Old Phone
"Old Phone" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 1 May 2025 by Gingerbread Man and Atlantic Records, as the second single from his eighth studio album, Play. The track was written by Sheeran and produced by Sheeran, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Blake Slatkin. The limited edition 7-inch single includes exclusive bonus track "Rapture". Sheeran performed "Old Phone" during the 2025 European leg of his +−=÷× Tour. The song peaked at numbers 17 in the United Kingdom and 38 in Ireland.
Background
In April 2025, Sheeran launched a new Instagram account to celebrate his upcoming single "Old Phone". The account features a number of never-before-seen pictures, texts and lyric notes, a look back through Sheeran's mobile phone that he retired in 2015. He was inspired to write the new song when revisiting his recovered old phone, after winning the "Thinking Out Loud" copyright lawsuit.Music video
The Emil Nava-directed music video was released on 8 May 2025. It features Sheeran's pop-up Ipswich, Massachusetts pub gig, as well as similar locations around the Cape Ann area, and also fans who submitted stories from their past.Track listing
- Digital and streaming single
- "Old Phone" – 3:41
- 7-inch single
- "Old Phone" – 3:41
- "Rapture" – 3:21
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.- Ed Sheeran – songwriting, production, lead vocals, guitar
- Ilya Salmanzadeh – production, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, engineering
- Blake Slatkin – production, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, engineering
- Beoga – banjo, piano, strings
- Pino Palladino – bass
- Davide Rossi – cello, viola, violin, strings arranger
- Gautam Sharma – dhol, percussion, tambourine
- Lemar Carter – drums
- Ganesh Murali – ghatam, tambourine
- Jayesh Kathak – güiro, khartal, shaker, tambourine
- Dylan Day – guitar
- Tapas Ray – mandolin
- Elvira Anderfjärd – backing vocals
- Graham Archer – engineering
- Jeremy Lertola – engineering
- Michael Harris – engineering
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
- Bryce Bordone – assistant mixing engineer
- Matt Wolach – assistant mixing engineer
- Stuart Hawkes – mastering