Passenger Reflects On ‘Fateful’ First Encounter With Ed Sheeran, Collaborating On ‘Sword From The Stone’ Remix

etcanada.com:

Passenger and Ed Sheeran have a decade-plus-long friendship that has culminated in the release of the “Sword from the Stone” Gingerbread Mix.

Passenger sat down virtually with ET Canada ahead of the Sheeran-helmed remix of “Sword from the Stone” to chat about their latest album, Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted.

The English singer-songwriter also reflected on his fateful first meeting with the “Shape of You” singer more than 10 years ago. “There is a lot that I probably shouldn’t talk about but I really remember the night that we met.

It was the first year that I started busking. The first summer I started busking, so I must have been 23, he must have been 5 or something,” Passenger teased. “No, he must have been 16, 17.