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Ed Sheeran’s latest single “Sapphire” dropped a couple of days ago, with an incredible music video that took the English artiste through the streets and beaches of India. The music video also featured actor Shah Rukh Khan and singer Arijit Singh, which added to the already prevalent Indian touch. In a recent video, Sheeran broke down the entire music video and talked about how his collaborations with Shah Rukh and Arijit came to be and his experience of shooting in India.
Ed Sheeran dropped an behind-the-scenes video for “Sapphire,” where he plays the entire music video on a projector and tells the story behind each shot. He begins with the shoot in Old Delhi and talks about swerving through spice dealers, traffic and cows while they got the shots they needed. “All of us were wearing masks because of the strong smell of the spices, and at one point I took mine off and wondered, ‘How bad could it be?’ Instantaneously I was coughing my lungs out.” Sheeran also poked fun at himself filming on a beach, calling the shot his “Chris Martin singing Yellow on the beach” impression.
He then talked about shooting on the sets of Baahubali and professed his love for the same. “That is a good movie; it is so epic,” said Sheeran before asking one of the crew members if he wanted to see the movie with him. From the sets of Baahubali, Sheeran moved to probably the most talked-about moment from his music video, which was the surprising cameo by Shah Rukh Khan. He revealed how the actor came up with the idea himself and is the only person he doesn’t need to give context for because everyone knows him.
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Ed Sheeran said, “He invited me round to his house to play paddle (presumably table tennis), and we played for like three hours, and then he pitched me an idea. I told him that I was there in Mumbai the next day as well, and we could have dinner together and then shoot the scene. So I recorded the Hindi lines for the song, which took some time. I came back, had dinner with him, and we shot his cameo.” Sheeran can be seen hugging Shah Rukh right after the shot. The singer then moved on to his adventures in Kolkata, where he met up with singer Arijit Singh in his hometown.
In the video, Arijit and Sheeran can be seen riding around on a scooter as Sheeran exclaims, “This is new,” to which Arijit replies, “This is madness.” As the video continues, there is a clip of Arijit telling Sheeran that they have arranged a boat ride for him so that he can check out the river. Sheeran shared that he had his dad with him as well, and sailing through the river is “one of the most memorable” memories he has with his dad. He also appreciated all the Indian musicians who played on the record and called them all “phenomenal”. Other than that, he shared some pictures of himself playing football with kids in Shillong.
“Sapphire” is part of Ed Sheeran’s upcoming album Play, which will be his eighth studio album. It is due for release on September 12.
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