Watch Ed Sheeran debut nostalgic new song ‘Old Phone’ on ‘Fallon’

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Ed Sheeran had debuted a new song on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon – check it out below.Sheeran appeared on a recent episode of The Tonight Show, where he he spoke about his upcoming album – which after weeks of teasing, he has now confirmed will be titled ‘Play’.During his appearance, Sheeran partially premiered a new song, titled ‘Old Phone’, on acoustic guitar.

Speaking on the track, he revealed the song was inspired by his 2016 lawsuit over claims of copyright infringement.He explained to Fallon: “I was in that lawsuit a couple of years ago and in the lawsuit, they order you to give up all your old devices.

So I handed everything in, but I moved to a tablet in 2015 just on e-mail. I switched my phone off 2015 and left it in a box.

And then, when I went through that lawsuit, I got my phone out again and had to go through like all the voice notes and the pictures and all that stuff for the lawyers.”He went on to describe the experience as “going into a time machine.” When he went through the phone, he came across text messages from two friends who had since died, an argument with an ex-girlfriend, and correspondence with an estranged family member he hadn’t spoken to in a decade: “It really, really spun me out.”Check out the performance below.Speaking on ‘Play’ – which has yet to receive a release date – Sheeran said that his next string of albums will be influenced by controls on record plays.