Ed Sheeran wades into Taylor Swift’s territory by ‘writing country song for Keith Urban’

Ed and Keith are ready to set the country music world on fire with a brand new collaboration (Picture: Getty Images)

Ed Sheeran has turned his songwriting talents to country music by penning a track for one of the genre’s biggest stars: Keith Urban.

Taylor Swift would be proud!

The Shape Of You creator is known for turning his hand to a variety of styles  – and also writing and collaborating on hits with the likes of Rita Ora, Jess Glyne, DJ Khaled and even Boyzone, besides many, many more.

Keith is said to be ‘flabbergasted’ by Ed’s Songwriting skills (Picture: Getty)

Now, Ed has challenged himself with a new task – writing country music for the massive US artist Keith Urban, the husband of Nicole Kidman, it has been reported.

Keith and Ed first met on James Corden’s Late Late Show earlier this year, and Keith said he was ‘flabbergasted by his songwriting.’

Keith Urban is one of country music’s biggest stars – and he’s enlisted the help of songwriting machine Ed for a new single (Picture: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

‘Ed loves nothing better than experimenting with different sounds and types of music. He also likes a challenge’, a source close to Ed told The Sun.

‘He loved the idea of penning a track no one would expect from him – and who better to work with than one of the industry’s biggest country music stars?’

It’s believed Keith recorded the track in June and despite speculation, Ed is not thought to have leant his vocals on the track.

Even a broken arm can’t keep Ed away from music (Picture: REX)

The 26-year-old singer recently revealed how sudden fame had an impact on his life in a negative way when he appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show.

The Shape Of You singer said: ‘I think you need to, when you get into the industry, adjust to it — and I didn’t adjust because I was constantly working on tour.’

‘And all the pitfalls that people read about, I just found myself slipping into all of them. Mostly, like, substance abuse,’ he added.

Keith and Ed’s track is scheduled for release next year.

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