Brightest Blue Explained

Brightest Blue
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ellie Goulding
Cover:	Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue (Official Album Cover).png
Alt:	Image of a woman with wet hair and negative blue hue effect.
Border:	yes
Caption:	Digital album cover; physical editions feature artist name, while Target edition features alternate colours
Recorded:	2017–2020
Genre:	Pop^[1]
Length:	56:35
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Jonny Coffer Max Cooke Diplo Jason Evigan Forest Swords Ilya Joe Kearns The Monsters and the Strangerz OzGo Jamie Scott Starsmith Eli Teplin Watt Patrick Wimberly R.E.M.
Prev Title:	Delirium
Prev Year:	2015
Year:	2020
Next Title:	Higher Than Heaven
Next Year:	2023

Brightest Blue is the fourth studio album by English singer Ellie Goulding, released on 17 July 2020 by Polydor Records. Originally scheduled for 5 June 2020, the album's release was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was preceded by three singles: "Worry About Me", "Power" and "Slow Grenade", 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 received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album was also a commercial success. It became Goulding's third album to peak at number one on the UK Albums Chart and fourth album to debut inside the top three on the chart. The album also peaked inside the top ten in several other countries. To promote the album, Goulding was set to embark on the Brightest Blue Tour on 28 April 2021, but it was pushed back to 5 October 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom.^[2]

Background

In January 2017, Goulding announced that work on new music had begun.^[3] In April of the same year, producer BloodPop revealed on social media he was in the studio with Goulding.^[4] That same month, Goulding released a collaboration with Kygo entitled "First Time".^[5] On 24 October 2018, she released "Close to Me" with Diplo and Swae Lee.^[6] 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".^[7] "Flux" was released on 1 March of the same year.^[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, it was later delayed to 12 June, and later to 17 July of the same year.^[15] On 13 July of the same year, she released a trailer for the album on YouTube.^[16] In support of the album, Goulding embarked on the Brightest Blue Tour, which began on the 28 April 2021.^[17]

For the album's physical release, Goulding and her team opted to have copies manufactured with as many environmentally-friendly materials as possible. According to Goulding's official digital store, a regular single-disc CD is packaged in a Digisleeve manufactured with FSC-certified recycled cardboard and is sealed in a "plant-based" wrap.^[18] Variations of formats such as cassette tapes and vinyl records have also been manufactured with minimised or recycled plastic materials and packaging. Goulding added "[...] great progress has been made on this and I'm pleased we've been able to push the industry forwards, but we are still pushing to do more."^[19]

Singles

On 13 March 2020, Goulding released "Worry About Me", a collaboration with Blackbear, as the first single from the album.^{[20] [21]} The accompanying music video, directed by Emil Nava, was released the same day.^[22] Upon the song's release, it received generally positive reviews from music critics.^{[23] [24]} Commercially, the song debuted at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart.^[25] On 21 May 2020, "Power" was released as the album's second single.^{[26] [27]} The accompanying music video was directed by Imogen Snell and Riccardo Castano, and was released later the same day.^[28] It peaked at number 86 in the UK.^[29] The Lauv-assisted "Slow Grenade" was released as the third single on 30 June 2020.^{[30] [31]} "Love I'm Given" was released as the album's fourth single on 19 August 2020, along with a music video.^[32]

Brightest Blue Tour

Artist:	Ellie Goulding
Album:	Brightest Blue
Number Of Legs:	1
Number Of Shows:	6
Location:	United Kingdom
Last Tour:	Delirium World Tour (2016–17)
This Tour:	Brightest Blue Tour (2021)
Next Tour:	Higher Than Heaven Tour (2023)

Set list

This set list is representative of the concert in Glasgow on October 7, 2021.^[33] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.

1. "Start"
2. "Power"
3. "How Deep Is Too Deep"
4. "Powerful"
5. "Aftertaste"
6. "New Heights"
7. "Bleach"
8. "New Love"
9. "Flux"
10. "Only You"
11. "Worry About Me"
12. "I Need Your Love"
13. "Close To Me"
14. "Love I'm Given"
15. "Woman"
16. "Love Me Like You Do"
17. "Tides"
18. "Brightest Blue"
19. "Holding On For Life"
20. "Anything Could Happen"

Encore

1. "Lights"
2. "Burn"

Notes

• During the show in London, Goulding performed "Hate Me", and "Tides" was performed before "Love Me Like You Do".^[34]

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue

Dates	City	Country	Venue	Support Act
October 7, 2021	Glasgow	Scotland	O2 Academy	L Devine
October 9, 2021	Newcastle	England	O2 Academy
October 11, 2021	Manchester		O2 Apollo
October 13, 2021	Birmingham		O2 Academy
October 15, 2021	Bournemouth		O2 Academy
October 17, 2021	London		Eventim Apollo

Cancelled Dates

!Dates!City!Country!Venue!Reason for Cancellation

October 5, 2021

Dublin

Ireland

Olympia Theatre

Unforeseen circumstances

Critical reception

Brightest Blue received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received a weighted average score of 74, based on ten reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 6.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Neil Z. Yeung called the album, "a powerful reclamation of self that recaptures the simplicity of her debut and the vulnerability of Halcyon", as well as a statement that "has growth and maturity at its core". Rachel MacGrath for Evening Standard also praised Goulding's maturity as an artist, stating that her "signature attributes are present and correct on her first album in five years. But this time around, there’s a confidence in her vocals and songwriting that wasn’t always there before."^[35] Dave Beech for The Line of Best Fit appreciated the record honesty, finding it to be Goulding's "most heartfelt" body of work. Particularly, complementing the standard tracks for being the "most rounded", as well the "most accomplished" side.^[36]

Several critics were divided with the inclusion of the B-Side, EG.0, with some stating that the inclusion was unnecessary. Damien Morris on his review for The Guardian, said that Goulding needs to be more confident with herself, stating that: "she might need more ego, but she doesn’t need EG.0."^[37] Dave Beech for The Line of Best Fit added to his positive review that Brightest Blue is another proof that Goulding is at her best when she refuses the urge of making chart-topping collaborations, in favour of the "idiosyncratic pop on which she first made her name." In contrast, Katie Tymochenko for Exclaim! was more receptive with the double-side album, as she felt that it allows the singer to grow artistically while at the same time keeping her "pop throne as pop royalty."^[38]

Associated Press included Brightest Blue on their Best Albums of 2020 year-end list.

Critic/Publication! scope="col" class="unsortable"

List	Rank
Associated Press	The Best Albums of 2020

Commercial performance

Brightest Blue became Goulding's third number-one album in the United Kingdom, debuting with sales of 14,820 units.^[39] It also became Goulding's fourth number-one album on the UK Album Downloads Charts,^[40] her second number-one on the UK Physical Album Chart,^[41] and her first chart-topper on the UK Album Sales Chart.^[42] Brightest Blue also reached the top 10 in Scotland and Ireland.^[43]

Track listing

Notes

• signifies a primary and vocal producer
• signifies a co-producer
• signifies an additional producer
• signifies a vocal producer
• "Power" interpolates "Be the One", as performed by Dua Lipa and written by Lucy Taylor, Nicholas James Gale and Jack Tarrant.^{[44] [45]} This song also interpolates "Georgy Porgy", as performed by Toto and written by David Paich.^[46]

Personnel

Musicians

• Ellie Goulding – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 2, 15), guitar (7)
• Joe Kearns – drums (1, 13), keyboards (1, 4, 6–8, 11, 13), programming (1, 4, 6–8, 11–14), piano (6, 10), keyboards arrangement (11), bass guitar (12)
• Katherine Jenkinson – cello (1, 6)
• Ashok Klouda – cello (1, 6)
• Emma Denton – cello (1)
• John Myerscough – cello (1)
• Max Cooke – keyboards, piano (1); string arrangement (6, 12, 13)
• Laurie Anderson – viola (1, 6)
• Meghan Cassidy – viola (1, 6)
• Beatrix Lovejoy – violin (1, 6)
• Jenny Sacha – violin (1, 6)
• Mandhira De Saram – violin (1, 6)
• Matthew Denton – violin (1, 6)
• Natalie Klouda – violin (1, 6)
• Thomas Gould – violin (1, 6)
• Ann Beilby – viola (1)
• Timothy Grant – viola (1)
• Antonia Kesel – violin (1)
• Claudia Ajmone-Marsan – violin (1)
• Elizabeth Cooney – violin (1)
• Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin (1)
• Magdalena Filipczak – violin (1)
• Martyn Jackson – violin (1)
• Serpentwithfeet – vocals (1)
• Nicholas Brown – background vocals, choir arrangement, conductor (2, 13), piano (13)
• Olivia Williams – background vocals, choir arrangement (2, 13)
• Althea Edwards – background vocals (2, 13)
• Angel Lindsay-Mae – background vocals (2, 13)
• Dee Lewis-Clay – background vocals (2, 13)
• Desrine Ramus – background vocals (2, 13)
• Gabriele Williams-Silvera – background vocals (2, 13)
• Hannah Khemoh – background vocals (2, 13)
• Joel Bailey – background vocals (2, 13)
• Kenneth Mark Burton – background vocals (2, 13)
• Mariama Frida Touray – background vocals (2, 13)
• Patrick Linton – background vocals (2, 13)
• Paul Boldeau – background vocals (2, 13)
• Philip Kwaku Yeboah – background vocals (2, 13)
• Rochelle Sanderson-Mendes – background vocals (2, 13)
• Serena Prince – background vocals (2, 13)
• Tehillah Daniel – background vocals (2, 13)
• Beau Blaise – background vocals, programming (2)
• Jamie Scott – background vocals, bass guitar, drum programming, guitar, keyboards (2)
• Will Brown – background vocals, synthesizer (2)
• Jonny Coffer – bass guitar, drum programming, guitar, keyboards (2)
• Starsmith – programming, synthesizer (3, 8, 9); keyboards, percussion (3, 9); guitar, piano, saxophone (6)
• Jim Eliot – keyboards (4, 13), programming (4, 13), piano (12)
• Mike Wise – bass guitar, drums, guitar, organ, piano, programming, synthesizer programming (5)
• Zach Bines – vocals (5), spoken word (13)
• Patrick Wimberly – programming (6, 11); bass guitar, drums, guitar (6)
• Ben Chappell – cello (6)
• Jason Klauber – guitar (6)
• David Wrench – programming (6)
• Eoin Schmidt-Martin – viola (6)
• Kotono Sato – viola (6)
• Ariel Lang – violin (6)
• Ciaran McCabe – violin (6)
• Daniel Pioro – violin (6)
• Michelle Fleming – violin (6)
• Nina Foster – violin (6)
• Raja Halder – violin (6)
• Eli Teplin – organ, piano, synth bass, synthesizer (8)
• James Wyatt – strings (8, 9, 11), piano (11, 14); programming, string arrangement (14)
• Rowan McIntosh – acoustic guitar (11)
• Joe Clegg – percussion (12)
• Sam Thompson – piano (13)
• James Brett – conductor (14)
• Bob Knight – vocal arrangement (14)
• Leo Kotecha – background vocals (15)
• Mylo Kotecha – background vocals (15)
• Ilya – bass guitar, drums, percussion (15, 17), programming (15, 17); keyboards arrangement (15); background vocals, guitar, keyboards (17)
• Peter Svensson – guitar (15, 17)
• Savan Kotecha – piano (15), background vocals (17)
• Blackbear – vocals (15)
• Oscar Görres – background vocals (16), bass guitar (16), drums (16), guitar (16), keyboards (16), percussion (16), programming (16)
• Lauv – vocals (16)
• Alvaro – programming (17)
• Bas van Daalen – programming (17)
• Diplo – programming (17)
• Swae Lee – vocals (17)
• Jason Evigan – guitar (18), programming (18)
• The Monsters & Strangerz – programming (18)
• Juice Wrld – vocals (18)

Technical

• Matt Colton – mastering (1–13)
• Randy Merrill – mastering (14–17, 19)
• Emerson Mancini – mastering (18)
• Jamie Snell – mixing (1, 3, 8, 9, 11–13)
• Serban Ghenea – mixing (2, 5, 15–17, 19)
• Jason Elliott – mixing (4, 7, 10), engineering (1, 4–6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18)
• David Wrench – mixing (6)
• John Hanes – mixing (14), engineering (2, 5, 17, 19), mixing assistance (15, 16)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (18)
• Andy Cook – engineering (1, 9, 11, 13), engineering assistance (8)
• Joe Kearns – engineering (1, 5–8, 10, 11, 13), vocal engineering (19)
• Adam Miller – engineering (2, 13)
• Martin Hannah – engineering (2)
• Patrick Wimberly – engineering (6, 11)
• Miles BA Robinson – engineering (6)
• Mathew P. Scheiner – engineering (8)
• Nick Taylor – engineering (14)
• Ilya – engineering (15)
• Diplo – engineering (17)
• Swae Lee – engineering (17)
• Sam Holland – engineering (17)
• Randy Lanphear – engineering, mixing assistance (17)
• Chris Galland – mix engineering (5)
• Grace Banks – mixing assistance (6)
• Simon Gooding – mixing assistance (6)
• Josef Gomez – mixing assistance (17)
• Manny Park – engineering assistance (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 13)
• Luke Gibbs – engineering assistance (4, 7, 10)
• Mark Knight – engineering assistance (12)
• Rowan McIntosh – engineering assistance (12)
• Olly Thompson – engineering assistance (14)
• Cory Brice – engineering assistance (17)
• Jeremy Lertola – engineering assistance (17)
• Johnny Marr – guitars, piano, keyboards

Special Quest (with members of R.E.M.)

• Peter Buck – lead guitar
• Mike Mills – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals, keyboards

Charts

Chart (2020)! scope="col"

Peak position
Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[47]	74
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[48]	47

Release history

Region! scope="col"

Date	Format	Label
Various	17 July 2020		Polydor	^[49] ^[50] ^[51]
Japan	26 August 2020	CD	Universal Music Japan	^[52]

Brightest Blue: Music for Calm

Brightest Blue: Music for Calm
Type:	remix
Artist:	Ellie Goulding
Cover:	Brightest Blue - Music for Calm.png
Caption:	Remix album cover
Genre:	Ambient Pop
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Matthew Pauling
Prev Title:	Halcyon Days: The Remixes
Prev Year:	2014
Year:	2021
Chronology:	Ellie Goulding

Brighest Blue: Music for Calm is the second remix album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, mixed by Matthew Pauling released on streaming platforms 8 January 2021 under Polydor Records. The album consists of five remixes of tracks from Goulding's fourth studio album, Brightest Blue, in a partnership with the meditation app, Calm.^{[53] [54]}

Release

Music for Calm is a partnership with the company Calm, which works as a meditation, and relaxation app. Goulding designed the mix of songs to help Calm users to relax and unwind.^[55] The album was released exclusively for the app, Calm on July, 2020, and was made available on streaming platforms in January 2021.^[56]

"We all could do with a moment of calm right now. Listen to my Brightest Blue remixes for Calm now." - Ellie Goulding, via Facebook.^[57]

Personnel

• Ellie Goulding: Composer Lyricist; Associated Performer; Vocals
• Joe Kearns: Composer Lyricist; Producer; Associated Performer; Keyboards; Keyboards Arrangements; Programming; Studio Personnel; Recording Engineer
• Matthew Pauling: Studio Personnel; Remixer
• Matt Colton: Studio Personnel; Mastering Engineer
• Jamie Snell: Studio Personnel; Mixer
• Andy Cook: Studio Personnel, Asst.; Recording Engineer
• Jason Elliot: Programmer; Studio Personnel; Recording Engineer
• James Wyatt: Associated Performer; Piano; Strings
• Rowan McIntosh: Associated Performer; Acoustic Guitar
• Patrick Wimberly: Producer; Additional Producer; Associated Performer; Programming; Studio Personnel; Engineer

See also

• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s
• List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s

Notes and References

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2. Goulding. Ellie. Ellie Goulding. elliegoulding. 1364976285567623170. In light of this week's announcements it is clear we won't be able to go ahead with my Brightest Blue UK tour scheduled for April–May this year. I am absolutely gutted.... 25 February 2021. 2021-03-01.
3. Web site: Ellie Goulding plans to drop new music when she gets the urge. MnNews. 1 March 2017. 9 May 2020. 10 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200610205135/https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/103844/Ellie-Goulding-plans-to-drop-new-music-when-she-gets-the-urge. live.
4. Web site: Summer 17 @elliegoulding. April 27, 2017. May 9, 2020. Bloodpop. Instagram. 1 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170501011445/https://www.instagram.com/p/BTNSu8VDznp/. live.
5. News: Meadow. Matthew. Listen to Kygo and Ellie Goulding's New Collaboration, "First Time". Your EDM. 27 April 2017. 29 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170501073808/http://www.youredm.com/2017/04/27/listen-kygo-ellie-gouldings-new-collaboration-first-time. 1 May 2017.
6. Ellie Goulding Teases 'Close To Me' Collaboration With Diplo and Swae Lee. Billboard. Bein. Kat. 23 October 2018. 25 October 2018. 24 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181024054743/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8481312/ellie-goulding-teases-close-to-me-diplo-swae-lee. live.
7. News: Beamont. Ben. Interview Ellie Goulding: 'I'm finally myself again'. The Guardian. January 1, 2019. May 9, 2020. 30 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730235136/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/01/ellie-goulding-interview-fourth-album-2019-arts-preview. live.
8. Web site: Ellie Goulding Debuts Melancholy New Song and Music Video, 'Flux' . . 14 July 2020 . 1 March 2019 . 14 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200714130907/https://www.live955.com/ellie-goulding-debuts-melancholy-new-song-and-music-video-flux/ . live.
9. Web site: Ellie Goulding on swearing off men – and then finding The One. Telegraph.co.uk. Gannon. Louise. 20 July 2019. 22 July 2019. subscription. 21 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190721200752/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/ellie-goulding-swearing-men-finding-one/. live.
10. Web site: Ellie Goulding scores third UK Number 1 single. Official Charts Company. 27 December 2019. 27 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191227175137/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ellie-goulding-scores-her-third-uk-number-1-single-with-river__28069/. live.
11. Web site: Ellie Goulding's new album will be split between classical and her 'alter ego' pop . . 17 March 2020 . 5 May 2020 . 17 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200317205504/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ellie-goulding-reveals-her-new-album-will-be-split-into-two-parts-classically-influenced-and-her-alter-ego-pop-songs__29119/ . live.
12. Web site: Ellie Goulding: Worry About Me . . 9 May 2020 . 8 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. . 9 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200509222206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWjl3yedJA . live.
13. Web site: Copsey . Rob . Ellie Goulding unveils details of new double album . . 27 May 2020 . 27 May 2020 . 28 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200528125412/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ellie-goulding-shares-details-of-new-double-album-brightest-blue__29854/ . live.
14. Web site: Monroe . Jazz . Ellie Goulding Details New Album Brightest Blue . . 27 May 2020 . 27 May 2020 . 6 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200606021151/https://pitchfork.com/news/ellie-goulding-details-new-album-brightest-blue/ . live.
15. Ellie Goulding Sets New Album 'Brightest Blue,' Featuring Juice WRLD, Swae Lee, Lauv & More . Billboard . Lars Brandle . 28 May 2020 . 6 June 2020 . 11 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200611223446/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9391713/ellie-goulding-sets-new-album-brightest-blue-featuring-juice-wrld-swae-lee-lauv-more . live.
16. Web site: Martin . Annie . Ellie Goulding: New album Brightest Blue has 'hopeful' message . . 16 July 2020 . 15 July 2020 . 16 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200716102920/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2020/07/15/Ellie-Goulding-New-album-Brightest-Blue-has-hopeful-message/9661594831954/ . live.
17. Richards . Will . Ellie Goulding announces 2021 UK and Ireland tour . . 30 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200630130021/https://www.nme.com/news/music/ellie-goulding-announces-2021-uk-and-ireland-tour-2697677 . 30 June 2020 . 29 June 2020 . live.
18. Web site: Brightest Blue Recycled Cardboard Digipack (0886454) . Ellie Goulding Store . 21 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200721153422/https://shop.elliegoulding.com/%2A/All-Music/Brightest-Blue-Recycled-Cardboard-Digipack/6J820UPE000 . 21 July 2020.
19. Web site: Iahn, Buddy . Ellie Goulding details double-sided 'Brightest Blue' album . The Music Universe . 21 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200721155236/https://themusicuniverse.com/ellie-goulding-details-double-sided-brightest-blue-album/ . 21 July 2020 . 27 May 2020.
20. Ellie Goulding Releases New Single "Worry About Me" Featuring Blackbear . . . 13 March 2020 . 13 March 2020 . 1 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200601165742/https://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/umusic/view/206495/ . live.
21. Web site: Claire Shaffer . Ellie Goulding Hunts Down Blackbear's Clones in 'Worry About Me' Video . . 13 March 2020 . 30 April 2020 . 12 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412122935/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ellie-goulding-blackbear-worry-about-me-video-967095/ . live.
22. Web site: Ellie Goulding, blackbear – Worry About Me (Official Video) . . 27 May 2020 . 13 March 2020 . 28 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200528044837/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4qC6UORQOQ . live.
23. Web site: Wass . Mike . Ellie Goulding Asserts Her Independence on 'Worry About Me' . . 27 May 2020 . 13 March 2020 . 15 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200515172701/https://www.idolator.com/7908014/ellie-goulding-asserts-her-independence-on-worry-about-me-blackbear . live.
24. Web site: Nunes . Caian . 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 . 27 May 2020 . pt-BR . 13 March 2020 . 10 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200610205137/https://portalpopline.com.br/escute-worry-about-me-novo-single-de-ellie-goulding-em-parceria-com-blackbear/ . live.
25. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100 . . 27 May 2020 . 21 March 2020 . 19 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200519025951/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20200320/7501/ . live.
26. Web site: Wass . Mike . Ellie Goulding Announces New Single 'Power' . . 20 May 2020 . 20 May 2020.
27. Ellie Goulding Releases 'Power' from Forthcoming New Album . . . 27 May 2020 . 20 May 2020 . 30 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200530031933/https://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/umusic/view/213166/?isworld=y . live.
28. Web site: Ellie Goulding – Power . . 27 May 2020 . 21 May 2020 . 27 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200527062201/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKtP8GMM7Bg&list=PLbpi6ZahtOH72N2S4JVQUq2CbSkDWlTMj . live.
29. Web site: UK Singles (Official Charts Company) . . 1 June 2020 . 14 June 2020 . 7 June 2020 . https://archive.today/20200607085640/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20200529/7501/ . live.
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