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14 years ago, singer Ed Sheeran hilariously confused a lot of people when he released a music video for his song "Lego House." While the man singing in the video certainly looked like Ed – and moved his body like Ed – and grabbed the mic on stage like Ed, it wasn't Ed. Squint your eyes just a little, and you'll see it's actually Rupert Grint, best known as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

The strawberry-haired doppelgangers could be brothers. And although the lyrics to "Lego House" appear to have been about a relationship that's dying, the video told a whole different story. In it, Grint plays a man who seems to BE Ed, as he walks around lip-syncing to the beautiful, aching song. But as we get further along in the video, we find out that in actuality, he's an obsessive fan who finally gets apprehended while on Ed's concert stage. The love story, it would seem, was between a stalker and his idol.

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The YouTube comments are, of course, filled with Harry Potter fans. Seemingly addressing Grint, one declares, "You were seen by a million Muggles! Do you have any idea how serious this is? You have risked the exposure of our world!"

Cut to last week: Sheeran drops the release of a new follow-up song/video entitled "A Little More" wherein, you guessed it, Grint stars as the same fan, newly released from prison where it seems he's been for the last 14 years. This time, he's haunted by visions of his nemesis look-alike EVERYWHERE. The song is an absolute joyous bop, despite the rather dark, heavy subject matter – of limerence and obsession.

But good news! The character seems to learn to live with the obsession, even meeting a woman and marrying her. This doesn't mean Sheeran is out of the picture. In a completely (to use Sheeran's word) "bonkers" moment, he appears as a second bride next to Grint during the wedding ceremony. Then, in what can only be described as a fantasy-epilogue, the two men frolic, romantically dancing with Sheeran dressed as a winter bride.

The truth is, according to Sheeran, the song is actually about an ex or just that someone who gets deeply stuck in the crevices of your mind. He also gives fans his full permission to use the song toward their exes, in whatever form that takes. He writes on an Instagram post, "Releasing something this personal always feels really bare and open, but I always find the deeper and more honest I go with lyrics, the more people connect to it. Also, who knew I looked so amazing in a wedding dress. The sound is up now if you wanna start making videos directed to your exes with the song, I wanna see em all, get creative gang."

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Grint and Sheeran adorably discuss getting mistaken for one another. Grint shares a time when a famous musician actually approached him as though he were Sheeran, but claims he was too embarrassed to correct him. Someone in the comments reveals of the friendship, "The cutest thing is that now even their daughters are friends."

Even Google, ever the marketing geniuses, got in on the fun, writing in an Insta post: "Ed Sheeran – Rupert Grint… Anyone else seeing double? You may need to do a little more searching to figure this one out…"

Redditors were at the ready. In the subreddit r/popheads, the video is posted with lots of comments in just a week's time. Many are excited for Sheeran's upcoming album, Play. One fan writes, "It's so goofy and fun, I have always loved Ed Sheeran, but this goofiness mixed with the actual bop just elevated my love for him."

And this person jokes: "And just when I finally got over my confusing crush on Rupert Grint."