The track would appear on Goulding’s fourth studio album. The background vocals that you hear on this tune are sung by the song’s co-writers: Ilya Salmanzadeh and Savan Kotecha. Who sings the background vocals on “Close to Me”? As for Diplo, she had worked with him before. “Close to Me” marks Goulding’s first ever collab with rapper Swae Lee.Upon its release, “Close to Me” became Goulding’s first original release as lead artist since releasing her third studio album Delirium in 2015. On October 24, 2018, Polydor Records officially released “Close to Me”.The other producers on this track are DJ Alvaro and Bas van Daalen. Diplo co-produced the song with three other music producers, including Ilya Salmanzadeh (who also co-wrote the track).Goulding penned “Close to Me” with a host of songwriters, including Diplo and Swae Lee.The couple announced their engagement on August 7, 2018. Goulding got engaged to her art dealer boyfriend Casper Jopling in 2018. “Close to Me” may have been inspired by Ellie Goulding’s real-life experiences as she had gotten engaged to be married shortly before it was released. That’s just how powerful the love is! However, despite its sheer power, it is important to note that it is to a degree pretty reckless. Simply put, they don’t want to achieve anything good in life without the presence of their respective significant other. “I don’t wanna be somebody without your body” In the chorus, both Goulding and Lee drop one of the song’s most profound lines: The rap verse of this track, performed by Swae Lee, also insinuates that this amorous lure is so powerful that he would be willing to jeopardize his already-established relationship in order to carelessly pursue it. Furthermore, she announces that their mutual, exclusive attraction to each other is indeed based in animal magnetism. Goulding not only acknowledges that her lover is the only person she desires but also that she considers herself incomplete without him. And even though the relationship features certain unsavory aspects, the couple believes they’ll be alright at the end of the day, for their love is real. She remains my hero.This pop-rap anthem chronicles the defiant love affair between two participants. Björk remains my favorite artist of all time, because she fused classical and electronic music so beautifully and effortlessly, and she composed it herself. She added: “I also listened to so much classical music, because I feel like it really soothes me, and the more I listen to classical music, the more I get obsessed with its intricacy. The ‘Starry Eyed’ singer also gushed about her idol Björk and her ability to fuse classical music with electronic. I’m working on getting in with Four Tet at the moment.” “I think I’ll always collaborate with electronic producers. “Only when I was a teenager did I discover songwriting, and learned the guitar, and I listened to Imogen Heap and Björk and Joni Mitchell and Ani DiFranco.
“I think it was just a form of escapism for me and my family. “I remember listening to dance music with my family in the car. I was brought up to The Prodigy and The Future Sound of London and Massive Attack. Revealing her influences growing up, she told Billboard: “I was brought up on it, so it’s in my blood. The 32-year-old star - who is engaged to art dealer Caspar Jopling - also revealed that she is hoping to bag a collaboration with experimental musician Four Tet. “I’ve always had my own interpretation of what’s happening in pop music.”Įllie has done numerous electronic collaborations, including latest single ‘Close To Me’ with Diplo and Swae Lee, ‘Outside’ with Calvin Harris and ‘First Time’ with Kygo, and she says the genre will always have an influence on her output. “There will be electronic influences and hip-hop influences, and the music that I grew up listening to and that I’ll never be able to shake off.