Elena Jane Goulding is an English singer-songwriter and activist. She has achieved significant commercial success, earning multiple chart records in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Goulding has also received recognition for her songwriting, activism for the environmental movement, humanitarian work and support for LGBTQ people's causes.
real name: Elena Jane Goulding
labels: Neon Gold Records, Polydor Records, Cherrytree Records, Interscope Records
genres: synth-pop, electropop, indie pop, folktronica, alternative rock, alternative music, dream pop, indietronica
influenced by: Kate Bush, Björk, Joni Mitchell
plays: voice, guitar, piano, clarinet, mandolin, tambourine, drum
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Elena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, to Arthur and Tracey Goulding. Her father was a funeral director. She has a brother, Alex, and two sisters, Isabel and Jordan. When she was five years old, her parents separated, after which she had little contact with her father.
Goulding described herself in 2011 as being "influenced by everyone" and stated that she listens to a wide range of music. She holds Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, and Björk in particular esteem. Amongst her contemporaries, she has cited artists such as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Bon Iver, Burial, and Taylor Swift as inspirations. She has also expressed affinity for classical music.
Goulding's music has been described as electropop, synth-pop, indie pop and folktronica. Her musical style has been compared to the likes of Kate Nash, Lykke Li and Tracey Thorn. Her debut studio album, Lights, experiments with genres including indie pop, synth-pop, folktronica and indietronica. It also contains "sparkling pop with a folky heart and an electronic edge" and was noted by Camilla Pia of The Fly as being infectious. According to The Independent's Andy Gill, the album incorporates "acoustic guitar" and "retro-synthpop" compared to that of Little Boots and La Roux, while the production contained "folkie origins under a welter of busily cycling synths and programmed beats". Her second studio album, Halcyon, followed in the same...
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"Hate Me" is a song by the English singer Ellie Goulding and American rapper Juice Wrld, released as a single on 26 June 2019 through Polydor Records. It was premiered by Zane Lowe as his Beats 1's "World Record" on Beats 1 on 26 June.
It was included on Goulding's fourth studio album, Brightest Blue (2020).
Carl Lamarre of Billboard called the track an "anti-love anthem" that "finds Goulding taking a darker approach, after watching her relationship spiral". Mike Wass of Idolator felt the song is a "hip-hop-flavored banger". Jael Goldfine from Paper wrote that the song is a "moody, masochistic, tongue-in-cheek new collaboration" as Goulding "dares an ex to say all the mean, ugly things broken-hearted people say to each other".
The music video was filmed on June 19, 2019, and premiered on YouTube on 17 July 2019. It was directed by Saam Farahmand.