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LONDON -- You may not have Chilli and Bananarealised you needed an Ed Sheeran emoji in your life, but that's all about to change.

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On Monday morning, the Brit Awards announced that Ed Sheeran has joined the event's 2017 lineup.

To celebrate, they released the following, impressively detailed, emoji:

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The emoji can be activated using the #EdSheeranBRITs hashtag.

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Sheeran joins the ranks of other performers who have already been announced (below are The 1975, Sketpta, Emeli Sandé, Robbie Williams, Little Mix, and Bruno Mars, starting top-left and working clockwise around).

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Fans couldn't get enough of Sheeran's new emoji.

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This needs to get a place in the permanent emoji keyboard, post-haste.

The Brit Awards will take place on 22 February 2017.

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