Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran share a strong bond with each other Anna Webber/Getty Images for Atlantic Records

American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift wrote an adorable birthday message to Ed Sheeran on Instagram. The Give Me Love singer celebrated his 25th birthday on 17 February.

Sheeran won the song of the year award for Thinking Out Loud at the 2016 Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center on 15 February in Los Angeles. Swift wrote: "Looking back on the highlights of my life, there's a moment I'll never forget from a day in London about two years ago.

"I was in town to play the O2 and I was out shopping on my day off. My friend Ed Sheeran met up with me in this little shop where I was buying ballet shoes. He walks in and says 'you have to hear this new song. I think it's the best one I've ever written'. And then, as usual, he pulls out his phone and gives me headphones. I sat there on a bench in that store and heard 'Thinking Out Loud' for the first time, as little kids were picking out tutus and leotards next to us. Little did we know it would go on to be first dance song at countless weddings all over the world, become Ed's biggest hit, and eventually go on to win him Song of the Year at the 2016 Grammys.

"Ed and I had been on tour together all year on the Red Tour and we saw each other almost every day. I lived for the moments he would burst into my dressing room with a new song to play me. It happened so often that it became normal, and I don't think he ever knew how much it meant to me that he wanted me to hear his songs first. I don't think he ever knew how inspired I was by his drive and passion to constantly create new art. But it's his 25th birthday today, so I'm saying it now. You deserve everything you have, and everything you will continue to achieve, Ed."

"And an extra congratulations to the incredible Amy Wadge on your two Grammys," she concluded.

Meanwhile, at the Grammys 2016, Swift's 1989 won the coveted album of the year award, making her the first woman to win the award twice. She also won the best pop vocal album and best music video for her track Bad Blood.