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Ellie Goulding Unveils 'Destiny' With Intimate Video Starring Boyfriend Beau Minniear

She frames the song as a cathartic reclaiming of self after her separation, hinting at a more personal album next year.

Overview

  • The single and video arrived on Friday as Goulding’s first solo release since her 2023 album Higher Than Heaven.
  • Directed by Floria Sigismondi, the video features Minniear in carefully framed, sensual scenes that foreground their real-life chemistry.
  • Goulding describes recording the track as a release that restored confidence, emphasizing themes of surrender, empowerment and choosing herself.
  • In recent interviews, she says the breakup of her marriage to Caspar Jopling felt like a grieving process that she processed through writing and studio work.
  • She discovered producer Jack Ronchon on Instagram and has been writing in Nashville and Los Angeles, with media reporting an album is expected next year.