Ed Sheeran pays homage to Jamal Edwards with new video: 'He lives on forever'

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Ed Sheeran has released a new music video that the late Jamal Edwards helped create. The 31 year old singer-songwriter said he “hit up” Jamal for music video ideas after deciding to collaborate with rapper Russ, “knowing that he would create something incredible”.

The video was supposed to have been shot a day after Jamal’s passing, sparking the Shape Of You singer to postpone it. Now, five months on from his death, Ed has released the video in the hope of making Jamal’s “vision come to life”.

Sharing the video to his new track Are You Entertained on Instagram on Friday 22 July, Ed penned a lengthy, heartfelt tribute to Jamal. “Please read this whole thing,” he began. “I was having dinner in New York in December when @russ came up to my table, I was a fan so we just sat and ate pasta and drink wine together.

A few days later I sent him the rough idea for this song, the same day he emailed me back with it finished, which I loved. “He said we should do a video, so I hit up @jamaledwards, knowing that he would create something incredible for us.