- It's surprising how many words I don't know to any song.
Who gave me champagne?
(finger popping)
Jesus, I didn't realize it was so bloody serious.
Hi, I'm Ellie Goulding, and I'm gonna play a game
of "Song Association with Elle."
I'll be given a word and I'll have 10 seconds
to put that word in a song and sing it.
I think I will do poorly, just a prediction,
but hopefully well.
But before we get into the game,
I would like you (chuckling) to check out my new song?
Bloody champagne. (laughing lightly)
- [Production Member] Do you want more?
- Yes.
But before we get into the game,
make sure you check out my new song, "Easy Lover,"
which is streaming on all platforms;
I think, I assume, I hope.
(Ellie blowing lips)
Alive.
(clock ticking) ♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪
♪ Stayin' alive ♪ (bell dinging)
That's "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees;
I don't know the words, but I know that bit.
I got it.
(finger popping)
Yellow.
(clock ticking) ♪ I came alive ♪
♪ Until I cross all you and everything you do ♪
♪ And it was all yellow ♪ (bell dinging)
♪ All yellow ♪
♪ Oh you know I'm stealing bones ♪
♪ Turn in to something beautiful ♪
♪ You know for you I'll bleed myself dry ♪
♪ For you I'll bleed myself dry ♪
Coldplay?
The inspiration behind my music, I guess,
is a combination of my childhood,
where I grew up, my pathetic...
the pathetic romantic in me and yeah,
like past relationships; past relationships with my friends.
But I'd say my biggest inspiration
is love and relationships and heartbreak,
'cause I just find it totally fascinating.
Glamorous.
(clock ticking) ♪ G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S ♪
(bell dinging)
♪ I could put you in first class ♪
♪ Up in the sky ♪
Uh-huh. (laughing)
Who gave me champagne?
There's no going back now, that's it.
Take.
(clock ticking) ♪ Take ♪
(bell dinging) ♪ On me ♪
♪ Take on me ♪
♪ Take me on ♪
♪ Take on me ♪
♪ I'll be gone in a day or two ♪
Um... (laughing)
Is it "A-ha?"
Easy.
(clock ticking)
♪ Easy lover ♪ (bell dinging)
♪ Keep it cool on me ♪
♪ Don't be cruel to me ♪
♪ Cause I know you've done it before ♪
♪ Easy lover ♪
♪ Keep it cool on me ♪
♪ Give it all to me ♪
That's my song, "Easy Lover;"
stream it now. (tongue clicking)
My new song, "Easy Lover" is featuring Big Sean,
one of my favorite artists,
and I wrote it about five years ago
when I was doing like a little writing trip in LA
and I was working with one of my favorite producers,
Greg Kurstin, who's produced everything
from like Beck to Adele.
On that particular day, I was with Julia Michaels,
and I'd wanted to work with her for a long time,
and we decided to write a song about going back
to the same toxic person even though you know
that it's really bad for you;
I think it's a tale as old as time.
You're sort of moving around the studio playing drums,
playing guitar, playing keys,
and then we came up with this thing and yeah,
and that's how the song came about.
Good.
(clock ticking) ♪ I just wanna look ♪
(bell dinging) ♪ Good for you ♪
♪ Good for you aha ♪
♪ I just wanna look good for you ♪
♪ Good for you aha ♪
(Ellie vocalizing melody)
♪ Real nice ♪
♪ Just wanna look good for you ♪
That was Selena Gomez and A$AP Rocky I think?
Fantasy.
(clock ticking) ♪ And it's just ♪
♪ A sweet sweet fantasy ♪ (bell dinging)
♪ Baby ♪
(Ellie laughing lightly)
Mariah Carey, "Fantasy?"
♪ And when you walk right every night ♪
♪ Talking sweet and looking fine ♪
♪ I get kinda hectic in inside ♪
♪ Oh baby I'm so into you ♪
♪ Darling if you only knew ♪
♪ All the things that through my mind ♪
It's surprising how many words I don't know to any song.
Fighter.
(clock ticking) ♪ A little bit stronger ♪
(Ellie vocalizing melody)
♪ Thanks for making me ♪
♪ A fighter ♪ (bell dinging)
Yeah? Christina Aguilera?
Lights.
(clock ticking) ♪Turn out the lights ♪
(bell dinging) ♪ In here baby ♪
♪ Extra bright I want y'all to see this ♪
♪ You're not the lights in here baby ♪
♪ Know what I mean want you to see everything ♪
♪ Want you to see all of the lights ♪
(Ellie vocalizing melody)
I'm not gonna do Kanye's part.
Love.
(clock ticking) ♪ Baby it's you ♪
♪ You're the one I love ♪ (bell dinging)
♪ Baby you're the one I need ♪
♪ You're the one I'll always ♪
♪ Come on baby it's you ♪
(Ellie vocalizing melody)
♪ Finally make everything stop ♪
♪ You put my love on top ♪
♪ Baby you're the one that I love ♪
♪ Baby you're the one I need ♪
♪ You're the one I'll always see ♪
♪ Baby it's you ♪
Beyonce?
Stars.
(clock ticking)
♪ Cause you're a sky cause you're a sky ♪
♪ Full of stars ♪ (bell dinging)
♪ I wanna give you my heart ♪
♪ I don't care come on and tear me apart ♪
♪ I don't care if you do ♪
♪ Cause you're a sky cause you're a sky ♪
♪ Full of stars ♪
♪ I think I see you ♪
Coldplay.
I like Coldplay.
Girls.
(clock ticking) ♪ Phone rings ♪
♪ In the morning night ♪
♪ My father says ♪
(Ellie mumbling words)
♪ Life right ♪
(Ellie vocalizing melody)
♪ Still number one ♪
♪ Oh girls ♪ (bell dinging)
♪ They wanna have fun ♪
♪ Oh girls just wanna have ♪
♪ That's all they really want ♪
♪ Some fun ♪
♪ When the world is saying night ♪
♪ Oh girls they wanna have fun ♪
Burn.
(clock ticking) ♪ When the light started out ♪
♪ They don't know what they heard ♪
♪ Strike the match play it loud ♪
♪ Giving love to the world ♪
♪ We'll be raising our hands shining up to the sky ♪
♪ Cause we got the fire fire fire ♪
♪ Yeah we got the fire fire fire ♪
♪ And we gonna let it burn ♪ (bell dinging)
That was like the chill version
(laughing) of my song, "Burn,"
'cause I can't be bothered to sing it higher.
So yes, that's by me.
I make music for myself, often,
but the music that my record label likes
is music for others usually. (chuckling)
I like to write pop music,
so that usually means something that you know
will work on radio and will be popular;
I love the art of pop music.
And then there's some, there's music that I make
that's just for me, like my next single;
something that I just really enjoy, I enjoyed making.
And is it as radio-friendly as "Easy Lover?" Maybe not,
but you know you've gotta do that sometimes
and I think my label appreciate that.
Watermelon.
(clock ticking) ♪ Breathe me in ♪
♪ Wear me out ♪
♪ I don't know if I can ever go without ♪
♪ Watermelon sugar high ♪ (bell dinging)
♪ Watermelon sugar high ♪
Harry Styles.
My fave, "Waterman Sugar."
Kiss.
(clock ticking) ♪ Baby I can pay you ♪
(bell dinging) ♪ To a kiss from the rose ♪
♪ On the grave ♪
♪ Ooh the more I get a view the stranger it feels yeah ♪
♪ Now that your rose is in bloom ♪
♪ The light hits the gloom on the grave ♪
(vocalizing) Yeah, Seal, "Kiss from a Rose;"
I used to sing that at open-mic nights actually.
(light music) How well do I think I did?
Quite well, to be honest.
(laughing) I'm surprised myself.
Thank you so much for watching
my champagne-fueled sing along, hope you enjoyed it.
And yeah, see you soon.
(Ellie blowing kiss)