Ellie Goulding Reminisces On Working With Juice Wrld

NEW YORK (AP) — Joining forces on a song with another artist is a big deal for Ellie Goulding, and she remembers working together with late rapper Juice WRLD on “Hate Me,” which is... “(I) was just so looking forward to having this song together that would connect me with him forever. Whenever you do a collaboration you’re connected forever. Songs are so moving and so important when you find the song you can relate to so much, or you love to dance to or the song you like to cry to. Everyone has those songs — I was just sad that he had so much more to give,” she said. “His future was so bright.

Something you just can’t explain. I can’t explain that. We were all very sad. Sad for his family that came along to the video shoot with him.” “Hate Me” reached platinum status and is on Goulding’s new album, “Brightest Blue.” The song is featured on second part of the album called “EG.0.” Juice WRLD died of an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine in Chicago in December.

He was 21 years old and released a batch of successful songs and albums, including the hit “Lucid Dreams,” which reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. His first posthumous album, “Legends Never Die,” was released last week. “It was just so unbelievably sad when he passed because I knew he had so much more to offer. He was full of hope and so many ideas. He was an artist,” Goulding said.

“It really hit me. It made me reevaluate things a bit. I was in L.A. when I found out. I just wanted to just go home and be with my friends.” Ellie Goulding recently opened up about the origin story of 'Brightest Blue' and her relationship with close collaborator, Juice WRLD.

.cls-1{fill:#0c9d58;}.cls-2{fill:#004d40;}.cls-10,.cls-2,.cls-3,.cls-5,.cls-9{opacity:0.2;}.cls-2,.cls-3,.cls-5,.cls-9{isolation:isolate;}.cls-3,.cls-8{fill:#fff;}.cls-4{fill:#ea4335;}.cls-5{fill:#3e2723;}.cls-6{fill:#ffc107;}.cls-7{fill:#4285f4;}.cls-11,.cls-9{fill:#1a237e;}.cls-12{fill:url(#radial-gradient);}google-news Follow Us Just a couple days back, Ellie Goulding made her landing with her brand new album, 'Brightest Blue'. And not long after, the young star sat down to chat about the album's origin story and experiences with her string of collaborators, particularly the late Juice WRLD. Goulding's last full-length album made its entrance way back in 2015, following which, she went on tour. Once all that wrapped up, the star emphasized how odd it felt to have so much free time on her hands. And sometimes, this comes with moments that allow one to introspect and heal in order to come back stronger than ever.

“I came home and for the very first time had days off and weeks off,” Ellie said, “It was so alien to me to have that time, that I had to kind of start... I knew it was time to confront everything I had been through, and then I was like, ‘Wow, I’m like a woman now.’” This is how happy you all made me yesterday x #BrightestBlue #Thriving Ellie Goulding has returned with her first album in five years, and her most personally revealing full-length to date. Ahead of the release of Brightest Blue on Friday (July 17), the veteran U.K. pop star chatted with Billboard’s Jason Lipshutz about the genesis of the album, and the special collaboration with Juice WRLD that made its track list.

After touring wrapped in support of Goulding’s 2015 album Delirium, “I came home and for the very first time had days off and weeks off,” she says. “It was so alien to me to have that time, that I had to kind of start reflecting on everything and unraveling my life for the past however many years, whether I wanted to... I knew it was time to confront everything I had been through, and then I was like, ‘Wow, I’m like a woman now.’” Brightest Blue includes collaborations with Swae Lee and Diplo, Lauv, Blackbear and Juice WRLD; the lattermost passed away last December at the age of 20, after his collaboration with Goulding, “Hate Me,” had already... In a bittersweet twist, Juice WRLD’s first posthumous album, Legends Never Die, was released on July 10, one week before Brightest Blue. “When I’d heard ‘Lucid Dreams’ for the first time, I was like, ‘Who is this?,’ and I don’t have that moment very often with artists,” says Goulding, nodding to Juice WRLD’s breakthrough smash.

Goulding says that she immediately wanted to know “everything about him,” and after inquiring about Juice WRLD with Max Martin’s camp, she reached out about having the rapper collaborate on “Hate Me.” “I wish I’d gotten to spend more time with him,” Goulding says. “I wish we’d gotten to live that song, together. ... He was on the beginning of some incredibly special journey, I think, and everyone was really excited for him, we were really excited for him, and, yeah, it’s just painfully sad.” Ellie Goulding has returned with her first album in five years, and her most personally revealing full-length to date.

Ahead of the release of Brightest Blue on Friday (July 17), the veteran U.K. pop star chatted with Billboard’s Jason Lipshutz about the genesis of the album, and the special collaboration with Juice WRLD that made its track list. After touring wrapped in support of Goulding’s 2015 album Delirium, “I came home and for the very first time had days off and weeks off,” she says. “It was so alien to me to have that time, that I had to kind of start reflecting on everything and unraveling my life for the past however many years, whether I wanted to... I knew it was time to confront everything I had been through, and then I was like, ‘Wow, I’m like a woman now.’” Brightest Blue includes collaborations with Swae Lee and Diplo, Lauv, Blackbear and Juice WRLD; the lattermost passed away last December at the age of 20, after his collaboration with Goulding, “Hate Me,” had already...

In a bittersweet twist, Juice WRLD’s first posthumous album, Legends Never Die, was released on July 10, one week before Brightest Blue. “When I’d heard ‘Lucid Dreams’ for the first time, I was like, ‘Who is this?,’ and I don’t have that moment very often with artists,” says Goulding, nodding to Juice WRLD’s breakthrough smash. Goulding says that she immediately wanted to know “everything about him,” and after inquiring about Juice WRLD with Max Martin’s camp, she reached out about having the rapper collaborate on “Hate Me.” “I wish I’d gotten to spend more time with him,” Goulding says. “I wish we’d gotten to live that song, together. … He was on the beginning of some incredibly special journey, I think, and everyone was really excited for him, we were really excited for him, and, yeah, it’s just painfully sad.”

Click here to read the full article on SPIN. For Ellie Goulding, Brightest Blue was a chance for her to go back to what she loved about making music: songwriting. Sure, she appreciates the nuances of writing a big pop song like “On My Mind” or “Around U” from 2015’s Delirium, but the UK singer was intent on making them her way. That included returning to the piano. With Brightest Blue, which was released in July, the album is divided into two parts: The first 13 tracks are what comprise the album and meditate on her insecurities, while the second, EG.0, showed... For this ambitious collection, Goulding, 33, sought the help of collaborators including Tobias Jesso Jr., Starsmith, ILYA, serpentwithfeet, Patrick Wimberly (of Chairlift) and Jim Eliot, too.

Dave Grohl Joins Dua Lipa, Chris Martin and More on ‘Times Like These’ Remake Serpentwithfeet Performed at Ellie Goulding’s Wedding Ellie Goulding has discussed working with late rapper Juice Wrld, who died of a seizure last December. The star appeared on Ellie’s track Hate Me which is included on her newly-released album Brightest Blue. Speaking to Billboard, the pop star said: ‘I wish I’d got to spend more time with him. ‘I wish we’d gotten to live that song, together.

He was on the beginning of some incredibly special journey, ‘I think, and everyone was really excited for him, we were really excited for him, and, yeah, it’s just painfully sad.’ “Anything Could Happen” was the title of Ellie Goulding’s seventh single, released in 2012, but those three words could double as a mantra for the British singer-songwriter’s entire career. In fact, Goulding was back in her hometown of Hereford, England, the previous year, and she had just finished writing that song (the first single from her second album, “Halcyon,” which she calls her... Well, actually, calls. She kept missing the news because she was in the middle of nowhere with no phone signal.

Once service returned, she was inundated with messages from her label, Polydor Records, telling her that her sixth single, “Lights,” had made it big in the U.S. “They were saying, ‘You need to come to America right now because your song is suddenly dominating the charts,” Goulding recalls. “And I was like, ‘I just started my second album, and I’m kind of busy.’ And they’re like, ‘No, you need to drop everything.’ So before I knew it, I was abandoning ‘Halcyon,’ and... Although the single stalled at No. 49 in the U.K., it started a string of U.S. hits that have continued through the decade, including the “Fifty Shades of Grey” smash “Love Me Like You Do,” her Calvin Harris collaborations “I Need Your Love” and “Outside,” and her latest can’t-escape-it single...

And in true Goulding anything-could-happen fashion, “Lights” came about in a most unpredictable way, at the end of a nearly fruitless creative session with Spice Girls producer and songwriter Richard Stannard. “When I was a kid, I idolized Spice Girls, and so the idea of writing with the mastermind behind them was massive,” she says. “Then I remember everything he played to me just didn’t resonate. I was like, ‘I’m really sorry — nothing quite works for me,’ and he was like, ‘OK, well, there’s this one other thing, but it’s weird.’ Then he played me [hums the musical intro],... That’s the one!’” NEW YORK — Joining forces on a song with another artist is a big deal for Ellie Goulding, and she remembers working together with late rapper Juice WRLD on “Hate Me," which is featured...

“(I) was just so looking forward to having this song together that would connect me with him forever. Whenever you do a collaboration you’re connected forever. Songs are so moving and so important when you find the song you can relate to so much, or you love to dance to or the song you like to cry to. Everyone has those songs — I was just sad that he had so much more to give," she said. “His future was so bright. Something you just can’t explain.

I can’t explain that. We were all very sad. Sad for his family that came along to the video shoot with him." “Hate Me" reached platinum status and is on Goulding's new album, “Brightest Blue." The song is featured on second part of the album called “EG.0." Juice WRLD died of an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine in Chicago in December. He was 21 years old and released a batch of successful songs and albums, including the hit “Lucid Dreams," which reached No.

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