Ed Sheeran Teaming Up With ‘Adolescence’ Director For ‘One Shot’ Netflix Special To Be Shot Live in New York

Ed Sheeran is taking a runner connected his adjacent project. The vocalist revealed successful an Instagram post connected Monday nighttime (Oct. 6) that helium has teamed up with Netflix to make a “groundbreaking, one-shot euphony experience” to beryllium directed by Emmy-winning Adolescence manager Philip Barantini.

The special, One Shot With Ed Sheeran, volition premiere connected Nov. 21 and volition each beryllium captured successful a single, continuous take, a technically challenging format that Barantini has made his calling paper successful the four-episode British transgression play Adolescence, arsenic good arsenic his 2021 movie Boiling Point.

According to a description, the peculiar volition travel Sheeran “on an unforgettable travel done the streets of New York City arsenic helium delights pedestrians with impromptu performances of his top hits” connected sidewalks and successful subway cars.

Sheeran released his eighth workplace album, Play, successful September and the promo tally for it has been 1 of the astir unusual, and creative, of the singer’s career. Last month, helium made past by playing a livestreamed NPR Tiny Desk show conscionable hours aft dropping the LP and successful July helium covered his “favorite opus of each time,” “Teenage Dirtbag,” with Wheatus vocalist Brendan B. Brown. He besides mixed accepted Indian euphony with his signature popular melodies, sang successful Punjabi and collaborated with Indian creator Ariji Singh for the colorful video successful India for the azygous “Sapphire,” acceptable up pink Play telephone booths astir Europe to beforehand the medium and launched a nostalgic Instagram account with never-before-seen photos earlier the merchandise of his “Old Phone” single.

After the special, Sheeran volition beryllium backmost connected the roadworthy again connected Dec. 1 with a amusement astatine Zenith successful Paris, followed by gigs successful Germany, the U.K. and Ireland earlier moving connected to Australia and New Zealand successful January and February.