most successful British musicians of the past decade. Or, at least, say he is George Ezra. ‘So then one of them went, “Oh, can I FaceTime my daughter and get you to say hello?” I said, “Yeah, of course,” and we waited, then this woman picked up and the bloke went, “Look who I’m with!” This poor woman’s face…’ She had absolutely no idea who her father’s new drinking buddy was, so Ezra just grinned, pointed to his own face, and said, ‘It’s Ed Sheeran!’Ezra delights in recounting this tale because it illustrates his curious place in pop culture.