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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”

May 16, 2023

52:59

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Great Creators: Ellie Golding's Rise to Fame

2min

The Story of Ellie Golding

2min

The Shy Kid Who Sings

2min

The Shy Thing About Singing

3min

The Influence of Music on My Life

3min

The Importance of Having a Career in Music

2min

How to Sing in Front of Other People

3min

The Risk of Quitting University

3min

10.

The Great Creators Interview With Ellie Golding

3min

11.

The Importance of Connection in Music

3min

12.

How Ellie Golding Approaches Songs

5min

13.

How to Collaborate With Someone on a Song

4min

14.

How to Make Pop Music Fun Again by Writing Songs That Are Less About You and More About Others

3min

15.

How Radio Has Changed My Songwriting

4min

16.

How to Write a Record

3min

17.

How to Write an Album That's Not Personal

2min

18.

The Ellie Goldings' Love Story

5min

19.

The Great Creators for Built-in Productions

2min

Singer Ellie Goulding has had 35 different songs chart in the UK, the most of any female artist ever. In this episode, Ellie shares how she first broke out of her shell performing original songs to her college classmates. She talks about finding her own sound by using her unique voice in collaboration with some of the biggest producers in the world of EDM. And she explains why she calls her new album "Higher than Heaven" her least personal record yet.

Links from the show:

The music video for Under the Sheets

Pitchfork: How Ellie Goulding Uses Her Voice as an Instrument

Ellie singing Your Song at the Royal Wedding

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