Ellie Goulding took over Billboardon Instagram on Friday (July 17) to talk about her new double album Brightest Blue in this week’s edition of First Stream +.
Filming from his London home, the pop star opened up about the inspiration behind his long-awaited fourth LP, which comes almost four years after 2015. Delirium. “It was written a few years ago in New York,” he says of Brightest Blue in the IGTV exclusive. “But I went back to the songs, changed them a little bit, made them a little more relevant to who I am now. I just dumped all my honesty and all my vulnerability and my past relationships, all of that I have included in this album and, you know, I will deal with the consequences another time.
“And then the second half is much more my character than I play, which is where I pretend to be this incredible woman, powerful, without excuses, incredible, where I am invincible and I’m not afraid of anything. Which is not real me, but a character that I like to play, “he continues, pointing to his character on tracks like Juice WRLD’s collaboration” Hate Me, “” Worry About Me, “and” Close to Me, “assisted by Blackbear, with Diplo and Swae Lee.
“They all end with ‘I’, that was not intentional,” Goulding jokes as he sits at the piano. “I, I, I. That’s why it’s called the album EG.0from that side The other, side A, is completely opposite to that. It’s just me putting my heart on my sleeve and putting everything out there for everyone to enjoy. “
Elsewhere in the video, the British pop singer takes a break from making quarantine shakes to make fun of what fans can expect from her upcoming tour. “I think it will be much more minimal and I will take fewer people with me,” he says in the clip. “It’s going to be more about moi … I’ll have a one-man gang situation.”
Brightest Blue is now available through Polydor. Watch Goulding’s exclusive IGTV video for Billboard down.
