Ed Sheeran — Tiny Desk, 2025

Live session by Ed Sheeran for NPR Music’s famous Tiny Desk format, filmed in 2025 at Bob Boilen’s desk in Washington D.C. True to his method, the British singer performs alone, building each song live on guitar and keys with his loop station, with no safety net or playback. The set blends several new tracks from the album Play (including Sapphire, Camera and Azizam) with an expected classic, Photograph. Stripped of all stadium production, this performance reveals the songwriting and melodic instinct of one of the best-selling pop artists of his generation, in the intimacy unique to the Tiny Desk. For fans of filmed live sessions, acoustic pop and studio captures, this set is a warm and authentic interlude. It perfectly illustrates how a single man with a guitar can fill the space, far from the stadiums Ed Sheeran usually sets alight.