Ed Sheeran said he is preparing to move his family from England to the United States, telling hosts of a podcast that he intends to "settle" in America as he embarks on a tour and prepares a new album release.
Sheeran, who grew up in Framlingham and currently lives in Suffolk with his wife, Cherry Seaborn, and their two young daughters, made the comments on The 2 Johnnies Podcast ahead of the reported release later this week of his 17th album, "Play." "I'm just about to move to America. I feel like I might be the only person moving to America," he said, adding, "I'm going on tour there for a while and I have a family so I can't dip in and out. We're going and settling there."
Earlier this year, Sheeran also discussed plans to transition into country music and has repeatedly cited Nashville as a long-standing goal. On an appearance on "Call Her Daddy," he said, "When you transition to country, you can’t transition back," and described Nashville as his favorite U.S. city. In past interviews he has praised Nashville residents as "very, very nice people," and suggested that the city affords a lower level of celebrity scrutiny than others.
Sheeran's comments follow a pattern of musicians and entertainers crossing the Atlantic in both directions in recent years. Some U.S.-based celebrities have moved to the United Kingdom or Ireland in recent election cycles; Ellen DeGeneres moved to the English countryside and said President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2024 contributed to her decision to relocate more permanently. DeGeneres told U.K. media that she and her partner arrived before the election and decided to stay after the result. Rosie O'Donnell moved to Ireland after the 2024 election; she had clashed with Trump publicly dating back to remarks made when she was a co-host of The View in 2006.
Sheeran's decision to base part of his life in the United States is likely to influence the trajectory of his touring schedule and creative collaborations. Nashville has been a focal point for artists crossing into country music, and several established pop and rock figures have relocated or spent extended periods in the city to work with country songwriters and producers.
The singer's comments add to public scrutiny of how artists balance family life with global careers amid changing musical directions. Sheeran rose to international prominence with a string of hit albums and has repeatedly shifted genres and collaborations during his career. His stated aim to move to Nashville and focus more on country sounds follows recent remarks about the difficulty of reversing a genre transition once undertaken.
Public details beyond Sheeran's podcast remarks remain limited. The singer's management and record label had not issued an immediate, separate statement expanding on timing, housing or long-term plans for the family's move when he made the announcement on the podcast. Observers of the music industry will be watching how the relocation, if it proceeds as described, affects Sheeran's touring logistics, recording schedule and choice of collaborators.
Sheeran's remarks were reported as part of a broader entertainment conversation about celebrity migrations and the connections artists make between personal life decisions and professional directions. Further details about his family's move and the planned album release were not immediately available beyond what he described on the podcast.