Ed Sheeran eyes “transition into country” music, shares new version of ‘Life Goes On’ with Luke Combs

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Ed Sheeran could one day make the jump to country music, according to a new interview and a new collaboration with Luke Combs.While in Texas for the Academy of Country Music awards, Sheeran revealed in a new interview with Billboard that he would “love to transition into country,” adding that he speaks to his wife about the idea “all the time”.“I love the culture of it, I just love the songwriting.

It’s just like brilliant songs,” Sheeran explained.Having lived in Nashville, Texas across two periods in 2013 and 2018, Sheeran told Billboard that he is inspired by local songwriters: “It’s like a community.

There’s not really a place in Europe where you could point and say, ‘That’s the home of songwriting,’” he says. “It’s not just for country music.

Nashville is just a hub of incredible songwriters, incredible performers. And I really felt inspired just being there being around everyone.”Elsewhere in the interview, he also shared that he would not have paid much attention to the genre if it hadn’t been for Taylor Swift: “I’d never really listened to country music as a kid growing up.