= (Equals) was released in 2021 as Ed Sheeran's fifth studio album, following the collaborative album No.6 Collaborations Project from 2019. It featured the single Bad Habits, which became a worldwide hit and reached number one on the UK chart. Sheeran wrote the songs over a period of several years during which he married and became a father. Thematically, = deals with love, loss, resilience and fatherhood. Alongside pop there are pronounced dance elements, heard on Bad Habits and Overpass Graffiti. With =, Sheeran continued his series of albums titled after mathematical symbols. This edition is an LP on white vinyl.