For her first solo release since her 2023 Higher Than Heaven LP, Ellie Goulding returns to the spotlight with her new singe ‘Destiny,’ which she’s credited as helping her through the heartbreak of a failed marriage.
Admitting how getting back into the studio slowly contributed to her feel stronger in the wake of her split with Caspar Jopling, the now 38-year singer/songwriter told NME:
“It doesn’t matter how strong a character you have, when it comes to separating from your husband, you can never be strong enough for that. It’s like a grieving process because you’ve lost not just the person, but the life that was projected for you.” “It was a long process, and it felt really triumphant to start waking up in the morning and, little by little, starting to feel it less. It’s never gone away, and only time will tell if it ever will… but it’s been a process of everyday feeling a little bit better.” “That to me was such a victory. To be able to channel things like that into poetry and lyrics, and then put it into songs like Destiny, it just felt like a triumph.” “I felt proud that I’d taken these steps to feel myself again. We’re never gonna escape pain; we have to use it for good and make it into something,” adding that she “didn’t know what else to do” apart from turn to music to overcome her heartbreak.
About her new single, the mother of four-year-old son Arthur, said:
“I first heard this track when I had recently separated from my husband. This was at a really turbulent time for me because I was trying to navigate what felt like a separation of all separations.” “It was a marriage, not just a relationship. I didn’t know what else to do other than make music.” “So I saw Jack Rochon, who was producing mostly trap music at the time, playing guitar on Instagram in such a beautiful way that I was immediately fixated. So I DM’ed him saying I wanted to work with him, and we met up that same day to start the journey.”
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Author: Saul Goode
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