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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 Radio Has Changed My Songwriting

Radio is not as influential right and let's say TikTok or or social media is how does it change how you write a song? I'm not going to like pretend that I don't pay any attention to that stuff I think it's crazy for someone's play I just write songs, he says. "I want to ignore the pressures of TikTok and of social media and I'm I going to be playing on radio like here" He adds: "It's so unpredictable but it's not necessarily a bad thing yeah tell me about your new record."

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