I have the same vulnerabilities, the same fears, the same insecurities as the next girl, but I’m very open about them. The guys I’ve been with know this about me.
There are private things people wouldn’t know because I haven’t mentioned them, but I’m pretty open, and that’s just how I’ve always been. How do you decide what is private versus public? Unlike a lot of celebs, you’ve talked about the famous men you’ve dated. My fans keep telling me to get it, but I’m not quite ready. I wouldn’t have said that a few years back, but then I suddenly got 10 million Instagram followers, so maybe I’m doing something right. I don’t expect people to say, “Nice ass.”ĭo you feel like social media is necessary to build your brand? So when I post stuff, it’s for a good reason. I think that’s where my love of fitness and being agile comes from. I grew up in a village that was very rough with some very tough girls who could truly look out for themselves.
If I was ever attacked, I could look after myself. When I put up a fitness video, I’m encouraging other women to be physically strong. I work hard, but I don’t have the perfect body. You seem to work pretty hard for yours, too. She works hard for her body, and it’s beautiful. She’s a mom she’s had kids she looks incredible. I feel like I have the right to do the same thing if I ever wanted to. What did you think of Kim Kardashian’s naked Instagram selfie?
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I put up a picture of myself, and people are like, “Put it away you’re supposed to be a good influence on young people.” Young women should have the freedom to post a picture with no makeup and wearing a track suit or in full makeup and a tight dress. I have been, 100 percent, on social media. It’s almost like girls aren’t allowed to have one-night stands, but I’m like, f-ck that. But with music, I’m not going to lie-I’ve experienced the misogyny that comes with writing songs like “On My Mind,” where I talk openly about a one-night stand. Now every time I go to the gym, I see more women lifting weights.
A decade ago, a woman would have been too scared to go into the weight section of the gym. It’s always tempting to talk about negative things when I get asked this, but I’m also seeing positive changes. What are your feelings on the current state of feminism? I made the mistake of having too many drinks, and then I watched Carol, and for the rest of the flight I was thinking about feminism and women’s rights-like, so seriously that it bummed me out. I hadn’t been on a long-haul flight for a few weeks, so I thought, I’ll just have a little tipple to take the edge off. That’s why we are drinking-we genuinely need the buzz of something to get us through the day. You flew into Vancouver from London yesterday. The day before Ellie Goulding kicked off the North American leg of her Delirium World Tour in Vancouver, the 29-year-old Grammy-nominated pop and EDM superstar spent 60 minutes with FLARE editor-in-chief Cameron Williamson, sipping champers and slinging #realtalk about slut-shaming, panic attacks, Taylor’s squad and Canada’s “really hot” new PM. When I think back to my tiredness, my slump, not wanting to exercise and not being interested in anything… It wasn’t depression, it was just my body giving up. I was diagnosed with exhaustion a couple of months back, but it’s only now that I realise how bad it really was. I could tune in to how I was feeling and understand if I was being irrational, or understand if I was overthinking something. Since I was young I remember being quite emotionally aware. There was a moment where everyone was screaming with joy and shouting my name – I really struggled to hold back the tears that day.ĭo you think you’re quite emotionally intelligent? People were just grateful to hear some music and to be out having a good night with friends – which is exactly what people were doing at the Bataclan. I could feel that there was a very different spirit in the audience that day. I played Paris not long after the Bataclan terrorist attacks. The worst thing is when you’re trying to hold it together on stage and you’re suddenly aware that there are probably a million people taking pictures and filming you. Then I started getting into folk music and I discovered female singers, and that changed it all for me.Īre you quite an emotional person, typically? I was a bit of a grunger – I listened to heavy metal like System Of A Down, Deftones, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. I had my lip pierced, had very long hair that I dyed black every four weeks. Pop stars aren’t often considered particularly dark, but would you describe yourself that way? Stylist’s Lizzie Pook discovers a darker side as she steps inside the star’s contradictory life. From politics to poetry, singer Ellie Goulding is way more than your average saccharine sweet pop star.