Write all your own music and have your biggest hit with that one song you didn’t create. It happened to Ellie Goulding with world success Love me like you do. The singer released her fifth record on Friday Higher than heaven publishes, telling NU.nl that she sometimes feels frustrated about it.
“I especially notice that my fans are very confused,” laughed Golding when NU.nl asked her about the success of songs like NU.nl. burn And Love me like you do. He reached number one in the United Kingdom and top ten in the Netherlands with two singles. Golding wrote little or nothing for these songs. “I found it difficult,” she admits.
“It would be nice if people see me as a composer, producer and singer. I don’t want to be remembered for a song from a movie about gangsters,” he says with a laugh. Love me like you do. This song was used for the soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades of Grey.
Goulding knows that, for example, on his previous album Bright blue Reached low audience. “Some people know those songs, but I still think it’s a strong album. But as an artist you think everything you do is touched by God. If you don’t feel that way, there’s no point in putting it out. People don’t hear it, and you think: How is that possible? That’s your ego. “
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‘I’m not writing about my pregnancy, but about what occupied me as a teenager’
Although fond of his previous record, Goulding took a completely different tack this time around. Higher than heaven It’s almost the opposite Bright blueIt is very experimental and has unique lyrics.
Many artists use each interview to underline how personal their new album is. Not Ellie Goulding. This time she wrote about things very different from what she had experienced.
“The first nine months I Higher than heaven Worked and I was pregnant. At first no one around me knew it. It’s hard to explain why I’m so sick.”
The singer then thinks she wants to escape from reality. It came out during the studio sessions for the recording. “I didn’t write about my pregnancy, but about love, passion and madness. Basically all the things I wrote about when I was a teenager. The nostalgia that came out of it was great.”
‘Right Time For Pop Bangers After Lockdown’
Goulding again worked with great pop producers and writers such as Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia) and Julia Michaels. “We were all on the same wavelength. We got back together after the lockdown and we were full of energy and fun. It was the perfect time to write big pop bangers for everyone to dance to.”
“It was the first time that everything happened very naturally with the writers I worked with. We mostly followed our instincts and didn’t think about every step ten times. I usually do that, so it’s better to let it go. Let it go,” she says with a laugh.
Goulding is touring Europe in the fall, including a concert at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht. He noticed at his first show recently how much fun he’s having singing new songs. “Singing songs with a personal story can be heavy live. It’s refreshing to do this light material.”
Ellie Goulding & Calvin Harris: een gouden duo
Ellie Goulding en Calvin Harris blijven maar bij elkaar terugkomen. De zangeres en de Britse dj hebben al driemaal samen een single geschreven en opgenomen. Telkens zijn hun nummers een succes in de hitlijsten.
- I Need Your Love (2013) was een topvijfhit in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. In de Verenigde Staten haalde het ook de top twintig. Spotify: 425 miljoen streams. YouTube: 830 miljoen views.
- Outside (2014) deed het minstens zo goed met een topvijfnotering in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en een plek in de top tien in Nederland. Spotify: 837 miljoen streams. YouTube: 659 miljoen views.
- Miracle (2023) brengt Goulding en Harris weer terug naar de top van de hitlijsten. In het Verenigd Koninkrijk heeft het nummer de tweede plaats al bereikt met uitzicht op de eerste plek. Het is daar ook het meest beluisterde nummer op Spotify van dit moment. In Nederland staat het nummer al in de top tien van Spotify.
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