Ellie Goulding's New Album!!

The marvelous and perpetually amazing Ellie Goulding announced her new album's release date today, as well as the first official single! The album will be titled Halcyon and will be out via Cherrytree/Interscope Records on October 9th!! The first single will be titled "Anything Could Happen" and will be available August 21st, with a lyric video premiering on August 13th. This is fantastic news, as I've been waiting for the Lights follow up for over two years. 

If you haven't yet heard Goulding's latest release "Hanging On," you should probably pop on over to that. The week of its release, the song was notably the most blogged about and highest played on Hype Machine, as well as lucky enough to garner over a million hits on YouTube. It's fantastic buzz for the singer and I'm sure Halcyon will far exceed the expectations we all have for Ellie. 

For those of you who are wondering, "Halcyon" is known as a mythical bird capable of charming the waves of the sea. As Ellie has stated in her press release this morning: "The album for me is a journey from dark into light from confusion to understanding," making the album title make more sense, seeming as a transformation of the singer who has also described it as a break up album.

This is the best news I could have ever asked for. I literally can't control myself right now.

Ellie Goulding - "Hanging On"

I'm not sure if I can love her any more than I already do, but this might do it.

Marking a new direction in her career, Ellie Goulding has released a cover of Active Child's "Hanging On," featuring a verse near the end by Tinie Tempah. Still reeling from the massive success of her uh-mazing single "Lights" in the US, Ellie is currently working on her second album, set to be released this year. It's been two years since we've heard anything from Goulding and she has really gone for it with "Hanging On." Straying from the more up-beat and cheery sounds from Lights, she's gone toward a darker, more electronic sound that I couldn't be happier about. Take a listen to her cover of "Hanging On" and get a free download on her website!