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English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was in town last week, where he played two shows at the National Stadium and Capitol Theatre on Feb 16 and 17 respectively.
Those who follow the ginger-haired superstar on Instagram would have seen his IG Reel of local content creator Denise Teo, aka Supercatkei, hosting him on a food tour here.
They tried their hands at making teh tarik, and also visited Lau Pa Sat, where the singer feasted on local hawker fare including satay, laksa, and chicken rice.
Simply put, Denise, 26, became the envy of every Ed Sheeran fan in the span of one morning. And as Ed fans ourselves, 8days.sg had to speak to Denise to find out more about what the experience was like.
For those not in the know, Denise is a full-time live streamer with 180K followers on IG and over 81K followers on Twitch, and she has been sharing gaming and music content since 2020. The Ngee Ann Poly School of Film & Media Studies alum is also the host of You Got Watch’s game show, Battle of The Names.
While Denise did thank Warner Music Singapore in her IG post for the chance to host Ed during his time here, she declined to go into detail on how she landed the opportunity and if she had signed a non-disclosure agreement.
She did share about her interaction with the music superstar. “We didn’t have a lot of time as he had his sound check in the afternoon, but I did manage to sneak in some brief chats here and there. We talked about how his tour was going so far and reminisced on his previous shows in Singapore.”
Denise is a huge Ed Sheeran fan, and was in the audience at his first show in Singapore in 2015.
So yes, no surprises that she was really nervous about meeting him.
“[But] I wanted to represent Singapore well so I had to put all my nerves aside!” she chuckles, adding that the singer is “as genuine and kind as they say”.
An unforgettable memory from that day for her was being able to pass Ed, who turned 33 on Feb 17, gifts after they were done with filming.
“I gave him my Supercatkei socks and also a handwritten birthday card. He seemed like he liked it, and was really appreciative,” she says.
“We were initially going to take some photographs (a play on his song ‘Photograph’) together at the Solace Studio photo booth because they have exclusive Ed Sheeran frame designs, but we were afraid of the traffic to Lau Pa Sat so we had to give that a miss,” she adds.
By now you would have read or seen clips of JJ Lin’s surprise guest performance at the concert on Feb 16. The two sang JJ’s hit song ‘Twilight’ (不为谁而作的歌), with Ed belting out part of the chorus in… Mandarin.
Turns out, Denise was already privy to the surprise before the concert.
“We were in the car on the way to Lau Pa Sat when he casually mentioned bringing JJ Lin on! I just said “What???!” because I was just so taken aback by that collaboration. We all laughed and they shared that they were hoping for that response of confusion but also excitement,” recalls Denise.
And that’s the kind of perk you get from hanging out with Ed Sheeran.
Watch Denise hanging with Ed in the IG reel below.