Did you know that these Indian singers are part of Ed Sheeran’s playlist? Or what was the last Indian film he watched? He revealed it all in this exclusive interview with Brut.
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00:00I've listened to a lot of Diljit, I think he's great.
00:04Something happens, Anjali.
00:06It's not like all the others.
00:07Did I? Alright, yeah.
00:14Hi, this is Ed Sheeran for Brute.
00:16Hi Ed, how are you?
00:17I'm alright, how are you?
00:18So this is your first, I think your third time that you're visiting India, right?
00:22Yeah.
00:22What is it about the country that has pleasantly surprised you?
00:27Well, it's actually, I just found this out today,
00:30but it's my biggest market outside, well, no, it is my biggest market.
00:35So the people in India listen to my music more than anyone else listens to my music in the world.
00:40So that's pleasantly surprised me.
00:44And do you listen to any kind of Indian music?
00:46Quite a lot, actually, yeah.
00:47I think like the first time I came over here,
00:51I went to a small party with a bunch of people that were big stars in Bollywood.
00:57And I think that that kind of opened the door.
01:00There's a lot of Indian music that's, yeah, fantastic.
01:03I'd say that that's kind of what I've been listening to the most for the last year and a bit.
01:07So who would you say are your favourite Indian musicians?
01:10I've listened to a lot of Diljit, I think he's great.
01:12I love Aman, obviously, having worked with him.
01:16And I think, yeah, King has made some really exciting stuff.
01:20You mentioned that, you know, you hung out with a bunch of Bollywood folks.
01:25I'm curious to know, how do you think celebs in India are different from celebs in the West?
01:30Celebs in the West, I guess, like, I mean, I'm generalising here,
01:34but like, I can only really do one thing, I can just, I can sing and play guitar.
01:40Whereas like, I think Bollywood is, you have to be an amazing dancer,
01:44you have to be an amazing actor, you have to be an amazing singer,
01:47but like really specifically good at all those things.
01:49And it's, like, I watched this movie with my mates, maybe like a year ago,
01:54RRR, is it called RRR here?
01:57Yeah.
01:57Yeah, but just like the dancing in that, and it's a fantastic film,
02:03that's like an epic three-hour film.
02:05And, you know, just the technical ability to be able to do all of those things,
02:11I think is impressive.
02:13Would RRR class as Bollywood though?
02:15Not Bollywood, Indian film, yes.
02:20The guy that basically discovered me in the music industry
02:23was this guy Zubin Irani, and it was one, I was playing a gig in Manchester,
02:28and it was just one person that watched me, and it turned out to be this guy Zubin,
02:31who ended up being my lawyer, representing me, helped get me signed and blah, blah, blah.
02:35So when, and he is Indian, and when I was coming to Mumbai,
02:40he said, oh, my friend, no, my cousin is out there,
02:43so hook up with her, this girl, Farrah Khan.
02:46And when we arrived, she was just like, yeah, come to this thing.
02:50It was really fun, you know, we danced, we ate some incredible food,
02:53and I met some really cool people that night, but yeah.
02:56But it was like one of those ones where it was like the perfect, the perfect night,
03:02like everything, everything was just great.