won’t feel like just a product but a thoughtfully assembled reflection. He wants each track chosen to matter and to represent the journey he has taken.

There are practical considerations too. Tracking down masters, deciding what counts as part of the story, making sure the sound and context remain true all of this requires preparation. Sheeran’s request for Cherry to pick the ten best ensures someone close to him who understands both his voice and values will be in charge of those choices. It tightens the control over how future listeners will experience his work after he is gone.

Although Eject is still in the realm of long-term planning and there is no immediate release, the announcement alone already prompts conversation among fans, critics, and peers about posthumous art in music. Ed Sheeran’s approach underscores how intentional artists are becoming about legacy and how death does not have to mean losing agency over what comes after.