We Dare You Not to Cry After Reading Taylor Swift's Birthday Message to Ed Sheeran

Singer took to Instagram to share her thoughts

By Lily Harrison Feb 18, 2016 2:38 AMTags
Ed Sheeran, Taylor SwiftAnna Webber/Getty Images for Atlantic Records

Consider yourselves warned: You'll probably want to get out the tissues before you read Taylor Swift's birthday message to Ed Sheeran.

The "Out of the Woods" singer took to Instagram to pen a heartfelt note to the new Grammy winner and it's enough to make us have all the feels, honestly.

"Looking back on the highlights of my life, there's a moment I'll never forget from a day in London about two years ago. I was in town to play the O2 and I was out shopping on my day off. My friend Ed Sheeran met up with me in this little shop where I was buying ballet shoes."

T.Swift continued, "He walks in and says, ‘You have to hear this new song. I think it's the best one I've ever written.' And then, as usual, he pulls out his phone and gives me headphones. I sat there on a bench in that store and heard 'Thinking Out Loud' for the first time, as little kids were picking out tutus and leotards next to us. Little did we know it would go on to be first dance song at countless weddings all over the world, become Ed's biggest hit, and eventually go on to win him Song of the Year at the 2016 Grammys."

But wait, she didn't end there! Swift added that "Ed and I had been on tour together all year on the Red Tour and we saw each other almost every day. I lived for the moments he would burst into my dressing room with a new song to play me. It happened so often that it became normal, and I don't think he ever knew how much it meant to me that he wanted me to hear his songs first.

"I don't think he ever knew how inspired I was by his drive and passion to constantly create new art. But it's his 25th birthday today, so I'm saying it now. You deserve everything you have, and everything you will continue to achieve, Ed." OK, we're not crying, you are.

As if we weren't already in a puddle of Kleenex filled with happy tears, the songstress had one final note for someone other than the birthday boy himself:

"And an extra congratulations to the incredible Amy Wadge on your two Grammys."

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