To produce her latest project, Ellie has worked with the likes of Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, One Republic’s Ryan Tedder, Klas Ahlund and Disclosure’s Guy Lawrence as well as long-time writing partner Jim Eliot. Her single Love Me Like You Do, from the soundtrack to this year’s Fifty Shades Of Grey, was a worldwide Number One hitting the top spot in 70 countries and breaking the record for the most streamed song in one week.

The inclusion of “ Hate Me ,” last year’s collaboration with Juice WRLD, is a thoughtful nod to the late rapper in the wake of his posthumous album release last week.Since the release of her debut album, Lights, in 2010, the talented hitmaker has sold over 20 million records, had two Number One albums, won two Brit Awards and had Vevo views and streams both in excess of one billion.

A brief overture introduces the album’s second act, essentially an afterthought consisting entirely of previously released material. The album’s A side concludes with the album’s soaring title track and lead single “ Flux ,” an emotional piano ballad that ruminates on the uncertainty of love. On “ Woman ,” Goulding reflects on the long and winding road to developing into the artist and person that she is today, finding confidence and strength as she celebrates “the woman I am.” The album’s interludes are lyrically where Goulding is the most straightforward: on “ Cyan ,” a short prelude to the following track “ Love I’m Given ,” Goulding speaks candidly about how she thinks and everything that has made her into who she is today, while “ Ode to Myself ” is, in her words, “a good moment for people to understand where I was coming from with this album.”

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