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Ellie Goulding Returns With 'Destiny,' Her First Solo Single Since 2023

She frames the cathartic track as a turn toward more intimate work ahead of a new album expected next year.

Overview

  • The single arrives with an intimate video directed by Floria Sigismondi that highlights fleeting tension, bliss, and quiet chaos.
  • Goulding says recording the song felt like a catharsis that gave her a sense of escape and empowerment.
  • She wrote the track a few years ago while caught between heartbreak and a feeling of emancipation.
  • The arrangement adds choir and strings at the end to create what she calls a triumphant moment of surrender.
  • Reports note the new full-length is expected next year and will be more personal than 2023’s intentionally impersonal Higher Than Heaven.