Ed Sheeran jokes about forming a new trio with Jedward
They boasted about a future collaboration with British chart-topping singer Ed Sheeran a few months ago.
And now X Factor duo Jedward have proved they are friends with the flame-haired songwriter by sharing a short, funny Instagram video with the 26-year-old pal on Monday.
Ed can be seen mimicking the 25-year-old twins' Irish accent in the clip and saying: 'We’re Jepic, j-awesome jed-jitsu.'
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'It's Jed Sheeran!' Singer Ed joined forces with Jedward in a hilarious unlikely friendship video after they teased a collaboration months ago
The Lipstick hitmakers, whose real names are John and Edward Grimes, finished runners-up in Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year.
In the short clip the quiff sporting pair looked thrilled and slightly in awe of Ed as the singer took centre stage.
Covering his head with a black hoodie and sporting a pair of specs, Ed joked about forming a brand new band with the pair.
Mimicking the fresh-faced twins' Irish accent, the flame-haired singer siad: ‘It’s John. It’s Edward. It’s Jed Sheeran. Don’t mess with us. We’re Jepic, jawesome jedjitsu.’
The Shape Of You hitmaker even finished the clip on a jokey note, making a James Bond-style gun-finger sign at the camera.
After the twins posted the video on Instagram for their 70,000 followers to see, fans instantly reacted positively, suggesting a real collaboration with the Thinking Out Loud singer would do wonders for the duo's future career prospects.
True? The duo, who boasted about a future collaboration with the British chart-topping singer a few months ago, have now proved they are friends
Moving on: The Lipstick hitmakers, whose real names are John and Edward Grimes, finished runners-up in Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year
Joker: Mimicking the fresh-faced twins' Irish accent, the flame-haired singer siad: ‘It’s John. It’s Edward. It’s Jed Sheeran. Don’t mess with us. We’re Jepic, jawesome jedjitsu'
One fan commented: 'Your friendship makes my life. My 3 favs'
While another added: 'Your'e so cool guys, so happy for you all for your jepic friendship xx'
Jedward perhaps posted the video to prove comments they made back in February to The Sun about doing a collaboration with Ed in 2018 were founded.
At a Brits after party not long after leaving the Borehamwood CBB house, they told the paper: ‘We’re good with Ed, we’re close. We’ve known him since before he made it big.
Funny: The Shape Of You hitmaker even finished the clip on a jokey note, making a James Bond-style gun-finger sign at the camera
Proof: Jedward perhaps posted the video to prove comments they made back in February to The Sun about doing a collaboration with Ed in 2018 were founded
Jepic friendship! Great reaction: After the twins posted the video on Instagram for their 70,000 followers to see, fans instantly reacted positively
‘This year we’re concentrating on EDM music. Next year we’ll do more stripped back stuff, which is where Ed will come in.’
Ed may be looking for the next big thing, but it is not clear where he can improve on his performances and releases, having just spent a whopping 13 weeks at number one with his hit song Shape Of You from his new album ÷ (Divide).
He was only knocked off the top spot last week by One Direction former bandmate Harry Styles' debut solo single, Sign Of The Times.
Announcing the exciting news live on air, BBC Radio 1 presenter Greg James commented: 'The one man that could stop Ed Sheeran is Harry Styles.'
And Ed took to Twitter to publicly announce that he is ‘genuinely’ happy for his fellow British talent to take his place at the top of the charts.
Replying to a tweet from BBC Radio 1 saying they thought Ed would be 'happy for his successor' just before Easter, Ed wrote: 'Genuinely am.'
Generous star: Replying to a tweet from BBC Radio 1 saying they thought Ed would be 'happy for his successor' just before Easter, Ed wrote: 'Genuinely am'
Last week Harry finally announced the date for his debut solo album – May 12 - before jetting of to New York to star on Saturday Night Live.
But everything is not all rosy for the international heartthrob, who may have knocked Ed off the top chart position, but has had disappointing sales numbers for his powerful ballad.
According to the Official Charts Company, the rock ballad achieved just under 40,000 downloads in its first week.
Chart-topper: Ed may be looking for the next big thing, but it is not clear where he can improve on his performances and releases, having just spent a whopping 13 weeks at number one with his hit song Shape Of You from his new album ÷ (Divide)
And the single reportedly failed to beat the success of Zayn Malik's first offering.
Harry's single has only reached half the heights of Zayn's Pillowtalk, which scored twice as many streams on Spotify in its first week.
The singer, who is dating model Gigi Hadid, had bagged a huge 13.3 million streams on Spotify for his hit in just four days last January.