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Ed Sheeran collaborated with Usher after the pair bonded at a Passover dinner.
The 'Drunk' hitmaker, who is set to release his second album 'x' next month, met the star during the Jewish holiday, which runs between April 14 and April 22 and they quickly hit it off and decided to record a song together.
Ed told DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1: "I was at a Passover dinner and sat next to Usher, it was quite random.
"I met him once before, but never enough to be like 'Yo what's up man?' but he went over to me with his phone and he's like 'Yo check it out' and he downloaded 'Sing'.
"And he was like 'Yo, man, do you want to get in the studio sometime?' and I was like 'Yes, Usher, I would love to get into the studio sometime.'"
The 23-year-old singer-songwriter didn't hang around and sent Usher a text at 1am the day after with music ideas and soon found himself in the studio with Usher, Diplo and Skrillex.
He explained: "[Usher was] like, 'Yeah, we are just getting started. And I went down and we made this awesome song. I had this guitar idea on my phone it was literally just a voice note and I emailed it to Skrillex then he took it in sampled it and made a beat out of it, and then me and Usher just went back and forth on melody ideas and lyric ideas."
Ed confirmed the as-yet untitled collaboration will most likely appear on Usher's next album, which is due for release later this year.

Metallica, You Me At Six and Paramore are among the nominees for this year's Kerrang! Awards.
Surrey rockers You Me At Six are up for five gongs for Best Single, Best Album, Best British Band, Best Live Band and Hottest Male, for guitarist Max Helyer, after their album 'Cavalier Youth' hit the number one spot.
Metallica, who are rumoured to be headlining this year's Glastonbury Festival, have been nominated for Best International Band and Best Film for 'Through The Never', while Paramore are up for Best Live Band and Best Event for Parahoy!
The acts join Fall Out Boy, 30 Seconds To Mars, Green Day and 5 Seconds of Summer in a number of categories.
Kerrang! Editor James McMahon said: "This is the third Relentless Kerrang! Awards I've presided over now, and I don't think I've been quite this excited before.
"There are bands nominated I love, legends lined up that I respect, and the party itself will contain some unforgettable surprises.
"It's a testament to the strength and size of the rock scene right now that bands as diverse as 5 Seconds Of Summer and Behemoth, and Baby Godzilla and You Me At Six can galvanise a community to vote in their thousands."
He added: "Respect to Kerrang! readers for remaining the most loyal, passionate, cool-ass music fans on the planet. We hope our 2014 party does you justice."
The event takes place on Thursday, June 12 at London's Troxy.

Full nominations for the Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2014..

Best British Newcomer presented by Sonisphere

Blitz Kids
Bury Tomorrow
Decade
Lonely The Brave
Neck Deep

Best International Newcomer presented by Troxy

5 Seconds Of Summer
Crossfaith
Issues
State Champs
We Came As Romans

Best Video presented by Kerrang! TV

30 Seconds To Mars - 'City Of Angels'
A Day To Remember - 'Right Back At It Again'
All Time Low - 'A Love Like War feat. Vic Fuentes'
Deaf Havana - 'Boston Square'
Falling In Reverse - 'Bad Girls Club'

Best Single presented by Kerrang! Radio

All Time Low - 'A Love Like War feat. Vic Fuentes'
My Chemical Romance - 'Fake Your Death'
Of Mice & Men - 'You're Not Alone'
We Are The In Crowd - 'The Best Thing (That Never Happened)'
You Me At Six - 'Fresh Start Fever'

Best Album presented by Relentless Energy Drink

Architects - 'Lost Forever // Lost Together'
Avenged Sevenfold - 'Hail To The King'
Behemoth - 'The Satanist'
Tonight Alive - 'The Other Side'
You Me At Six - 'Cavalier Youth'

Best Live Band

Baby Godzilla
Bring Me The Horizon
letlive.
Paramore
You Me At Six

Best International Band

Avenged Sevenfold
Black Veil Brides
Fall Out Boy
Green Day
Metallica

Best British Band

Asking Alexandria
Biffy Clyro
Bring Me The Horizon
Iron Maiden
You Me At Six

Best Event

Bury The Hatchet Tour - Falling In Reverse / Escape The Fate
Save Rock And Roll Tour - Fall Out Boy
House Party Alexandra Palace show - A Day To Remember
Parahoy! - Paramore
Save Our Venues - Arcane Roots / We Are The Ocean / Fearless Vampire Killers

Best TV Show

Breaking Bad
Game Of Thrones
Orange Is The New Black
True Detective
The Walking Dead

Best Video Game

Batman: Arkham Origins
Bioshock Infinite
Grand Theft Auto V
The Last Of Us
Luigi's Mansion 2

Best Film

Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Lego Movie
Metallica Through The Never

Best Comedian

Jarrod Alonge
Louis C.K.
Micky Flanagan
Steve Hughes
Zach Galifianakis

Tweeter of the Year

Gene Simmons
Gerard Way
Keith Buckley
Mark Hoppus
Pete Wentz

Hottest Female

Ash Costello - New Years Day
Jenna McDougall - Tonight Alive
Lzzy Hale - Halestorm
Tay Jardine - We Are The In Crowd
Taylor Momsen - The Pretty Reckless

Hottest Male

Alex Gaskarth - All Time Low
Andy Biersack - Black Veil Brides
Ben Bruce - Asking Alexandria
John Goblikon - Nekrogoblikon
Max Helyer - You Me At Six

Best Festival

Bloodstock Open Air
Download
Reading & Leeds
Slam Dunk
Vans Warped Tour

Eminem is set to play London's Wembley Stadium this summer.
The 'Lose Yourself' rapper is returning to the UK for the first time since 2001 and has chosen to perform at the massive venue on July 11 after his original Hyde Park show wasn't given the royal seal of approval.
He announced the news on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show yesterday evening (06.05.14), saying: "I heard that I wasn't going to be approved to play in Hyde Park and it made me even more excited to play in London this summer.
"The easiest way to get me to do something is to tell me I can't do it. Thanks to the Royal Parks for making it all possible... for Wembley."
Eminem will be the first rapper ever to headline the venue and his next single 'Headlights' from his latest album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2', is going to be released to coincide with the show.
The star is also doing a mini US stadium tour with Rihanna this summer, 'The Monster', which will take them to LA, New Jersey and Detroit.
He explained that he prefers to perform big one-off gigs these days rather than spending months on the road.
Eminem added: "I'm not saying I'll never be ready for that again, but right now, this is what's working for me."
Tickets for the Wembley show go on sale this Friday May 9 at 9am.

Janelle Monae didn't like the audience at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
The 'Tightrope' singer joined OutKast on stage to sing with Big Boi at the event in Indio, California last month, and while critics claimed the show failed to live up to expectations but Janelle blames the crowd.
She told Faster Louder: "I didn't like that Coachella audience.
"I'm happy I got to CounterPoint [Music Festival] in Georgia, because those were real festival-goers, in my opinion."
Janelle joined Andre 3000 at the CounterPoint Music Festival to dance on stage during 'Hey Ya!' last weekend and gushed about the band who have reunited onstage after a near decade-long hiatus.
She said: "That is my favourite duo, favourite rap group ever invented.
"They were in their time travel machine and they came back to see us, and I think we should all be grateful that they came back. "The music is more fun, and lives are enriched with those two ATLiens performing. They're also great friends of mine, so it's great to see your friends do what they love doing and get the love and support they need."
Outkast collaborated with Monae on two tracks from their most recent album - 2006's 'Idlewild' - and she also made an appearance on Big Boi's 2010 solo album 'Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty'.

Monty Python have unveiled a previously unheard track.
The comedy troupe premiered 'Lousy Song' today (06.05.14), which will feature on the upcoming re-issue of their classic 1989 album 'Monty Python Sings (Again)'.
The track was performed in 1980 by Eric Idle and hears Graham Chapman, who passed away in 1989, interrupting the recording to declare how much he dislikes it.
Speaking about the song, Eric said: "It is the only totally improvised sketch I can remember Python doing.
"Graham enters the recording studio when I'm listening back to a song I have recorded. I think it is very funny."
'Monty Python Sings (Again)' is set for release on June 9 with a box set of all their recordings, including three never-before-released songs and three new recordings.
'Monty Python's Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection' will then follow on June 30 and will feature all nine UK-released 'Monty Python' albums.
The new releases will coincide with 10 live shows at the O2 Arena in London in July, which will be the last time the veteran jokers will all perform together.
The reunion, which kicks off on July 1, will see Eric, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, and take to the stage for the first time since 2009.

Arctic Monkeys have defended claims all of their shows are a "routine".
The 'Snap Out Of It' band were slammed by American act The Orwells - who supported them on their US tour and claim they play the same show every night - while frontman Alex Turner uses the same ad-libs on stage.
Guitarist Matt O'Keefe told Gigwise: "When you're playing arenas and everything, it's a huge production then the show has to become synchronised to work.
"So every night no matter how he [Alex] was feeling he'd go into that opening riff. It was the exact same ad-libs he was putting between songs. So we were with them for about 50 dates, you saw them once you'd pretty much seen every date they'd played."
Alex, 28, has responded to the claim and thinks it "isn't fair" to call the shows "synchronised" just because the set has structure.
Talking about The Orwells, he told News Limited: "They should have been out trying to get laid instead of watching us every night.
"There comes a time on a tour when something works and you tend to leave it alone. We have been changing it around a little bit. You can't mess around with it too much. It's almost like the show isn't designed to be watched by the same person every night.
"Nowadays people share the set lists, but I'm by no means f***ing phoning it in. It's not like we have (pre-recorded) tracks we're up there f***ing doing it."
Meanwhile, Arctic Moneys - also made up of drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook and bassist Nick O'Malley - will kick off their biggest Australian tour in Sydney tonight (06.05.14).

Rihanna is preparing to release her next album with Roc Nation after leaving Def Jam.
The 'Diamonds' singer, who was already being managed by Jay Z's record label, has now inked a deal and her profile on Roc Nation's website has been updated, which lists her as one of their big name acts.
Rihanna first signed her record deal with Def Jam in 2005, when she was just 17, and claims then-label-president Jay Z wouldn't let her out of his office until she put pen to paper.
Since then, she has released all seven of her chart conquering albums with the label, including 2011's 'Unapologetic', despite Jay Z leaving his role to start up Roc Nation in 2009.
Rihanna had already parted ways with her former manager Marc Jordan and signed with Jay's Roc Nation management team in 2010 but it now appears she is also signed to the label.
She joins the likes of Calvin Harris, DJ Mustard, J. Cole, Jay Electronica, Rita Ora and Jay Z himself.
Meanwhile, the Def Jam website now lists Rihanna under its "Legacy" section, along with stars like Amerie, Ashanti, and Public Enemy.
The 26-year-old star will release her next album "soon" and will be spending more time in the studio than taking 'selfies' after her Instagram account was suspended for posting half-naked photographs.

Ed Sheeran performed new material at a secret gig in London yesterday (05.05.14).
The 'Drunk' hitmaker took to the stage at Koko in Camden to play songs from his second album 'x' and fans packed into the 1,500-capacity venue after scrambling to get tickets.
Dressed in his usual low-key attire, the star wore a red t-shirt, black jeans and combat boots and wowed the crowd with his rap skills during an extended version of 'You Need Me (I Don't Need You)', before performing his hit 'Lego House'.
Fans already knew the lyrics to new track 'Don't', about a singer who cheated on Ed in a hotel room with his friend.
Girls in the back of the venue whispered about reports it is written about Ellie Goulding but Ed kept quiet on the subject matter.
The singer-songwriter went on to perform hits 'Drunk, 'Gimme Love' and ' I See Fire' from 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug', along with new ballad 'Tenerife Sea', a stunning love song written at the Grammys.
He explained how he went to the ceremony with his parents and felt out of place. The song's honest lyrics make it one of the best tracks he's played so far from the new record.
Ed spoke to the crowd in hushed tones and got fans to quietly sing along, before whipping them into a frenzy with his impressive falsetto, harmonies and rap beats layered with a new loop pedal.
"I want you to act as if it's a festival Sunday", he told the crowd, after thanking them for giving up their bank holiday to watch him play.
He slowed things down again with 'One' and 'The A-Team', which still never fails to bring tears to your eyes, before bowing out with 'Sing', his up tempo new single produced by Pharrell Williams, which had the crowd singing the track's riff on repeat until the lights came up, and no doubt until the next morning.
The concert was the second of three secret 'Multipy' gigs after he performed at a pub in Ipswich and later headed to Dublin.

Calvin Harris insists he can still live a normal life despite being famous.
The superstar DJ, who has a weekly residence at Hakkasan club in Las Vegas, claims he only really gets noticed in the UK and America when he's with his pop star girlfriend Rita Ora.
Calvin explained: "I need to be in LA because I have a gig in Las Vegas every week.
"Now I have to cope with all this hot weather and sexy people.
"I'm lucky I can get to do music and do well and still do normal stuff unless I'm out with the missus - then I get a lot of attention."
But the star, who has been dating the 'R.I.P' hitmaker on/off since May last year, insists he doesn't have to deal with being in the spotlight too much because the couple don't see each other very often.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: "We see each other like four days every two weeks, so it's like an issue when she's around. We'd probably get sick of each other if we had a whole month (together)."
Meanwhile, the 30-year-old DJ is celebrating his sixth UK number one with new track 'Summer', which sees him return to the microphone.
He explained: "I had two albums out before the last one, where I used to sing every song.
"(Now) if I have a song that I think suits my voice, I'll just do it myself. Most people don't even know it's me who sings."