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Ellie Goulding: How She Went From Writing Acoustic Songs in Her Bedroom to Making Massive Synth-pop Hits like “Burn” and “Lights”

The Great Creators with Guy Raz

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How to Write an Album That's Not Personal

I just when I hear music it will just kind of start to build a story in my head like a kind of script and I just start thinking of who were the characters. Brice was very much my own all from a personal experience so it was really refreshing to write something that wasn't remotely about Ellie Golding. When it comes to my own things I have to write on my own right and then bring it back which was kind of what I did on brightest blue but Brice wasvery much my own  and you know voila and then it just happens.

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