Ed Sheeran says he felt “proud” to make video bringing Jamal Edwards’ vision to life

nme.com:

Ed Sheeran has said he feels “proud” to have made a video that brought the late Jamal Edwards’ “vision to life”.Edwards suffered a cardiac arrest at home in Acton, west London on 20 February after taking recreational drugs.Sheeran revealed that he had approached Edwards some time ago to make the video for his collaboration with Russ on his latest track, ‘Are You Entertained’.In a new post on Instagram, Sheeran revealed that Edwards had planned out the whole video for Sheeran but just before they started shooting, Edwards died.Sheeran went on to explain that Edwards’ mum Brenda and his sister Tanisha said they told him they should still make the video in order to make “Jamal’s vision come to life”.“I felt so sad on the day,” Sheeran said when they started filming, “but very proud.” He went on: “I wish Jam was here to see it, I wish we’d done it together, but he would be buzzing how all his people came together and brought his vision to life.”A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)It’s been incredible seeing my Son Jamal’s creative vision come to life for this video.

Huge thank you from myself and the whole SBTV Family to Jake Nava,Alistair Khalil, Nicky Caulfield. To Ed and Russ, thank you for believing in Jamal, he’s smiling down. #SelfBelief.