'I'll just slip that on and be on my way to sleep,' she says, pointing to a Simon Preen leotard she plans to wear on stage later that evening. So, curled up on the couch, she talks about her impending nap like it's dessert a la mode. At the same time, she's promoting the film Divergent, whose soundtrack is speckled with Goulding's vocals, including a new track, Beating Heart, she created specifically for the movie with a music video to match. not three days later to kick off her spring tour. Herefordshire-born and London-based, she recently wrapped a string of U.K. 'God, I'm the most boring person you've ever interviewed,' she jokes. To find out more on how DPA Microphones could help your live sound contact Sound Network, exclusive distributor for DPA Microphones in the United Kingdom.Ellie Goulding is slumped back on a pleather dressing room sofa in the gut of Madison Square Garden, her eyes fixed on a precariously stacked tower of plastic snack bowls as if to say, 'I know how you feel.' It's day two of her North American tour, and the 27-year-old singer-songwriter has gotten just about no sleep. Ellie’s 2014 tour of the Americas will take her through Chile, Argentina and Brazil before a spate of shows across the US and Canada, only returning to the UK for the Wireless Festival in July.

Goulding states that she had “Beating Heart” in the wings and was happy for it to be made into the title track of the film.

The producers and directors of the movie Divergent have dubbed the talented singer “the musical voice of the film”, allegedly having chosen a couple of songs from her album, Halcyon, before asking her if she had any more they could use. Accompanying Goulding on tour is her favoured vocal mic, the DPA d:facto II.Īpart from sounding amazing, it was the only microphone that was able to deliver what we wanted in terms of rejection, plus it allowed us to go back to a wireless system which gives Ellie much more scope to move on stage., said her FOH Engineer, James Neale, when asked about her making the switch to DPA. The “Burn” singer appeared on the early morning show on the day of her opening sell-out appearance at Madison Square Gardens where she performed the opening show of her tour for over 10,000 eager fans. You are here: Home › Ellie Goulding Debuts “Beating Heart” on Today Show USA Ellie Goulding Debuts “Beating Heart” on Today Show USA 24th March 2014Įllie Goulding kicked off her USA tour last week with a live appearance on the Today Show, where she performed her new single “Beating Heart”, the title track for the upcoming film Divergent.

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