In his hit single “2step,” British artist Ed Sheeran sings about how dancing with the woman he loves makes his troubles disappear. That line has special resonance for the Ukrainian band Antytila, whose members are now fighting Russia, and who just released a remix of “2step” with Sheeran to benefit the war effort.
The Perfect singer teams up with the band, whose members have become soldiers fighting for their country amid Russia s invasion, after they reached out to ask to collaborate with the Grammy winner on social media.
with vocals from ukrainian singer matt everitt has more. where does this story start? because the track s happened quite quickly, but the genesis of it goes back a little. basically, the start of it is someone showing me an instagram feed from this singer called andriy khlyvnyuk who is of ukrainian band, boombox. and he is in a square in kyiv wearing military fatigues and carrying a gun and hejust bursts into this song. with all the ukraine stuff going on, itjust struck me that, as it s acappella, one can turn this into something
Taras Topolya, the lead singer of the rock band Antytila, thanked British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran for organising a charity concert for Ukraine in Birmingham.