Ed Sheeran Recalls Discovering Arijit Singh's Music After Watching Aashiqui 2: Was Spellbound By His Voice

In one of the year’s most exciting collabs of the year, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh and British pop star Ed Sheeran teamed up for an upbeat summer track titled Sapphire. The English song with a Punjabi twist is winning hearts online, just like Ed and Arijit’s bromance.

On Monday, the Perfect singer gave a sweet shout-out to Arijit and wrote, "I first became aware of @arijitsingh music when I watched Aashiqui 2 and heard Tum Hi Ho. I was proper spellbound by his voice, the song, the scene in the movie. I checked him out, and got in touch, and said whenever you wanna sing together, I’m down. He was playing London, so I went to guest with him and sang Perfect there, it was an incredible show. I played him an early version of Sapphire in the dressing room, and he instantly had ideas for instruments and melodies."

Ed shared that he and Arijit connected over email for a while and later met in India to complete their song. During his tour, he visited the artist's hometown in West Bengal with his father, experiencing the local culture before wrapping up the track in a home studio.

Sheeran further penned, "Arijit taught me Punjabi and how to pronounce it all properly, and showed me Sitar. We then had dinner, and scooted around the village to see the sunset and moon with my dad. It was a proper core memory I’ll always cherish with my father, and I'm honoured to have created in this way with Arijit. He’s one of the most talented humans I've ever met, and I’m so grateful he shared his talent with me for this song. The full Punjabi version we recorded will be out in a couple of weeks, but until then, I’ll be drip-feeding fun videos from our time together. Enjoy!"

Desi internet took to the comments section to shower love on Ed and hailed the "iconic duo."