The music video for " Sing " was released exclusively to Sheeran 's Facebook page on 22 May 2014 , and added to Vevo and YouTube on 23 May , exactly a month before the album was released . It follows a puppet caricature of Sheeran on a night out , during which he gets drunk , steals a mic ( from actor Peter Kwong from Big Trouble in Little China ) and sings karaoke , goes to a strip club and picks up Sheeran and Pharrell from a studio in his truck . Throughout the video Sheeran is seen playing his guitar in front of an optical illusion-esque backdrop . The puppet is currently in Sheeran 's safekeeping , but he has " no idea how to work it yet " . The puppet was closely modelled on him , down to his clothes and tattoos . Sheeran and Pharrell received the award for Best Male Video at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards for the video
2014 MTV Video Music Awards
2014 MTV Video Music Awards
Sing (Ed Sheeran song)