The PV Q&A: Ellie Goulding On Animal (NEW ALBUM)& What's To Come: "I Want To Do Way More Stuff This Year"
PureVolume: Animal tracks like
“Last Goodbye,” “Thinking Of You” and “All That Matters” 
document your romantic split. Were you incredibly depressed for most of its writing?
Ellie Goulding: Oh, yeah. Definitely. A lot of the stuff that I wrote was based on a lot of sad things that I was experiencing at the time. So I didn’t intentionally write the songs as break-up songs or anything like that. But that’s sure how it ended up sounding. I think the reason Animal ended up sounding the way it did was, I’d finished touring with Halcyon, and I suddenly was back home, writing a new record. It was all very quiet and lonely, and quite a strange time. So, yeah, I’d experienced a break-up, and it felt like everything had changed. But I’m in such a good place at the moment, it’s pretty hard to think back to that time now.
PV: Did you lose some confidence in the process?
EG: Yeah. And I’m still regaining it. Slowly. It’s taken a while. And it’s not because you necessarily lose your confidence, but you definitely go into a very different headspace when you’re just writing, as opposed to being out performing and seeing fans every night. When you’re locked away in the studio writing, it becomes a very different sort of feeling.
PV: How did you get your confidence back?
EG: It’s just very weird. When I was younger and living in Hereford, break-ups were totally different. You’d see the person every day, end up bumping into them or you’d have mutual friends and all that. But in my situation, I’m constantly on the road, so no matter what happens in my life, I’ll take it on the road with me. Whether it’s negative or positive, I always have to take everything with me in my suitcase. Because that’s your only option, really. So you tend to get over things much quicker, when your life is just a bit crazy like that.
PV: What genre will the new album be?
EG: It will mostly be Indie and Pop and Electronic
PV: What is the triangle tattoo you have on your wrist?
EG: It’s like a symbol. I used to draw triangles when I was young, and when I used to go and write songs, I’d draw triangles instead. And I knew that it always meant something, but I didn’t know what. And I still have yet to find out the meaning of it. But it’s something that sets off a lot of nostalgia for me. I got it about six months ago.
PV: You love to work out. Now that the money’s rolled in, have you bought yourself a home gym yet?
EG: No, I don’t have a home gym. I have a really tiny flat in London, so I don’t have room for a home gym.
PV: It’s weird that it took two long years for the “Lights” single to finally catch on in America.
EG: Well, I never really thought that it was that good of a song, anyway!
PV: What?!
EG: (Laughs) Oh. My God! What am I saying? I’m not feeling well! I’m sorry!
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