Then, on May 27th, Ellie made the announcement: Her album Brightest Blue comes out on July 17th. First we got solo single "Power" on May 21st. Ellie promised info would come in January 2020, but it was March when she announced and then released "Worry About Me" featuring blackbear.įinally, May 2020 brought official news. After sharing an acoustic version of "Sixteen" in June, Ellie shared a new song called "Hate Me" featuring Juice WRLD.Īlthough we have four official singles so far, we still don't know the upcoming 4th album's title, release date, or tracklist. She released two more album singles in February and April 2019, starting with the ballad "Flux" and then moving to the nostalgic "Sixteen." Ellie also shared three soundtrack songs - "Do You Remember," "In This Together," and "Hollow Crown" - though none of those are expected to appear on her album.
In October 2018, Ellie shared her first single from the upcoming album: "Close To Me" with Diplo and Swae Lee. She shared numerous studio shots on Instagram over the months and through 2018.
In summer 2017, she was already working on new music, and revealed that it would mark a return to the sound of her sophomore album, Halcyon. After releasing Delirium in fall 2015, Ellie Goulding took a bit of a break before starting on her 4th studio album.