Per the official press release –
Pop megastar Ellie Goulding releases her new single “Like A Saviour” alongside the video for the track. Ellie’s hotly anticipated fifth studio album Higher Than Heaven is now set for release March 24th on Interscope Records. Listen to “Like A Saviour” HERE and watch the music video HERE. Pre-order Higher Than Heaven here.
With a pulsating bassline juxtaposed with 80’s-tinged synths, her new single “Like A Saviour” sees Ellie once again deliver a high energy pop smash. The accompanying video, directed by Joe Connor with choreography by Daniel Alwell, features Ellie and a cohort of backing dancers stranded in a desert – a landscape they must battle against as the song reaches its epic crescendo finish.
Ellie took to social media last month to announce the new single and also share the new release date for her forthcoming album Higher Than Heaven, which is now set for release on March 24th. Ellie explained “We’ve had some exciting opportunities appear behind the scenes which I cannot wait to share with you in due course. In the meantime thank you for your patience.”
Ellie enlisted some of pop music’s finest to craft the album with her, including Greg Kurstin (Sia, Maggie Rogers, Elton John), Jessie Shatkin (Charli XCX, Years & Years), Koz (Sam Ryder, Madonna, Dua Lipa) and Andrew Wells (Halsey, Yungblud). Putting her own spin on modern pop music, Higher Than Heaven is jam packed with infectious hits featuring Ellie’s signature vocals taking center stage. The top-notch production on the pop album sparkles with stomping basslines, soaring synths and euphoric melodies.
Speaking about the new album Ellie explains “There was definitely a darkness about [the past two years] that was palpable in the studio, with everyone having gone through it differently. I think for that reason, nobody wanted to sit and agonise over some relationship or some drama. So that’s how this album came together. [Higher Than Heaven is] about being passionately in love. But it’s a hyper form of love, almost like a drug induced feeling. It feels almost artificial and there’s the potential for a crash.”
Ellie rang in 2023 with a dazzling performance of “Let It Die” – also featured on the new album- on CNN’s New Year’s Eve with Anderson & Andy, following a special appearance earlier in the fall as a presenter at the American Music Awards. She will return to the live stage for two intimate shows at London’s iconic KOKO in Camden where she will perform two sold out shows on Feb 7th and 8th. The shows will feature a combination of her previous hits alongside recent singles and some exclusive new music from the forthcoming album. Additional special live events in the U.S. will be announced soon.
To date Ellie has celebrated two GRAMMY Award nominations, a Golden Globe nomination, three #1 UK albums and two BRIT Awards. She has sold over 18 million albums and 140 million singles and amassed 23 billion streams worldwide. With over 50 million followers combined on her social platforms, she also earned YouTube’s Diamond Award with 10 million subscribers on her YouTube channel and over 5 billion views globally.
Alongside her incredible music career, Ellie is a long-standing activist and philanthropist who uses her platform to engage young people with global issues. In 2017, Goulding was awarded the UN’s New Voices Award, and in recognition of her wider activism became a goodwill ambassador for UN Environment. Goulding is also a TIME100 Impact Award recipient and is an ambassador with the WWF.