Ed Sheeran's new Brit Awards emoji is so damn adorable

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

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.