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14 years later, Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint delight fans with a brand new video collaboration

"You were seen by a million Muggles!"

By Cecily Knobler

14 years ago, singer Ed Sheeran hilariously confused a lot of people when he released a music video for his song "Lego House." While the man singing in the video certainly looked like Ed – and moved his body like Ed – and grabbed the mic on stage like Ed, it wasn't Ed. Squint your eyes just a little, and you'll see it's actually Rupert Grint, best known as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

The strawberry-haired doppelgangers could be brothers. And although the lyrics to "Lego House" appear to have been about a relationship that's dying, the video told a whole different story. In it, Grint plays a man who seems to BE Ed, as he walks around lip-syncing to the beautiful, aching song. But as we get further along in the video, we find out that in actuality, he's an obsessive fan who finally gets apprehended while on Ed's concert stage. The love story, it would seem, was between a stalker and his idol.

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💀 7 toxic evening habits that silently keep you stuck in life (and how to fix them)

Your evening routine might be the reason you’re not living your best life. Let’s fix that.

By kat hong

It’s the end of another exhausting day. You promise yourself that tonight will be different. Tonight, you’ll read that book collecting dust under your bed, text your friend back, or maybe even do some evening meditation to center yourself. But somehow, three hours later, you’re in bed watching TikToks about which Girls character you are, and it hits you: this feels bad. Like, really bad.

Here’s the thing about evening habits: in the moment, they feel innocent and harmless, but they’re basically the psychological equivalent of termites eating away at the foundation of your life. Behavioral researchers discovered that the hours between dinner and sleep represent something called a “vulnerability window,” a time when your willpower is shot and your brain is desperately seeking comfort. Ah, the perfect conditions for self-sabotage.

My heart wasn’t ready for this kind of sign. 🦊

🤖 That song you love may have been written by AI. But how can you tell?

It's frustrating not knowing if what you're listening to is real.

By Cecily Knobler

There you are scrolling the Internet when a catchy song comes on to accompany a reel. Before you know it, it becomes a gentle little earworm you can't escape. All the elements of "good music" seem there: a soulful lead singer, nice melody, rockin' (okay, competent) drum beat, and maybe even relevant lyrics?

You're vibing with it, so you do some research. Who is this band? How long have they been around? When did this song come out? But then—plot twist!—you learn there were actually no humans involved in the making of this folk song (other than coders who created the software). And yet, that didn't stop it from climbing to number one on the UK charts.

The comments under this YouTube clip are genius. One person writes, "You can hear the pain in his motherboard." Another quips, "Loved this song since I was 8-bit old, now at 64GB this brings back a lot of memories." Maybe the best? "My wife used to love this song, we (would) just listen to it while driving on the highway. She passed in 1998. She was a toaster, I'm a calculator."

🤦 Leading psychologist shares the trick to learning new skills when it feels so frustrating

What are the frustrating barriers holding you back?

By Tod Perry

Everyone has a particular skill they’d like to learn, but many of us fall short of our goals due to frustration. After a few hours of playing guitar, your fingers hurt. It’s upsetting to shank the golf ball every time you try your pitching wedge. You want to finish a novel, but the writer’s block gets in the way.

Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist, mom of three, and author of Good Inside: A Practical Guide to Being the Parent You Want to Be, says that instead of seeing frustration as a hindrance, it’s time to recognize it for what it is: a sign that you’re acquiring a new skill. “The more we understand that the frustration and struggle is actually a sign we’re [learning], not a sign we’re doing something wrong, it becomes a lot easier to tolerate,” Kennedy told CNBC's Make It.