Brightest Blue

Brightest Blue is the upcoming fourth studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding. It is scheduled to be released on 17 July 2020 through Polydor Records. Originally scheduled for 5 June 2020, the album's release was delayed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album is preceded by two singles: "Worry About Me" and "Power", and features guest vocals from Blackbear, Diplo, Juice Wrld, Lauv, serpentwithfeet and Swae Lee. It is Goulding's first album since Delirium (2015).

Brightest Blue
Digital album cover;[1] physical editions feature artist name,[2] while Target edition features alternate colours[3]
Studio album by
Ellie Goulding
Released17 July 2020 (2020-07-17)
Recorded2017–2020
Length56:35
LabelPolydor
Producer
Ellie Goulding chronology
Delirium
(2015)		 Brightest Blue
(2020)
Singles from Brightest Blue
  1. "Worry About Me"
    Released: 13 March 2020
  2. "Power"
    Released: 21 May 2020

Background

In January 2017, Goulding announced that work on new music had begun.[4] In April of the same year, producer BloodPop revealed on social media he was in the studio with Goulding.[5] That same month, Goulding released a collaboration with Kygo entitled "First Time".[6] On 24 October 2018, she released "Close to Me" with Diplo and Swae Lee.[7] She told The Guardian in early 2019, "It's very much written by me." She further discussed three new songs: "Flux", "Love I'm Given" and "Electricity".[8]

In July 2019, Goulding stated that her next material to be released would be the songs "Woman I Am" and "Start".[9] In November, she released her rendition of Joni Mitchell's Christmas song "River", which topped the UK Singles Chart, becoming her third UK number-one single and the last UK number one song of the 2010s.[10] In a March 2020 interview with Heart, Goulding revealed that the album "kind of comes in two parts," adding that she plays the guitar, bass and piano on the project.[11] During an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, she described the album as having two sides, revealing that the first side will features songs written entirely by her, while the second is described as being "like an alter ego" and contains the majority of singles released from 2018 to 2020.[12]

Release and promotion

On 27 May 2020, Goulding announced Brightest Blue as the album's title, alongside its cover artwork, release dates and formats, and track listing. The album's pre-order was made alongside the announcement.[13] The first side, Brightest Blue, features 13 total tracks, while the second EG.0, features the previously-released "Close to Me", "Hate Me" and "Worry About Me", as well as two new tracks.[14] Originally scheduled for release on 5 June 2020,[15] it was later delayed to 12 June, and later to 17 July of the same year.[16]

Singles

On 13 March 2020, Goulding released "Worry About Me", a collaboration with Blackbear, as the first single from the album.[17][18] The accompanying music video, directed by Emil Nava, was released the same day.[19] Upon the song's release, it received generally positive reviews from music critics.[20][21] Commercially, the song debuted at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart.[22] On 21 May 2020, "Power" was released as the album's second single.[23][24] The accompanying music video was directed by Imogen Snell and Riccardo Castano, and was released later the same day.[25] It peaked at number 86 in the UK.[26]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Apple Music metadata.[1]

Brightest Blue – Side A track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Start" (featuring serpentwithfeet)
5:07
2."Power"
  • Scott
  • Coffer
3:11
3."How Deep Is Too Deep"
3:25
4."Cyan"
  • Kearns
  • Eliot
  • Starsmith
0:57
5."Love I'm Given"
  • Goulding
  • Kearns
  • Eliot
 3:29
6."New Heights"
  • Kearns
  • Wimberly
4:12
7."Ode to Myself"
  • Goulding
  • Kearns
Kearns1:51
8."Woman"
  • Kearns
  • Starsmith
  • Teplin
3:47
9."Tides"
  • Goulding
  • Kearns
  • Dow-Smith
Starsmith3:51
10."Wine Drunk"
  • Goulding
  • Kearns
Kearns0:48
11."Bleach"
  • Goulding
  • Kearns
  • Kearns
  • Wimberly
3:17
12."Flux"
  • Goulding
  • Kearns
  • Eliot
  • Kearns
  • Cooke
3:50
13."Brightest Blue"
  • Goulding
  • Kearns
  • Eliot
  • Kearns
  • Eliot
4:49
Total length:42:34
EG.0 – Side B track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Overture"James Wyatt
  • Wyatt
  • Kearns
1:17
2."Worry About Me" (featuring Blackbear)
Ilya2:59
3."Slow Grenade" (featuring Lauv)
3:37
4."Close to Me" (with Diplo featuring Swae Lee)
3:02
5."Hate Me" (with Juice Wrld)
  • Watt
  • The Monsters and the Strangerz
  • Evigan
  • Gian Stone[b]
3:06
Total length:14:01

Notes

Release history
Release dates and formats for Brightest Blue
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 17 July 2020
Polydor [1][2][3]

References
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  2. "Ellie Goulding Store". Official Website. United States. 27 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue (Target Exclusive, CD)". Target Corporation. United States. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. "Ellie Goulding plans to drop new music when she gets the urge". MnNews. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. "Summer 17 @elliegoulding". Bloodpop. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020 – via Instagram.
  6. Meadow, Matthew (27 April 2017). "Listen to Kygo and Ellie Goulding's New Collaboration, "First Time"". Your EDM. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  7. Bein, Kat (23 October 2018). "Ellie Goulding Teases 'Close To Me' Collaboration With Diplo and Swae Lee". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. Beamont, Ben (1 January 2019). "Interview Ellie Goulding: 'I'm finally myself again'". Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  9. Gannon, Louise (20 July 2019). "Ellie Goulding on swearing off men – and then finding The One". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  10. "Ellie Goulding scores third UK Number 1 single". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  11. "Ellie Goulding's new album will be split between classical and her 'alter ego' pop". Official Charts Company. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  12. "Ellie Goulding: Worry About Me". YouTube. United States. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020. The album, there's two sides to it, and the first side is entirely written by me and I play most of the instruments, and I produced it and did everything. And then, the second half is kind of like — the best way to describe it is like an alter ego where I'm putting the songs on it that I've released, basically, all the songs that have ended up on the radio and the songs that I’ve written with other people, and perhaps not quite as serious and not quite as heartfelt, but still my songs. So, I had to separate them because it's just not the same.
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  14. Monroe, Jazz (27 May 2020). "Ellie Goulding Details New Album Brightest Blue". Pitchfork. United States: Condé Nast. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  15. "Ellie Goulding's new album, coming this summer, is about "becoming a woman"". News Break. 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  16. Lars Brandle (28 May 2020). "Ellie Goulding Sets New Album 'Brightest Blue,' Featuring Juice WRLD, Swae Lee, Lauv & More". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  17. "Ellie Goulding Releases New Single "Worry About Me" Featuring Blackbear". Pressparty. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  18. Claire Shaffer (13 March 2020). "Ellie Goulding Hunts Down Blackbear's Clones in 'Worry About Me' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  19. "Ellie Goulding, blackbear – Worry About Me (Official Video)". YouTube. United States. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  20. Wass, Mike (13 March 2020). "Ellie Goulding Asserts Her Independence on 'Worry About Me'". Idolator. United States: Hive Media. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  21. Nunes, Caian (13 March 2020). "Escute 'Worry About Me,' novo single de Ellie Goulding em parceria com Blackbear" [Listen to 'Worry About Me,' Ellie Goulding's new single in partnership with Blackbear]. POPline (in Portuguese). Brazil. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  22. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. United Kingdom. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  23. Wass, Mike (20 May 2020). "Ellie Goulding Announces New Single 'Power'". Idolator. United States: Hive Media. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  24. "Ellie Goulding Releases 'Power' from Forthcoming New Album". Pressparty. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  25. "Ellie Goulding – Power". YouTube. United States. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  26. "UK Singles (Official Charts Company)". Official Charts Company. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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