--- title: Watch Ed Sheeran Admit to Ruining a Date by Bringing Legos description: The "Castle on a Hill" and "Lego House" singer explained his love for childhood toys in a funny new interview on the 'Graham Norton Show.' canonical: https://time.com/4643201/ed-sheeran-legos/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-23T17:03:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:21.114Z og:title: Watch Ed Sheeran Admit to Bringing Legos to a Date og:description: The "Castle on a Hill" singer shared one of his funnier dating anecdotes. og:url: https://time.com/4643201/ed-sheeran-legos/ 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: Watch Ed Sheeran Admit to Bringing Legos to a Date twitter:description: The "Castle on a Hill" singer shared one of his funnier dating anecdotes. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ed Sheeran Admit to Building a Pirate Ship With Legos on a Date > Sponsored content. 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There’s a room full of teddy bears,” he explained. “This is such an embarrassing interview now.” He further described one experience that definitely did not lead to sparks: he went on a date, brought a lego set (it was the _Pirates of the Caribbean_ pirate ship, he identified), made the lego set, and… left. As his fellow guest on the show Matthew McConaughey said: “That’s strong moves.” Watch the singer work through his dating woes above. Sheeran recently released two new singles [and a music video for “Castle on a Hill”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ibBPhiaG0) ahead of his long-awaited new album. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4643201/ed-sheeran-legos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4643201/ed-sheeran-legos/"},"headline":"Watch Ed Sheeran Admit to Building a Pirate Ship With Legos on a Date","datePublished":"2017-01-23T17:03:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:21.114Z","description":"He actually built a lego house—or, in this case, ship","url":"https://time.com/4643201/ed-sheeran-legos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4643201/ed-sheeran-legos/","name":"Watch Ed Sheeran Admit to Building a Pirate Ship With Legos on a Date"}}]}] ```