Ed Sheeran shares Lil Baby remix of ‘2step’, with royalties going to Ukraine relief

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Ed Sheeran has teamed up with Lil Baby to share a new remix of ‘2step’ – watch the video below.The original track appeared on Sheeran’s fifth studio album ‘=’, which was released last year.

This new version has arrived with an accompanying music video that was filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine before Russia began its invasion of the country in February.Sheeran has announced that all royalties from the record will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, to support victims of the violence.The singer said in a press statement: “I filmed the video for ‘2step’ in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine before the devastating acts of violence started to take place.

It was my first time visiting the country and I felt so welcomed during my stay there – everyone from the production crew to the many people I met across my days off.“Ukraine is a proud and resilient country and I’m grateful to have had the chance to film my video there.

I stand with Ukraine and will be donating my record royalties from YouTube streams of the video to the DEC’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal x”The Ukrainian production company behind the clip, Radioaktivefilm, added: “This video really reminds us of the best of times; it was the last video we did before our world fell apart.