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After two years of watching live music while touring the world in support of her debut hit Lights, Ellie Goulding put together a very diverse playlist of songs she listened to constantly while making her new Halcyon album. The list of artists starts with the B's, as she puts it. "It's all the people beginning with B – Burial, Bjork, Bon Iver," she tells us. "Definitely Bjork is someone that I always have an affinity with, and not just the music, but her career and just the way she is. Burial's always been a huge influence on me." She saw Bon Iver at the Hammersmith Apollo, and the National is another band she discovered while at a festival in Ireland. Unable to keep the list to just a few artists, she graciously emailed Rolling Stone the wide range of songs that shaped Halcyon.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereSunday, October 21, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Listen to Ellie Goulding's Biggest Influences
After two years of watching live music while touring the world in support of her debut hit Lights, Ellie Goulding put together a very diverse playlist of songs she listened to constantly while making her new Halcyon album. The list of artists starts with the B's, as she puts it. "It's all the people beginning with B – Burial, Bjork, Bon Iver," she tells us. "Definitely Bjork is someone that I always have an affinity with, and not just the music, but her career and just the way she is. Burial's always been a huge influence on me." She saw Bon Iver at the Hammersmith Apollo, and the National is another band she discovered while at a festival in Ireland. Unable to keep the list to just a few artists, she graciously emailed Rolling Stone the wide range of songs that shaped Halcyon.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereFriday, October 19, 2012
Ellie Goulding Takes Over the Troubadour
A week after releasing her second album, Halcyon, U.K. singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding has taken over L.A. for a series of shows, including a sold-out hour-plus set at the Troubadour this past Tuesday night, which you can watch here.
"I love being in L.A.," she told Rolling Stone. "It's the place I've been the most other than London. I have friends here and I know people here."
It also helps that L.A. audiences have always made her feel welcome: "I feel like every time I've done a show here it's been really special." She's still getting used to playing the new material live, but with a full slate of touring under her belt following the breakthrough success of Lights, she feels the Halcyon songs are better suited for the stage.
"One of the things I love about this record is it's translated so well live," she said. "I feel so happy about this record because, live, everything sounds as it should.
"When we started rehearsing Lights years ago for live shows, it didn't translate in the way that I thought it would," she added. "You expect when you make a record that everything will get out there and sound the same, and it does if you just have a backing track. It's really important to me for everything to be live, so we don't have anything on track, really."
Without a lot of touring experience, she didn't envision playing the songs around the world. "I didn't think for a single second I was going to be performing those songs anywhere. I just didn't really think about it," she said. "It's really strange."
This time around, she made sure to take a lot more into consideration. That included the wide array of artists she's seen live, from Bjork to Mumford & Sons. She says all of those artists influenced Halcyon – and not just her boyfriend, Skrillex. Plenty of media scrutiny has been focused on their relationship: "I feel like sometimes when I speak to people I don't get to talk about me enough," she admitted.
The two did record a song together, "Bitter Sweet," which appears on the upcoming soundtrack to Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. "We just wanted to make a song together, really. There was nothing more to it than that," she said. "Someone ended up getting ahold of it, and somehow the producer from Twilight said that they loved the song and they wanted to use it as a theme song for the next Twilight. I really love it, and I'm really happy it's on the soundtrack."
But her number one priority is Halcyon, which she will start touring behind in January. Based on initial feedback from audiences, she can't wait to come back when people really know the songs on the new album. "This one, I feel like the reaction is different," she said. "You just respond to bigger noise and bigger sound. [And] people have said to me that Halcyon sounds bigger and fuller."
Monday, August 20, 2012
Ellie Goulding, 'Your Song' Live at Rolling Stone
Ellie Goulding stopped by Rolling Stone recently and stepped into the studio to play a few choice cuts off her debut album, Lights. On the album, Goulding covers the Elton John track "Your Song." Here she Goulding plays the cover, paying homage to the 1970 hit.
Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, is set for an October 8th release. Don't miss Goulding's performances of "Guns and Horses" and "Lights."
Ellie Goulding, 'Lights' Live at Rolling Stone
Ellie Goulding stopped by Rolling Stone recently and stepped into the studio to play a few choice cuts off her debut album, Lights. Here, Goulding plays the title track with an outpouring of emotion, her vocals soaring through the light dance track.
Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, is set for an October 8th release. Don't miss her performances of "Guns and Horses" and Elton John's "Your Song."
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Ellie Goulding, 'Your Song' Live at Rolling Stone
Ellie Goulding stopped by Rolling Stone recently and stepped into the studio to play a few choice cuts off her debut album, Lights. On the album, Goulding covers the Elton John track "Your Song." Here she Goulding plays the cover, paying homage to the 1970 hit.
Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, is set for an October 8th release. Don't miss Goulding's performances of "Guns and Horses" and "Lights."
Ellie Goulding, 'Lights' Live at Rolling Stone
Ellie Goulding stopped by Rolling Stone recently and stepped into the studio to play a few choice cuts off her debut album, Lights. Here, Goulding plays the title track with an outpouring of emotion, her vocals soaring through the light dance track.
Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, is set for an October 8th release. Don't miss her performances of "Guns and Horses" and Elton John's "Your Song."
Ellie Goulding, 'Guns And Horses' Live at Rolling Stone
Ellie Goulding stopped by Rolling Stone HQ recently and stepped into the studio to play a few choice cuts off her debut album, Lights. Here Goulding plays the single "Guns and Horses," taking on the track with just an acoustic guitar and her piercing vocals.
Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, is set for an October 8th release. Don't miss Goulding's performances of "Lights" and Elton John's "Your Song."
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Ellie Goulding, 'Guns And Horses' Live at Rolling Stone
Ellie Goulding stopped by Rolling Stone HQ recently and stepped into the studio to play a few choice cuts off her debut album, Lights. Here Goulding plays the single "Guns and Horses," taking on the track with just an acoustic guitar and her piercing vocals.
Goulding's second studio album, Halcyon, is set for an October 8th release. Don't miss Goulding's performances of "Lights" and Elton John's "Your Song."
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Skrillex is Dating Ellie Goulding
Skrillex is Dating Ellie Goulding.C Flanigan/Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CW Dubstep star Skrillex has spent much of the past year on the road, but sources tell Us Weekly that the producer has been dating British pop singer Ellie Goulding. According to the source, the two met through mutual acquaintances in the record industry in Los Angeles, where he lives and she has been spending much of her time.
"It's a really cool new romance and they get along perfectly," the source explains. "They're really good together. Everybody thinks it's awesome. Both of them are so talented. It's a great L.A. romance for her now that she hasn't been in London."
Skrillex, also known as Sonny Moore, has been riding high in recent months. On top of headlining several festivals and selling out a string of live dates in Los Angeles and New York City, the producer took home three Grammys on Sunday night, including Best Dance Recording for his song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites."
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click HereSaturday, February 18, 2012
Skrillex is Dating Ellie Goulding
Skrillex is Dating Ellie Goulding.C Flanigan/Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CW Dubstep star Skrillex has spent much of the past year on the road, but sources tell Us Weekly that the producer has been dating British pop singer Ellie Goulding. According to the source, the two met through mutual acquaintances in the record industry in Los Angeles, where he lives and she has been spending much of her time.
"It's a really cool new romance and they get along perfectly," the source explains. "They're really good together. Everybody thinks it's awesome. Both of them are so talented. It's a great L.A. romance for her now that she hasn't been in London."
Skrillex, also known as Sonny Moore, has been riding high in recent months. On top of headlining several festivals and selling out a string of live dates in Los Angeles and New York City, the producer took home three Grammys on Sunday night, including Best Dance Recording for his song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites."
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here
