Personal Life and PhilanthropyĪfter the release of her 2020 album, “Brightest Blue”, Ellie Goulding went on record to speak about how the album was her most personal yet. That all changed with the release of “Brightest Blue”, her fourth album the double-sided, 18-track album was lauded as her “career-best” in an album review by The Independent. I just think it perhaps wasn’t an Ellie Goulding record.” However, Ellie Goulding later said in an interview with BBC News that although she liked the album, she felt that “a really brilliant pop record. She named artists such as Bon Iver and Bjork as some of her biggest influences in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone.Įllie Goulding’s third album, “Delirium”, was released in 2015, received positive reviews from critics, and debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200.
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She had a lot to be proud of, like singing at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding reception, winning a Brit Award for British female solo artist, and being featured on the soundtrack to the blockbuster movie “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. This success is even more impressive once you learn that Ellie Goulding is a self-trained singer, as she mentioned in a 2012 interview with Carson Daly.Įllie Goulding also released her second studio album, “Halycon” that same year the album received a respectable 6.6 out of 10 from the notoriously critical music review website, Pitchfork, where they lauded her “instantly identifiable voice.” The single “Lights” off the album initially gained popularity in the UK but blew up internationally after it was remixed with an electronic energy. Ultimately, it's the unexpectedly appealing combination of Goulding's distinctive voice and the melismatic R&B bent of the songs on Delirium that makes for such an ecstatic listen.Her debut “Lights” (or “Bright Lights”) signaled her first steps into the music industry – but some might argue that it was more of a giant leap. There are also enough passionately heartfelt EDM anthems, like the effusive "Army" and bubbly, Ibiza-ready "Devotion," to please longtime Goulding fans. That said, Goulding's voice has always fit well in the contemporary pop landscape and even when you get the sense that she's trying on someone else's sound, as in the CeeLo-esque "Around U" and the swoon-worthy "Codes" with its '90s Brandy-meets- M83 vibe, the sheer craftsmanship of the material alone keeps you listening. Whereas Halcyon may have required several listens to grow on you, Delirium grabs you with immediately hooky, danceable tracks like "Something in the Way You Move," "Keep on Dancin'," and "Don't Need Nobody." Some of the more R&B-leaning cuts like the Police-meets- Rihanna single "On My Mind" seem at first like an odd fit for Goulding's highly resonant, throaty chirp of a voice. Halcyon also benefited from a similarly collaborative approach, but Delirium feels less distinctly personal, bigger in scope, and brimming with a pressurized commercial energy. Helping Goulding to achieve this are a handful of uber-pop producer/songwriters, including Sweden's Max Martin ( Britney Spears, Taylor Swift) and Carl Falk ( One Direction, Nicki Minaj), Savan Kotecha ( Ariana Grande, One Direction), Greg Kurstin ( Sia, P!nk), and others. While Delirium isn't devoid of this electronic atmosphere, it's somewhat more mainstream in its tone, and finds Goulding expanding her sonic palette with a melodically catchy set of more R&B-infused songs. Goulding's previous effort, 2012's Halcyon, was a hypnotically ambient, lightly experimental album that balanced catchy pop hooks with textural electronic soundscapes. British chanteuse Ellie Goulding returns with her highly anticipated third studio album, 2015's expertly produced Delirium.
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