Right from the start, Hereford-born singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding quietly shifted the axis of pop with two things; her ear for unconventional, electro-tinged production and the husky distinctiveness of her delivery. Both these skills have blossomed over the course of her varied career. From the glitchy torch songs of her 2010 debut Bright Lights (which featured the eye-moistening rendition of Elton John's “Your Song” that she sang at the 2011 wedding of one Prince William and Kate Middleton) to the trunk-rattling curveball of 2018 Diplo and Swae Lee collaboration “Close To Me”, Goulding's pop is emotive, effortlessly tuneful and—despite those trademark bleeps—always affectingly human.