I was trying to not be too honest and, I don’t know, maybe I was trying to be someone else. On my third album, I was trying to cover up who I really was as a writer. When you say that this music is more reminiscent of your early work, how do you mean? The songs are also more reminiscent of my early years of writing, but, at the same time, I’m exploring different chord progressions I don’t normally use. To me, this whole album could be a film about my life, and it will be interesting to see how we make it come alive. What are you most excited for fans to hear coming from this new perspective?
There was a lot of getting to know who I was, but then kind of became friends with her, and that was the inspiration behind the album. to go back to being a normal human being again that didn’t have to put on a show every night. I look back and think, “Who is that girl?”, you have to be this other person every night, and suddenly you become that person. Initially, it was scary to confront who I was without masking it with the persona I’d had on tour for so many years. Was that a difficult place to be? Or did you feel ready to be there? 💙x ( I AM SO EXCITED WEE) (link in bio)Ī post shared by elliegoulding on at 11:03am PDT I spent a year figuring out what the last 10 years of my life has been about, and that gave me a lot to think about. It was like when you have a bunch of really thin necklaces tied up together. I spent so many years touring and ignoring what was happening to me and around me. I found it so fascinating that I could reach this new place in my life. It sounds simple, but it was an awakening to realize that I could have a lot of love for myself instead of expending it all on someone else and allowing them to dictate your happiness.
I could respect myself and love myself, which was a new thing. But I was also going through a period of independence and feeling like I was getting to a place where I could appreciate myself a lot more than I used to. So it’s partly a response to that time living in a hectic place. I’d spend days in the studio reminiscing about being in the middle of nowhere, being nostalgic. The madness of the city and the way that people live there made me very introverted. It started while I was living in New York. This album has been in the making for the past three years. What were some of the inspirations behind Brightest Blue? I like the idea of being able to make music that takes people’s minds off of things. I’m kind of in the uplifting mode at the moment. But other times I want to write a song that’s just to dance to or that’s uplifting. I’ve written songs that are designed to make you think, songs about my father, my ballad called “I Know You Care,” which is a really, really sad song. The songs from my childhood are the ones with a catchy chorus that people can sing along to, and maybe not think about too much. My take on it is that I think it’s really important to keep writing songs that are just good pop records.
I used to write about going out and just boys, really.
I wonder how these songs will be directly related to this situation, or whether people are going to go down the route of escapism. What has been on your mind as an artist who is releasing new music during a time when people really want an escape from our current reality? It’s raw, intimate and exactly what fans have been waiting for from the pop star. Like, if I’m making a cake, it’s got to be eaten.”Ī lot has changed since then, including the release date for the Brit’s highly-anticipated fourth LP (and first in five years), Brightest Blue, which is finally set to drop on July 17 after being delayed. “And as soon as I make something, it can’t stick around. And I’m not talking about healthy stuff, I’m talking about cakes,” Goulding says with a laugh. “The only issue is that I’m cooking too much and then instantly eating everything that I make. Official COVID-19 lockdown measures, in both Canada and the singer’s native United Kingdom, are barely two weeks old at this point, so we’re both still firmly in phase one of self-isolation: endless baking. When I first reach Ellie Goulding by phone to talk about her new album, it’s nearing the end of March.
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