
Brightest Blue is the fourth studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding. It was released on 17 July 2020 through Polydor Records. Originally scheduled for 5 June 2020, the album's release was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was preceded by three singles: "Worry About Me", "Power" and "Slow Grenade", and features guest vocals from Blackbear, Diplo, Juice Wrld, Lauv, serpentwithfeet and Swae Lee. It is Goulding's first album since Delirium (2015).
Brightest Blue received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received a weighted average score of 74, based on ten reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 6.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Commercially, Brightest Blue became Goulding's third number-one album in the United Kingdom, but failed to make a proper impact elsewhere. It reached the Top10 in Ireland, Scottland & Switzerland, Top20 in Belgium (Flanders), Germany & New Zealand, and Top30 in Australia, Austria, Norway, Poland and the US.
Brightest Blue received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received a weighted average score of 74, based on ten reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 6.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Commercially, Brightest Blue became Goulding's third number-one album in the United Kingdom, but failed to make a proper impact elsewhere. It reached the Top10 in Ireland, Scottland & Switzerland, Top20 in Belgium (Flanders), Germany & New Zealand, and Top30 in Australia, Austria, Norway, Poland and the US.
Tracklist
Brightest Blue – Side A
1. Start (feat. serpentwithfeet)
2. Power
3. How Deep Is Too Deep
4. Cyan
5. Love I’m Given
6. New Heights
7. Ode To Myself
8. Woman
9. Tides
10. Wine Drunk
11. Bleach
12. Flux
13. Brightest Blue
EG.0 – Side B
1. Overture
2. Worry About Me (feat. blackbear)
3. Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv)
4. Close To Me (with Diplo, feat. Swae Lee)
5. Hate Me (with Juice WRLD)
6. Sixteen
Brightest Blue – Side A
1. Start (feat. serpentwithfeet)
2. Power
3. How Deep Is Too Deep
4. Cyan
5. Love I’m Given
6. New Heights
7. Ode To Myself
8. Woman
9. Tides
10. Wine Drunk
11. Bleach
12. Flux
13. Brightest Blue
EG.0 – Side B
1. Overture
2. Worry About Me (feat. blackbear)
3. Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv)
4. Close To Me (with Diplo, feat. Swae Lee)
5. Hate Me (with Juice WRLD)
6. Sixteen
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