It looks like all the ballads paid off for newly engaged Ed Sheeran.

The Englishman announced the big news on Instagram this morning. Based on the caption, it seems the singer may have proposed before the New Year and is just deciding to make it public. Sheeran was happy to share a picture cuddled up with his long-time girlfriend, Cherry Seaborn, saying: "Got myself a fiancé just before new year. We are very happy and in love, and our cats are chuffed as well xx"

According to BBC, Ed explained how he was able to allow himself to fall in love in a previous interview on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe. By taking time off from music in 2016, he and Cherry spent a significant amount of time together while traveling.

Seeing as how one of his biggest hits, "Perfect," is a serenade about falling in love at a young age and watching each other grow into mature together, it may not have come as a surprise to fans who pay attention to Ed's music.

So what's next for the blissfully happy couple? In a perfect "Ed Sheeran world," "first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby..." More specifically in his words, "tour bus babies, little fat, chubby babies that just walk around."

Many congratulations to the beautiful couple!

Source: BBC