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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maanya Sachdeva

Ellie Goulding recalls feeling ‘vulnerable’ in male-dominated music industry

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Ellie Goulding has admitted she felt “vulnerable” working in studios with male producers during the early days of her career.

Goulding, 36, opened up about the pressures of being a woman in a male-dominated industry during BBC Radio 4’s breakfast show Today on Thursday (28 December), explaining she felt unwanted sexual advances were a “kind of currency” when she was just starting out.

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