Armaan Malik collaborates with Ed Sheeran on new song 2Step; Akasa Singh says he’s ‘putting India on the map’

Armaan Malik made a surprise announcement on Monday as he revealed that he has collaborated with English singer Ed Sheeran on his new song 2Step, which is due to release on Tuesday. The original version of the song was release in 2021 as part of Ed Sheeran’s 2021 album Equal. The second version featuring Armaan summarises the trials and tribulations of an artist’s life and journey. Also Read| ‘Lata Mangeshkar, Bappi Lahiri, Sidhu Moose Wala and now KK’: Armaan Malik calls it a black year for music industry

Armaan took to his social media accounts on Monday to share the poster of 2Step, which features a butterfly against an orange backdrop. The poster also read, “Ed Sheeran- Step (feat. Armaan Malik).” Armaan simply captioned the picture, “Out tomorrow,” adding a butterfly and a red heart emoji, and tagged Ed Sheeran.

It marks the second international collaboration for Armaan, who had previously featured on the 2021 song Echo with K-pop star Eric Nam and American music producer KSHMR. Several of his friends from the music industry congratulated him on his collaboration with Ed, and singer Akasa Singh even said that he is making a name for India with his international collaborations. She wrote, “DAMN, putting India on the map. Killing it, @armaanmalik so proud.”

Armaan’s brother, singer Amaal Mallik, commented, “What a song can’t wait…Big moves.” Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi commented heart-eyes emoji, while Tara Sutaria, wrote, “Mad proud of you always.”

Meanwhile, Armaan spoke to Rolling Stone about his collaboration with Ed Sheeran. He said, “I’m beyond excited to be featured on this version of ‘2Step’ with Ed Sheeran! He’s always been such an inspiration, and I’m a big fan of his music and incredible songwriting. This is a huge moment not only for me, but also for other Indian artists too. I genuinely believe that this will be the beginning for a lot more collaborations of this nature.”