It’s not normally the way new albums are pitched these days, but there’s definitely something appealing about Ellie Goulding billing her fifth album as her “least personal” so far. For even the most untouchable A-listers, this has been the age of the overshare.
Adele included a voice recording of her trying to explain her marriage break-up to her young son on her last album. Kendrick Lamar went on an unflinchingly honest therapy journey on Mr Morale & the Big Steppers. And who could forget Beyoncé getting her nails dirty digging through her husband Jay-Z’s unfaithfulness on Lemonade?
