‘I can’t believe I sang at Glasto,’ admits shy Ellie
ELLIE Goulding says she will have to rebuild her confidence before singing live again, because she has become more introverted during lockdown.
The pop superstar is releasing her fourth studio album, titled Brightest Blue, next month and plans to tour the UK in spring 2021.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast via video link, Ellie, 33, said she had watched her performance at Glastonbury aired by the BBC last weekend and had been taken aback by the size of the crowd.
She said: “I can’t even imagine performing on stage now. I watched my Glastonbury performance and I can’t believe I did that in front of all those people. I’m going to have to build up all that courage. When I am on stage I definitely feel like I go into that other character, where I have this confidence out of nowhere.
“But as soon as I go off stage... I have never gone to any of my own after-show parties, genuinely, in the whole time I have toured because I am just a bit too shy.
“There is always a misconception that if you are a performer and you can perform to all those people, that you must be a very confident extrovert person.
“But actually I am the complete opposite. Also this time has made me even more so. I have spent a lot of time by myself.
“I am going back on tour next year, so hopefully everything will be a bit better. It’s going to be quite surreal.”
Brightest Blue is available for preorder ahead of its release on July 17.