While Sara Cox was covering 135 miles in five days, one of the special musical guests on Children in Need was completing her own marathon. Performing fiery pop banger Hell Yeah, Ella Eyre was unveiling a track from her first album in 10 years.
It’s the pointedly titled Everything, in Time, a record the Londoner, 31, thought she’d never make, not least when she had to undergo major vocal surgery during the pandemic. She crafted the album in the teeth of major label calamities, finally struggling free of what she characterises as decade-long “[music] industry creative straightjackets”.
