One Direction fans already know that the guys are prepping a new album for Christmas, working with the same production and songwriting teams that created their first two albums, 2011’s Up All Night and last year’s Take Me Home. And from the sound of things, those sessions have been doing swimmingly.
“I haven’t done any songs on this one; I’ve actually kind of cut myself from giving any people songs at the moment, because I want to make my album,” Sheeran said. “I was approached, and it wasn’t so much a ‘No,’ it was just a ‘I want to write tunes for myself at the moment.’
“Once my album’s done, then we’ll see,” he added. “But their album is already finished.”
Of course, it bears mention that Sheeran could be talking about the soundtrack to 1D’s film — since completing an album seven months before its set to be released doesn’t make a lot of sense. A spokesperson for One Direction did not respond to MTV News’ request for clarification, and, at press time, there’s still no firm release date for the group’s new album. Though we do know 1D will once again be re-teaming with McFly’s Tom Fletcher and producer Julian Bunetta on the disc. Last month, Bunetta told MTV News that he’d spent time with the guys in the studio, though he didn’t reveal whether or not their collaborations would ever see the light of day.
“[We were] hanging out, working on a few new things,” he said. “Obviously, we’re working on new music, but they didn’t say what the new music is for. It might be for nothing. It might only be for my ears … or it might be something that gets put out for the world to hear.”
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