Ellie Goulding – Higher Than Heaven

[Juan Carlos]

New album tentatively out this year, which will be in the same vein as Delirium.

Brand new music is tentatively scheduled for later this year, and while that's not quite as exciting as bringing new life into the world, Goulding's stoked for fans to hear it nonetheless. She visibly brightens when talking about what a new album will sound like. While the songs on Brightest Blue felt emotional and introspective, this will be a return to lose-yourself-on-the-dance pop, and she's obsessed with getting the production right.

"I just like experimenting, and it's been really, really fun," Goulding says. "My voice really is always a defining thing, because it can't not be. But [pop production] really is like an art, and you go through so many processes to get the perfect pop song, and it's such a great feeling when you really feel like you've nailed it, you know?"

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I haven’t gone back to the last album much since it came out. I think it was too down-tempo for me and tbh I’ve never been a huge fan of Ellie’s ballads (though she does have some solid ones). I dream of a return to Halcyon but I’d accept Delirium too. Her voice definitely needs to be front and centre tho - even ahead of the production, which I think was why her singles (and hits) of the last few years didn’t really do it for me much.

[gbaby]

Random but anyone else think Awhora from RPDR seemed like a bougie rich bitch version of Ellie Goulding?

[Juan Carlos]

New music is expected to be released this summer.

[HEADOFTHEPACK]

100% here for a return to something more like Delirium. Her last album didn't stick with me at all. A couple of songs that got me, but I enjoyed Delirium consistently for a while.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Looks like she has a book coming out in September. Maybe it’s a fitness or wellness book? Not sure.

[rihannabiggestfan]

Omg yay. Brightest Blue is such a hidden gem

[kimberly]

May 27, 2021 10:00:26 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

Looks like she has a book coming out in September. Maybe it’s a fitness or wellness book? Not sure.

indeed. it's a fitness & diet focused with a self-help angle I think. or the description on Amazon gives me that impression, anyway.

[Juan Carlos]

Described as 'a dance thing from outer space'.

Ellie said the following to Joe Wicks on his BBC Radio 1 podcast.

"I spent a lot of time by myself, quite introspective. I had a backlog of things I wanted to write about. It was quite deep and emotional. And this album is the opposite of that. I found this dream team of writers, who just for some reason, without even having to talk about it, were all on the same page. Together we're on this mission just to have fun. We just want to make music for people to dance to and forget about everything in the past year."

[Caviar]

Finally

[Glove Slap]

Delirium is the best pop album of the 2010s. Anything within visible distance of it would be a masterpiece.

[Choco]

Excited for more upbeat Ellie. That last album was a mixed bag at best.

[Juan Carlos]

On the way.

[rihannabiggestfan]

For me it's Halcyon > Lights > Brightest Blue > Delirium. I really don't want something as generic as Delirium.

(And I feel like a lot of stans would like Brightest Blue more if it did better on the charts)

Excited for EG5!

[nightshade]

I'm definitely more Halcyon > Delirium = Lights >>> BB

[circadian]

Aug 26, 2021 14:06:39 GMT -5 rihannabiggestfan said:

For me it's Halcyon > Lights > Brightest Blue > Delirium.

Impeccable taste. Same here.

[Juan Carlos]

Ellie revealed to Munroe Bergdorf on her The Way We Are Spotify podcast that the album, which is labeled as 'pure dance', is ready to go. She wants the first song to be out 'pretty soon' and the album is slated to be released (hopefully, at the beginning of) next year. She also mentioned that she's going to talk to her label this week.

[Juan Carlos]

New music coming soon.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYzSpwZM6vt

[Juan Carlos]

A little gift (re: Sped Up version of "Lights") out this week.

[Ling-Ling]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfjlZpjjUpL

[Juan Carlos]

"Easy Lover", which features Big Sean, will be out on July 15.

[Dylan :)]

http://instagram.com/p/CgZ2IqJjRaC

[Juan Carlos]

Upbeat tracks. Dance and house music. No ballads.

[Juan Carlos]

"Easy Lover" performance tonight.

[Juan Carlos]

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performance.

[Deleted]

Now the promotion comes after its flopping!!! 🙄

[It's me, bitch.]

Sept 14, 2022 17:15:27 GMT -5 @silver16 said:

Now the promotion comes after its flopping!!! 🙄

It’s bad.

[schnetzka]

I am not a fan of when an artist releases a lead single from an album and then nothing about the album comes within months of it. Even if the song isn't doing well - I want the album.

[Max_X5]

Sept 15, 2022 13:20:41 GMT -5 schnetzka said:

I am not a fan of when an artist releases a lead single from an album and then nothing about the album comes within months of it. Even if the song isn't doing well - I want the album.

Very agreed. I'm really hoping this album comes out this year, or at the latest by March/April with a second single in January; it was so anticlimactic when she released "Close To Me" fall of 2018 and then we had to wait a year and a half for the album. Hopefully that won't be the case here. Really enjoying "Easy Lover" in the meantime though.

[Juan Carlos]

While we're waiting for this album, Halcyon will be re-released as Halcyon Nights on October 12 and it's going to have 31 tracks. This means that "Ritual", "In My City", "Without Your Love", the Tinie Tempah version of "Hanging On" and "Midas Touch" aren't going to be georestricted anymore.