Today sees pop superstar Ellie Goulding release her new anticipated fifth album ‘Higher Than Heaven’ via Polydor. Featuring singles ‘By the End of the Night’, ‘Easy Lover’, ‘Cure for Love’, ‘Let It Die’ and ‘Like a Savior’, the album is jam-packed with infectious hits. The release follows the success of ‘Miracle’ with Calvin Harris – Miracle, which entered the UK Official Chart at #3 and is hotly tipped to top the Official Singles Chart this week.
Higher Than Heaven has seen Ellie enlist some of pop music’s finest to craft the album with her, Greg Kurstin (Sia, Maggie Rogers, Elton John), Jessie Shatkin (Charli XCX, Years & Years), Koz (Sam Ryder, Madonna, Dua Lipa) and Andrew Wells (Halsey, Yungblud), with the finished record seeing Ellie put her own spin on modern pop music. ‘Higher Than Heaven’ sees Ellie’s signature vocals take centre stage whilst the production is pop music at its finest with stomping basslines, soaring synths, and euphoric melodies.
Speaking about the new album Ellie explains “I’m so glad to finally share this album with the world. When I listen back to it I visualize myself floating, slowly downwards but never falling. I hope everyone takes something positive away from it – I want people to listen to this record and want to dance and fall in love with each other and themselves.”
Earlier this year, Ellie returned to the stage for two sold-out intimate shows at London’s iconic KOKO in Camden where she captivated audiences with a set consisting of her previous hits alongside recent singles and some exclusive new music from the forthcoming album. The Evening Standard heralded the show as “a glorious display” and awarded her five stars. Later this year Ellie will embark on her ‘Higher Than Heaven European Tour’ beginning 16th October in Dublin.
To date Ellie has celebrated 10 platinum singles, three #1 albums, two BRIT Awards, a GRAMMY Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination. She has sold over 27 million albums and 218 million singles, amass 43 billion streams worldwide. Ellie is also one of the most streamed female artists on Spotify with over 8 billion streams. With over 50 million followers combined on her social platforms, she also earned YouTube’s Diamond Award with 10 million subscribers on her YouTube channel and over 6.8 billion views globally.
Alongside her incredible music career, Ellie is a long-standing activist and philanthropist who uses her platform to engage young people with global issues. In 2017, Goulding was awarded the UN’s New Voices Award, and in recognition of her wider activism became a goodwill ambassador for UN Environment. Earlier this year, Goulding also became a TIME100 Impact Award winner and shortly after, announced her ambassadorship with the WWF.
HIGHER THAN HEAVEN EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
OCTOBER
Monday 16 – Dublin, Ireland, 3Olympia Theatre
Wednesday 18 – Glasgow, Scotland, Barrowland
Thursday 19 – Newcastle upon Tyne, England, O2 City Hall
Friday 20 – Manchester, England, Academy
Monday 23 – Birmingham, England, O2 Institute
Tuesday 24 – London, England, Roundhouse
Friday 27 – Paris, France, Bataclan
Monday 30 – Utrecht, Netherlands, TivoliVredenburg
Tuesday 31 – Brussels, Belgium, Citque Royale
NOVEMBER
Thursday 02 – Milan, Itay, Fabrique
Monday 06 – Cologne, Germany, E Werk
Tuesday 07 – Berline, Germany, Huxleys Neue Welt