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Huge pop star looks unrecognisable as he showcases striking new look with a black wig and lip piercing – but can YOU guess who it is?

Huge pop star looks unrecognisable as he showcases striking new look with a black wig and lip piercing – but can YOU guess who it is?

A huge pop star shocked fans as he showed off a striking new look on Monday.

The chart-topping singer took to his Instagram to share a new selfie in which he rocked a black wig with a sweeping fringe and a lip piercing.

Gazing into the camera, he also sported tinted black sunglᴀsses and a grey beanie cap as he posed for the moody snap.

The new image is a far cry from his usual look, with the performer usually rocking his distinctive red locks.

The singer-songwriter has bagged multiple Brit and Grammy Awards throughout his impressive career, in addition to 14 UK number one singles. 

But can YOU guess who it is? 

A huge pop star shocked fans as he showed off a striking new look on Monday

A huge pop star shocked fans as he showed off a striking new look on Monday

The chart-topping singer took to his Instagram to share a new selfie in which he rocked a black wig with a sweeping fringe and a lip piercing

The chart-topping singer took to his Instagram to share a new selfie in which he rocked a black wig with a sweeping fringe and a lip piercing

Yes, it’s Ed Sheeran!

The Shape Of You hitmaker, 34, shared a plethora of snaps on his Instagram, captioning the selection: ‘Azizam promo week selfie dump, choose your fighter.’

On his first unrecognisable image, he wrote: ‘⁠Genuinely had a MySpace pH๏τo like this when I was 14.

Fans of the pop star were quick to react to his new look, with one writing: ’emo sheeran wasnt on my bingo card today but slay.’ 

With another adding: ‘you look like so many different people in this.’ 

It comes after Ed surprised Londoners with a lunchtime performance outside of King’s Cross station on Friday.

The singer was dressed in a vibrant pink T-shirt as he set up in front of a backdrop of a large pink heart emblazoned with the word ‘Azizam’ in white – the name of his new song.

Fans were delighted as Ed played his acoustic guitar and belted out hit songs including Shape Of You, Perfect and Bad Habits.

Yes, it's Ed Sheeran!

Yes, it’s Ed Sheeran!

Read More Ed Sheeran reveals the ‘awkward’ conversation he was forced to have with Elton John article image

It followed a morning of promotions for the singer, as he travelled around the capital on a pink double-decker bus to celebrate his upcoming eighth studio album.

It isn’t the first time that Ed has surprised commuters with an impromptu performance at a train station.

In November, Ed shocked pᴀssers by as they appeared out of a large Sky Broadband platform set up in the train station.

Meanwhile, Craig David, 43, recently delighted commuters as he performed five of his hit tracks while a member of the public accompanied him on the public piano in the train station.

As crowds of excited commuters gathered, Craig kicked-off the surprise performance with his 2000 single 7 Days before moving onto his 2003 track Rise & Fall.

Alicia Keys also delighted commuters when she performed on one of the public pianos at St Pancras in December last year.

Meanwhile, Ed recently revealed he had to have an awkward conversation with Elton John about how he often mispronounces his name, even though the two have known each other for 15 years.

It comes after Ed surprised Londoners with a lunchtime performance outside of King's Cross station on Friday

It comes after Ed surprised Londoners with a lunchtime performance outside of King’s Cross station on Friday

The singer, 34, was dressed in a vibrant pink T-shirt as he set up in front of a backdrop of a large pink heart emblazoned with the word 'Azizam' in white - the name of his new song Fans were delighted with the surprise

The singer, 34, was dressed in a vibrant pink T-shirt as he set up in front of a backdrop of a large pink heart emblazoned with the word ‘Azizam’ in white – the name of his new song

Ed joined Capital Breakfast’s Jordan North, Chris Stark, and Sian Welby to discuss his new single Azizam, which was released on the same day, as well as his upcoming eighth studio album.

During the interview, the presenters wanted to know Ed’s thoughts on Elton frequently mispronouncing his name and shared a video of Elton doing so.

Kicking off the conversation, Chris said: ‘Got to ask you this, right? So we went to Elton John’s house this week… We need to settle something. Have a listen to this.

He then played an audio clip of Elton from a Capital interview where he said: ‘I mean Ed Sheer-an playing in living rooms.’

Ed laughed and admitted that he previously had an ‘awkward conversation’ with the music legend to clear up how to pronounce his name.

The singer joined Capital Breakfast's Jordan North, Chris Stark, and Sian Welby to discuss his new single Azizam, which was released on the same day, as well as his upcoming album

The singer joined Capital Breakfast’s Jordan North, Chris Stark, and Sian Welby to discuss his new single Azizam, which was released on the same day, as well as his upcoming album

The presenters wanted to know Ed's thoughts on Elton frequently mispronouncing his name and shared a video of Elton (pictured this month) doing so in a previous interview

The presenters wanted to know Ed’s thoughts on Elton frequently mispronouncing his name and shared a video of Elton (pictured this month) doing so in a previous interview 

He explained: ‘I’ve actually had the awkward conversation with him being like ‘I’ve known you for 15 years, it’s not Sheer-an’ but it’s just one of those things. I actually have had that conversation.’

Chris responded: ‘You can’t argue with him can you.’ to which Ed replied: ‘Well I can, I can and I do, but, but I don’t know it’s quite nice…’

Jordan then added: ‘It’s kind of like when your nan just says something, and you know she said it wrong and you just have to go with it haven’t you.’

Admitting that he will always be ‘Ed Sheer-an’ to Elton, Ed chimed in: ‘And it’s just his way, it’s like how my parents always call me Edward, I’m not Ed to them, always Edward and I’ll always be Ed Sheer-an to Elton.’

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