Beyoncé And Ed Sheeran Finally Performed 'Perfect Duet' Together: Watch And Cry

Despite releasing "Perfect Duet" more than per year ago, Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé never linked up for a live efficiency of the doe-eyed ballad — probably because she's been off touring with spouse Jay-Z, while he's been playing stadiums of his own. Yet that finally changed on Sunday (December 2), any time the English language crooner and the Lemonade legend took the stage with each other in South Africa at Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, a star-studded event honoring the legacy of Nelson Mandela.


For their inaugural efficiency of brilliant Duet," Sheeran and his trusty guitar joined a fuschia-clad Bey onstage at Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium, in front of a group of nearly 100,000 people. As seen in the footage below, the stripped-back stage design kept the focus entirely on the pair, as fans sang along and lit up the stadium with cell phone lights. Their harmonies were heavenly, their musical chemistry was stunning, and it also was simply... Perfect.


"Perfect Duet," a re-recorded version of Sheeran's lovestruck Divide ballad — and several a couple's wedding song within the past year — topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five straight weeks starting in December of last year. It marked Beyoncé and Sheeran's first group effort on wax, though the two had previously teamed up for a acoustic efficiency of "Drunk in Love" at another Global Citizen Festival, in 2015. Judging by the magic they make onstage with each other, hopefully they'll treat fans to more joint performances soon.