--- title: Ed Sheeran Lookalike Viral PHOTOS description: Photos of the two-year-old British girl went viral after fans started noticing the uncanny resemblance to "Shape of You" singer Sheeran. canonical: https://time.com/4710912/ed-sheeran-lookalike/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-23T16:15:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:11.059Z og:title: Mother of Ed Sheeran's Toddler Lookalike Wants Them to Meet og:description: The "Shape of You" singer's tiny doppelgänger is apparently also a fan. og:url: https://time.com/4710912/ed-sheeran-lookalike/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mother of Ed Sheeran's Toddler Lookalike Wants Them to Meet twitter:description: The "Shape of You" singer's tiny doppelgänger is apparently also a fan. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'Hopefully One Day.' 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 23, 2017 4:15 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 23, 2017 4:15 PM UTC The world is full of fake Ed Sheerans: [Rupert Grint](http://time.com/4709948/rupert-grint-ends-ed-sheeran/), this fellow [aspiring musician](http://time.com/4354290/ed-sheeran-doppelganger-lookalike/?iid=sr-link2), and even a two-year-old girl named Isla Walton, complete with distinctive red hair. Last week, photos of the British child began to circulate online, resulting in a viral frenzy as viewers noted the surprising resemblance between the famous “Shape of You” singer and the toddler—despite their age difference. On Wednesday, Isla’s mother Zoe Walton even shared her thoughts on her daughter’s newfound fame [with E! News](http://www.eonline.com/news/837840/mother-of-ed-sheeran-look-alike-baby-reacts-to-daughter-going-viral). The takeaway: “hopefully one day” the real Ed Sheeran and his generations-younger doppelgänger will have a chance to meet. (It’s not such a wild dream, by the way beacuse he has interacted in the past with both Grint and his less-famous counterpart, 21-year-old [Ty Jones](http://time.com/4354290/ed-sheeran-doppelganger-lookalike/).) “I can’t believe how viral it has gone,” she added of her daughter’s images. But maybe it shouldn’t be so much of a surprise: [his album _Divide_](http://time.com/4696438/ed-sheeran-music-album-divide/) is topping charts worldwide at the moment. The icing on the cake is that, [according to her aunt](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/meet-worlds-youngest-ed-sheeran-lookalike/), little Walton is even a young fan of Sheeran’s music. 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