"2step" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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from his fifth studio album '' ='' (2021), appearing as the ninth track on its track listing. It was written by Sheeran,

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and Andrew Wotman, and produced by the latter two. A remix featuring American rapper

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was released on 22 April 2022, making it the fifth and final single from the album. It was sent to

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radio in the United States three days later. On 2 May 2022, Sheeran released a version of the song featuring Ukrainian pop-rock band

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, and later released an additional 12 "global remixes" of the song, with artists from Finland, India, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil.

Background

Sheeran said that he wrote this song from the "lowest point of confidence" telling Dev: "Every song I did, I would send in and just get a lukewarm reaction. I went into the studio and just wrote about being really low on confidence and I think that's probably one of my favorite songs on the album.

Promotion and release

On 19 August 2021, Sheeran announced his fifth studio album, '' ='' in which the song is listed number ninth on the tracklist. On 29 October 2021, "2step" was released alongside other album tracks that appeared on the album ''=''.

Lyric video

A lyric video for the song was uploaded on Sheeran's

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account on 29 October 2021 along with the other lyric videos of the songs that appeared on the tracklisting of ''=''.

Music video

The music video for the song, filmed in

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and directed by Henry Scholfield, was uploaded to

on 22 April 2022. The video was filmed prior to the February 2022 invasion, and all revenue from YouTube streams are earmarked for Ukraine.

Track listing

*Digital download, streaming and CD – Single #"2step" (featuring

) – 2:43 *Digital download and streaming – The Remixes #"2step" (featuring Lil Baby) – 2:43 #"2step" (featuring Ultimo) – 2:34 #"2step" (featuring

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) – 2:33 #"2step" (featuring

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) – 2:34 #"2step" (featuring Ellinoora) – 2:33 #"2step" (featuring

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) – 2:33 #"2step" (featuring Budjerah) – 2:33 #"2step" (Star.One Remix) – 3:25 #"2step" (featuring Chefin) – 2:44 #"2step" (featuring reezy) – 2:33 #"2step" (featuring Quevedo) – 2:33 #"2step" (featuring Denise Chaila) – 2:33 *Digital download and streaming – Single #"2step" (featuring

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) – 2:33

Credits and personnel

– vocals, guitar, production, songwriting, writing *

– production, songwriting, writing *

– drums, keyboards, production, programming * Andrew Watt – guitar, keyboards, production, programming * Stuart Hawkes – mastering *

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– mixing * Paul LaMalfa –

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References

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