With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug showing, The song I See Fire become popular around the world. Many people in China began to knew this talented singer, Ed sheeran. The interesting thing is lots of Chinese people already heard his song in 2011, but few of them know the song was made by Sheeran. In 2011, Sheeran’s music video Lego House was popular in China, people all liked it and shared it on the Internet. Somehow most of them said “Whoa! Ron turned to a singer now! And his voice is very nice! ”. They believed that this song was made by Rupert Grint, the one who act as Ron Wesley in Harry Potter.

By :Zhang Yarou 110909237 Class 2

It’s a funny mistake which result from the complicated story in the video. The video’s narrative at first portrays Grint as Sheeran, performing such activities as writing lyrics for the song on a pad of paper, lounging in his tour bus, and ultimately taking the stage for a cheering crowd. However, after Grint takes the stage and is immediately tackled by security, it is slowly revealed that Grint is actually a doppelganger of Sheeran and an obsessive fan, and that the events of the video were actually him stalking the real Ed Sheeran with increasing severity and mental instability (writing the song was actually transcribing the lyrics from the album cover, and lounging in the bus was him breaking into it), ending with Sheeran and Grint meeting as Grint is forcibly removed from a music venue and Sheeran comes out of an elevator.
Besides, Rupert and Sheeran looks so similar to Chinese people. So they strongly believes that this song was made by Rupert. The music video was so popular on the internet. Ironically, they even not know who is the real singer.
But to fans of Taylor Swift, Sheeran ‘s name may be more familiar. He made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift’s fourth album,Red. And he spent much of 2013 touring North America as the opening act for Taylor Swift’s Red Tour. They are amazing partner and have a great cooperation.

At the 2013 Grammy Awards, The A Team was nominated for Song of the Year. And he performed the song in duet with Elton John during the ceremony. They showed us a perfect cooperation and taken a different The A Team to us. Through the ceremony, more people in China knew Sheeran.
In 2014, Sheeran’s song I See Fire had a great success in China. Till that, much of people started to know him and search his name on google. Then they realized that Lego House was made by Sheeran rather than Rupert Grint. This talented singer-songwriter from British surprising Chinese with his amazing songs. His songs are mixed folk songs, pop , new wave and hip hop beast. It makes his songs so touching. And his voice just like your love whisper to you. No wonder people will like his songs. There is no question that he will become a new super star in the future. We are looking forward to more great songs from him.