Ed Sheeran's latest video has gone viral after he surprised a fan with an unexpected serenade while cruising along a London canal. Posting the delightful video to his Instagram, the 33 year old singer can be seen engaging with a jogger who was unaware of being part of this iconic encounter. Captioning his Instagram post, Ed wrote: "Was filming a video on the canal today, played a request.
If anyone knows the runner lemme know so we can have their POV video for the lols". BBC Breakfast on Wednesday spoke to the jogger in question, teacher Nikki Atkins, who recounted her 'random' and 'surreal' experience, highlighting that she had decided on a spontaneous run after not jogging for months. Nikki said of the experience: "Inside I was in complete turmoil and in my head, the time it took me to ask for a song was a really long time, I am so shocked that it was that rapid when I saw his video.
I literally ran out onto the path, sort of waved at him, then he asked me for a song request", reports the Mirror . "In my head, I was thinking: 'Oh my God, I need to think of a song now, it needs to not be a rubbish or basic one - not that he has any rubbish songs obviously!'" Nikki detailed her decision on picking Ed Sheeran's 2014 hit Tenerife Sea, a favourite from her younger years when she saw the singer live. BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay marvelled at how swiftly Nikki managed to record the impromptu performance on her phone an action that has divided fans on social media.
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