Ed Sheeran is back. Nearly two years removed from his seventh album, Autumn Variations, the English singer teased a snippet of an upcoming single called “Azizam,” the lead single off his upcoming eighth album.

Ed Sheeran teased his new single, "Azizam," and revealed that his next album is "done." Listen to the snippet of the track.

Azizam is a Persian term, derived from the word Aziz (or 'beloved'). The suffix '-am' is a possessive term in the Persian dialect, so the term literally translates into 'my beloved' or 'my dear.'