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The first time I've ever heard of Ellie Goulding came from this advertisement.
I felt that it was a wonderful cover of Your Song (which is actually my favourite Elton John song. That's how good her cover was to me) and I needed to find out who sang it. Three years later, I saw her live!
To be honest, Ellie was one of the artists I really tried my best to get tickets to when I was in the UK. Unfortunately, due to clash of dates/the sheer danger of making my way back alone/lack of tickets I failed to do so. I felt that she was one of the artists who would never come here. Thankfully, Lights is really popular here so Now/Live brought her in. I am thus, happy.
I got really good seats thanks to Lisa's friend, Khai! He got it for us on the very first day the ticket sales started so we had 0 problems with the sold out show. (Yes! It was sold out! Proud of you Ellie!)
I will willingly admit that I'm not a very big fan of Halcyon. It's one of those albums that really need time to grow on me. Or a good gig for me to like it. Ellie certainly delivered. I went in there not really liking Halcyon to listening to it almost daily. I think that's how you know an artist is really good live - if he/she/they can make you like their music in less than 2 hours.
My highlight of the show was definitely her singing Your Song. I was so happy since it was the song that got me into Ellie in the first place. She also attempted Guns and Horses acoustically (!!!) and showed off her wonderful dance moves. Other than the usual crowd favourites of Lights and Starry Eyed, Anything Could Happen definitely stood out for me. The entire concert hall sang together as one and I got goosebumps.
The only downside I felt was that sometimes her voice was drowned out by the other instruments. Irregardless, everybody had such a great time that it didn't bother us that much.
After the show, we managed to get autograph passes! Ellie was such a sweetheart. Sadly, we couldn't take any pictures with her but she gamely posed for a few photos for our cameras. I really appreciate it when artistes do this. It's nice of them to take some time out of their post-gig plans and come out and sign for the fans. This doesn't happen a lot in Singapore so when it does, I get really excited.
Enjoy your weekend! This week has been one of the most fantastic week of my life and I don't want it to end. C'est la vie~
