Laundry Day say opening for Ed Sheeran “didn’t feel like it was in the realm of our possibility”

nme.com:

Laundry Day have spoken to NME about landing the opportunity to open for Ed Sheeran, understanding the TikTok algorithm, receiving praise from the likes of Drake and Jack Harlow and their sold-out homecoming gigs.Comprised of singers Jude Ciulla-Lipkin and Sawyer Nunes, along with bassist Henry Pearl and guitarist Henry Weingartner, Laundry Day met back during their freshman year of high school in Manhattan.

Since then, they have released five albums – the most recent being 2023’s ‘Younger Than I Was Before’ – and have gone on to open for the likes of Neon Trees, The 1975 and Clairo.The first half of 2024 has seen them achieve viral success on TikTok with videos of the band covering trending songs.

The 1975’s Matty Healy reposted a video their rendition of ‘I’m In Love With You’ on his Instagram Stories and most recently, The Kid Laroi reposted their amusing cover of one of his tracks.Drake also who co-singed them by posting their song ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ and telling them that he’s been watching their videos for a long time.

Their clips have led them to massive opportunities such as opening for Teezo Touchdown during his UK and European tour earlier this year.A post shared by @updogliveOn Easter Sunday, Laundry Day played their first headlining gig in a while at London’s Sebright Arms – a show that sold out in under an hour and had hundreds of people on the waitlist.“That was the first moment where it was something in real life where people were buying tickets,” said Ciulla-LipkinIt was technically the first of our own shows we played since a lot of stuff has happened.”He continued: “We were like ‘This is real.