2020Released
3:05

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Ed Sheeran gave his fans an early Christmas present when he dropped this spare acoustic ballad on December 21, 2020. The song represents his first new music since July 2019's No.6 Collaborations Project album.

Sheeran wrote the song in 2019. It finds him crooning about his love for his wife Cherry Seaborn, whom he married in January of that year. Stop the clocks, it's amazing You should see the way the light dances off your hair A million colors of hazel, golden, and red Sheeran wants those special intimate moments with Cherry to last forever. Oh, I won't be silent and I won't let go I will hold on tighter 'til the afterglow And we'll burn so bright 'til the darkness softly clears

An afterglow can refer to the glow frequently seen in the sky after the sun has set, or to the pleasant remembrance following sex. Other artists that released songs titled "Afterglow" include INXS, Black Country Communion, Wilkinson, Small Faces, Chvrches,Young Guns and Taylor Swift.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Afterglow.
BKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
110BPM

Album

The album Afterglow is released on.

Released By

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Atlantic Records UK
An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK, © 2020 Warner Music UK Limited
An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK, ℗ 2020 Warner Music UK Limited

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