Martin Garrix releases 12-year Ed Sheeran Repeat It on birthday
Martin Garrix and Ed Sheeran put ed sheeran repeat it out through STMPD RCRDS on Garrix’s 30th birthday, turning a 12-year-old idea into an official release. Garrix said the song began in Nashville 12 years ago, while Sheeran tied the drop to years of fan comments asking where it was.
The timing gives the single a cleaner business story than a normal release cycle: a long-shelved collaboration now has a proper rollout, with a video coming from Liam Pethick and artwork by Werner Bronkhorst. For listeners, the immediate change is simple — the track is no longer a request in the comments, it is on the market.
Amsterdam To Nashville
“Me and Martin made Repeat It 12 years ago after we made friends on a night out in Amsterdam,” Sheeran said. That detail matches Garrix’s account that the song started 12 years ago in Nashville, and it turns the single into a document of how long both artists have carried the same unfinished session.
Garrix added, “To be announcing and releasing this single around my 30th birthday feels incredibly special.. honestly the best gift I could’ve wished for.” He also said, “We actually started this song 12 years ago in Nashville, and for the longest time I genuinely thought it would never be an official release.” The official release closes that gap between a demo and a release-ready record.
Garrix At 30
Garrix turned 30 on the day the single arrived, and Sheeran said the moment fit the calendar because Garrix is putting out his debut album this year. He also said, “I’d say every day fans leave comments under my posts asking where it is, so this one is for you guys.” That is the clearest sign the track had become a recurring demand, not just a shelved studio memory.
Garrix was also in the middle of his Martin Garrix Americas Tour, which had started earlier this month, and he was scheduled to play Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile later that night. In that sense, the release works as a tour-side boost too: it gives his current run a fresh single while he is already on the road.
Santiago Video And Tour
The rollout does not stop at audio. The upcoming music video was directed by Liam Pethick and filmed in Santiago, with clips from both artists’ lives over the last 12 years, according to Sheeran. Werner Bronkhorst handled the single artwork, giving the release a full visual package instead of a bare digital upload.
Garrix’s Martin Garrix 2026 Americas Tour is a 27-show run, so this release also lands as part of a broader touring cycle rather than a one-off drop. He last month brought 130,000 fans to his set at Veracruz, Mexico’s Puerto Sonoro Festival, a reminder that he is releasing the song from inside a live circuit built to absorb new material quickly. For anyone following his setlists, Repeat It is now the track to watch for next.
