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Victoria Johns

Ellie Goulding 'joins celeb dating app Raya' despite being happily married to husband

Ellie Goulding has joined celebrity dating app Raya, according to reports.

The Love Me Like You Do singer, 35, is happily married to Caspar Jopling with whom she shares son, Arthur, 18 months.

However, the star is said to have set up an account on the showbiz dating site to make new celeb friends within the industry.

The talented singer is apparently using her real name Elena on Raya, which she's linked to photos from her Instagram account.

Meanwhile, Kishi Bashi's song It All Began With A Burst is said to be the soundtrack to Ellie's profile.

A source shared: "Ellie is happily married to Caspar Jopling but she kept her Raya profile open to connect with interesting people.

Ellie Goulding is said to have joined a celeb dating app to make friends (Dave Benett/Getty Images)
The singer is happily married to Caspar (Internet Unknown)

"She makes it clear that her profile is only for mates as she includes the tag line: 'Here just for friends', so it's nothing untoward,'" reports The Sun.

The Mirror has contacted Ellie's reps for comment.

Raya is a private, membership-based, social network application, which was first launched in 2015 initially a dating app.

However it's now added features to promote professional and social networking.

Ellie is bound to be inundated with friend requests after shooting to fame when she won the Brit's Critics' Choice Award in 2010.

Ellie has an 18-month-old son (Ellie Goulding/Instagram)

Best known for her hits including 'Burn' and 'Starry Eyed', Ellie also counts Royalty as fans after she was asked to perform at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in 2011.

Since giving birth to her son in May last year, the star told us becoming a mum has “made me much more of an emotional person”.

Ellie shared: “I’ve always had stuff to say, been a big thinker and been widely romantic… I feel heartbreak really hard.

“But with Arthur, physically and emotionally, it changes you. It’s almost like you’re navigating a new emotion, which you’ve never experienced before.

She's getting ready to release her new album (Getty Images)

“Suddenly your brain has expanded in its capacity to love and care for things.

“I thought I was pretty emotional before, but now it’s a whole other level.”

The singer is currently getting ready to release her fifth album.

After being away from the music industry for more than a year, she bagged a Top 40 hit with Easy Lover in July.

“It feels good,” she says. “I’ve been doing this for such a long time, you have to get to a point where you just put trust in yourself.”

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