Finally! Looking forward to it.

 

whats hilarious, the 2nd CD is called EG.0, possibly a reference to how much she rates the songs

!!!

 

Actually quite like the artwork! She's never had amazing album covers for me, Bright Lights is by far the best, but I think I'd rank this over the rest of them.

I like the artwork too, agree they're always just ok rather than amazing

The album cover is rather bold.

 

Looks like an image from the album booklet of Erotica with the blue tinges on the actual image. I’m sure that was the theme of some images in Erotica :lol:

Preordered the album but it’s unlikely to do that well. The cover is hideous though.

Somebody asked Ellie why Sixteen was not on the album and thats what she replied... makes no sense to me but alas...

 

Why sixteen did not include in brighter blue ?

 

Ellie Goulding

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@elliegoulding

I won’t lie to you it doesn’t represent me as the artist I am now. I respect it, but it wouldn’t be right

^ She is so full of shit. :angel:

I kinda see her point but also her deluxe CD had similar stuff lol

Sixteen is the least essential of the tracks so far so I'm not that bothered, but the lack of logic is real in that tweet for me :')

I agree that her reply doesn't make sense, especially with the "it ("Sixteen") doesn't represent me as the artist I am now" part.

 

Personally, "Sixteen" is much better than any of the songs from EG.0, but it wouldn't have made sense to be included in that part of the album because she technically mentioned that this is her alter-ego and a collaboration side from her, so "Sixteen" doesn't fulfill any of these. Also, it could have made in the first part of the part, but Ellie thought that it doesn't belong there, so she preferred to scrap this from the album.

Personally, "Sixteen" is much better than any of the songs from EG.0, but it wouldn't have made sense to be included in that part of the album because she technically mentioned that this is her alter-ego and a collaboration side from her, so "Sixteen" doesn't fulfill any of these. Also, it could have made in the first part of the part, but Ellie thought that it doesn't belong there, so she preferred to scrap this from the album.

When I think of it like that I do get it. I just can't wait to hear Disc One or EG.420 or whatever it's called if Flux and Power are anything to go by, she's still got it <3

I just can't wait to hear Disc One or EG.420 or whatever it's called if Flux and Power are anything to go by, she's still got it <3

The same for me (and let's say that this is the 'real and only' Brightest Blue to give it a name).

 

FYI, if we're taking into consideration what Ellie said about EG.0, it makes me think that she really wanted to say that she recorded these songs because of her label (and it will actually fit with the description she gave about "Sixteen" on Twitter). Personally, at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if her label pushes "Slow Grenade", the LAUV track, during the album release or they made this a US single. :lol:

The same for me (and let's say that this is the 'real and only' Brightest Blue to give it a name).

 

FYI, if we're taking into consideration what Ellie said about EG.0, it makes me think that she really wanted to say that she recorded these songs because of her label (and it will actually fit with the description she gave about "Sixteen" on Twitter). Personally, at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if her label pushes "Slow Grenade", the LAUV track, during the album release or they made this a US single. :lol:

I love all the songs from 0.0 but I don't get why her label did that. Ik this album was always going to be a risk commercially after a three year break but it's not like she's Anne Marie or Mabel and is only as big as her latest single and needs Spotify playlist filler to sell albums, she already has two multi platinum albums and one platinum album.

I love all the songs from 0.0 but I don't get why her label did that. Ik this album was always going to be a risk commercially after a three year break but it's not like she's Anne Marie or Mabel and is only as big as her latest single and needs Spotify playlist filler to sell albums, she already has two multi platinum albums and one platinum album.

This is very debatable (re: label) and I actually don't have a proper answer to be honest, but I assume it's because she's handled by Polydor in the UK and Interscope in the US.

 

I remember reading that many people said that Ellie jumped ship when she released Delirium because it was different from Lights and Halcyon, but I disagree with that. I mean, it's fine for an artist to try something different during their career, so if Ellie wanted to do a commercial album, I respect that. Either way, as far as I know, it's been said that Ellie wanted Brightest Blue to be like Halcyon and "Flux" and "Power" seems to prove this point. As a consequence, it makes me think that Interscope wasn't into that idea, so they were the ones who told Ellie to make more commercial stuff and she began working in songs from EG.0, despite she already had a concept for her fourth album and this might be the reason of the two sides of the album and the 'alter-ego' thing is to cover that.

Is this still coming on July 17th? That’s just 3 weeks away!

 

I’ve seen her signing copies of this on her socials. Hoping there’s bundles and formats to try and at least get her a good debut.

 

I mean not long ago we had Sports Team get as high as #2 on release week surely Ellie can at least sell what they did in week one.

 

 

Snapped up a signed copy of this! Can’t quite believe it’s been 20 months after Close To Me but we’re finally getting it so soon 😭

Surely this will probably still debut at #1? I doubt she will need anything more than 10k.

This is how the albums that will still be high up in two weeks did this past week :o

Lewis Capaldi 6,477

Harry Styles 5,432

Lady Gaga 5,123

Dua Lipa 4,326

 

Omg she'll acc get #1 won't she *.* Being pessimistic I think she might have Marina numbers though (8k), I'd be surprised if she got more than like 12k even with bundles and streaming

I think she’ll do around 10k, which should be enough for #1, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she did 5k or 20k lol.

 

I’ve pre-ordered 10 copies which will be half of her total sales tbh.

Edited July 4, 20205 yr by Cqmerqn

I think she’ll do similar sales to Witness by Katy Perry in week one.

 

The chart run however may be quite short compared to her other 3 albums.

 

Maybe a Lights style drop in week two but without remaining stable after week two like that did later :lol:

 

It all depends on her competition is there really nothing also out on July 17 what could stop her?