Ellie Goulding confirms new album will be out this year

Ellie Goulding insists her next album will be out before the end of the year.

The singer's last full album 'Halcyon' was unleashed in 2012.

Speaking to Billboard, the Brit confirmed that her next effort is on track for a 2015 release.

Goulding said: "I don't really know why this word seems appropriate but [my new music] is definitely bigger.

"Whether that means it's more adventurous, or a bit more ambitious, or a bit more daring, I don't know. But I'm certainly taking on something a lot bigger than I have before and sonically it's a lot bigger.

"I feel like there were maybe certain restrictions on the last album. But I'm at a point now with this album where it's just taken on a new life now of its own and I can't stop it."

The singer concluded: "So that album is coming out and what people make of it I don't know, but it is coming. It's nearly finished and it will be out this year. Even if it's out on December 30, which is my birthday, it will be out this year."

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