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See Oli Sykes and Ed Sheeran confirm Bad Habits studio version in FaceTime call

“Make sure it goes proper death growl at the end!” Watch Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes confirm a studio version of Bad Habits – due out this Friday.

See Oli Sykes and Ed Sheeran confirm Bad Habits studio version in FaceTime call
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Emily Carter
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A week on from their BRITs performance of Bad Habits, Bring Me The Horizon and Ed Sheeran have confirmed that they'll be releasing a studio version this Friday (February 18).

The revamped cover will be hitting streaming services very soon, with Ed and BMTH frontman Oli Sykes sharing a FaceTime video call in which they discuss recording and releasing it soon after their live rendition last Tuesday.

"There are so many people asking for a studio version," Oli tells Ed of the cover, with the pop star replying: "We have to get one out." After confirming that he'll get recording his vocals, Ed then has one particular request for Oli: "Make sure it goes proper death growl at the end!"

Watch the chat below:

Last week, Ed also revealed that he plans to write a song with Horizon, having been a longtime fan of the band (and a subscriber of yours truly back in the day).

"We're going to write a song together," he said. "Playing with Bring Me The Horizon was a dream. I got in touch with [Oli] and we were going to write together but then the pandemic happened, so we were in touch – I've been a fan for a long time.

"Oddly enough that's the kind of music I grew up listening to and had a Kerrang! subscription and I listened to it constantly."

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