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| Ellie Goulding: 'People forget I write music' | |
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| TikTok and streaming might have changed the music industry a lot in the past decade, but Ellie Goulding says she enjoys the new challenges. | TikTok and streaming might have changed the music industry a lot in the past decade, but Ellie Goulding says she enjoys the new challenges. |
| It was back in 2009 that Ellie was signed, and a year she later she won the BBC's annual Sound Of… poll. | It was back in 2009 that Ellie was signed, and a year she later she won the BBC's annual Sound Of… poll. |
| Since then, she's had 11 UK Top 10 singles and three UK number ones, and she admits the "whole climate of music" has changed over the years - partly thanks to social media. | |
| "I quite enjoy the challenges, what you have to do as an artist now isn't easy - it's something you have to work at," Ellie tells BBC Newsbeat. | |
| The 35-year-old was honoured this week with the President's Award at this week's BMI Awards, which celebrate songwriters, composers, and music publishers. | |
| "I think people forget that I write my own music, and it just feels good," she says. | "I think people forget that I write my own music, and it just feels good," she says. |
| Even though she's been writing songs since she was a teenager, she says the award is the first time her songwriting has been recognised. | |
| "When you're writing songs close to your heart and you're putting them out there, that's all you can really do, and then everything else is a bonus." | |
| "It's hard work writing songs - especially pop songs, that takes a different kind of dedication. | "It's hard work writing songs - especially pop songs, that takes a different kind of dedication. |
| "With pop music, there's formulas - there's things not to say, there's things to say. And so it's a real art form. | "With pop music, there's formulas - there's things not to say, there's things to say. And so it's a real art form. |
| "I'm so lucky that I get to do it as my as my job because I love it so much. I've been writing pop songs since I was a teenager. And so to be recognised by songwriting for the first time, it's very cool." | "I'm so lucky that I get to do it as my as my job because I love it so much. I've been writing pop songs since I was a teenager. And so to be recognised by songwriting for the first time, it's very cool." |
| And while the industry is "definitely not the same" as it used to be when she was a teenager, she's still having a good time. | |
| "I'm on TikTok, I'm on socials, I put myself out there and I actually enjoy it. I don't mind having fun," she says. | |
| Ellie wasn't the only winner on the night at the BMI Awards - Tems was given the Impact Award for rising artists, which has previously been won by RAYE and Arlo Parks. Ed Sheeran also picked up four awards. | |
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