![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So Goulding steeps her heartbreak in offbeat, twilight imagery in the video for Anything Could Happen, she floats along a sci-fi coastline – and has a profuse nosebleed. Goulding is now in a long-distance relationship with US dubstep mega-producer Skrillex her distorted vocals featured on his 2011 track Summit, and she adds that they have collaborated on further songs: ‘They don’t sound like me or him – the chemicals change into something else.’She seems happy with this idea of transformation, pointing to her love of novelists such as Haruki Murakami (‘I like storytellers that give you a false sense of security, then suddenly sweep you into this crazy world.’). I’m not as technical as my boyfriend with music I just go by my instinct.’ ‘I play guitar, bass, drums, but I’m not afraid to use a programme to make records. ‘I like sounds that you would hear in space, or on a different planet,’ she says. This might be a break-up record, but Goulding sounds vitalised here her floaty vocals have an enhanced fierceness and the instrumentation sounds impressively intrepid too. ‘Joy started as a sad ballad,’ she explains,‘but I listened to it on my headphones when I went for a run, and once it came together with the choir and strings, I wanted to cry, because I was so happy with it.’ Halcyon’s richly emotive pop swells from the tremulous Don’t Say A Word to eerily catchy current single Anything Could Happen and the moody undercurrents of Joy. I experienced a break-up and thought, unfortunately, this record is going to be about a broken heart.’ ‘This album is a product of what I’ve experienced in the past two years there was a fast phase of everything I’ve wanted to write spilling out. ‘When I listen back, Lights sounds quite naive but it suited the time in my life,’ she says. Delirium is the record that I feel the most personal affection and nostalgia for, so please notice that I. I am going Halcyon and Halycon days as one because the reissue is no better or worse than the original. She explains that she didn’t have a starting theme for Halcyon, only that she wanted to create a ‘bolder, more soulful’ sequel to Lights. All Ellie Goulding albums ranked, from best to worst 1. ![]()
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