AR Rahman Joins Ed Sheeran for Shape of You X Urvasi in Chennai

UK singer Ed Sheeran is bringing his music to India with his Mathematics tour on Wednesday, he performed in Chennai with a special guest, Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman. The two stars teamed up on stage for an unforgettable moment, delivering a remix of Ed's "Shape of You" and Rahman's "Urvasi." The crowd was electrified by their collaboration, though a faulty mic briefly interrupted the magic.

Shape of Urvasi

After the concert, Ed Sheeran posted a video on Instagram from the show, where he brought AR Rahman on stage. "Will you make some noise for AR Rahman?" he shouted, and the crowd erupted in cheers. Rahman, dressed in his signature all-black outfit and sunglasses, joined him, and they performed together. However, there seemed to be an issue with Rahman's mic, as he was inaudible for most of the performance. Ed stepped in, taking over the song while Rahman added his vocal parts to Urvasi. Despite the technical glitch, fans cheered enthusiastically for both artists.

Reacting to their collaboration, Ed and Rahman's fans flooded the comment section with love. “Goddamn, I will say it again! Aadhar Card for Ed Bhai,” wrote a fan. “Witnessed this iconic moment at the concert. This one is for the books,” wrote another. “That Aura when a global artist says the name AR Rahman,” wrote a fan.

While majority comments on social media were positive, a few thought the performance could be even better. “Irundhalum nalla practice pani irukalam (Even then, we could have practiced well),” read a tweet.

Ed's Indian adventure

Sheeran, currently in India for the 'The Mathematics (-=÷x) Tour', met Rahman and his son A R Ameen before his performance in Chennai.

Ameen, who is also a singer, posted a series of pictures with Sheeran and Rahman on his Instagram page on Tuesday, tagging Sheeran in the caption along with several heart emoticons.

In one of the photos, Sheeran is pictured with Rahman and Ameen. The other image shows the British singer-songwriter taking a photo of Rahman as he worked on his music in the studio.

Sheeran also posted a video on Instagram where he is seen performing his love ballad "Perfect" alongside the students at Rahman's KM College of Music & Technology.

"Singing perfect with the amazing choir at @kmmcchennai here in Chennai today, wowsers (flip sideways for the full experience gang) (sic)” he captioned the clip.

Earlier, a fan club of the singer-songwriter posted a video of him receiving a head massage in Chennai.

“Ed getting a head massage in Chennai,” the caption read. In the clip, Sheeran can be jokingly heard saying, “This is abuse”.

He will wrap up his tour, organized by AEG Presents Asia and BookMyShow Live, with a performance in Delhi-NCR on February 15.