[Survivor] Ellie Goulding - Brightest Blue - Survivor | Winner

[Tansike]

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.

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

Round 1: Save as many songs as you want

[Tansike]

SAVE
Start (feat. serpentwithfeet)
Power
How Deep Is Too Deep
Cyan
Love I’m Given
New Heights
Ode To Myself
Woman
Tides
Wine Drunk
Bleach
Flux
Brightest Blue
Worry About Me (feat. blackbear)
Hate Me (with Juice WRLD)

An underrated gem from this year IMO.

[GaGarazzi]

2. Power
3. How Deep Is Too Deep
5. Love I’m Given
6. New Heights
8. Woman
9. Tides
11. Bleach
12. Flux
13. Brightest Blue

EG.0 – Side B
2. Worry About Me (feat. blackbear)
4. Close To Me (with Diplo, feat. Swae Lee)

[Loose]

OK this is interesting and also the only EG record I like on full album length.

For the 1st round I am saving:

SIDE A

- Start
- Power
- How Deep Is Too Deep
- Cyan
- Love I‘m Given
- New Heights
- Bleach
- Brightest Blue

SIDE B

- Worry About Me

[GreekGeek]

SAVE
Brightest Blue – Side A
Love I'm Given
Ode To Myself
Woman
Bleach
Flux
Brightest Blue
Close To Me
Hate Me
Sixteen

[crystalphoenix]

SAVE:
1. Start (feat. serpentwithfeet)
2. Power
3. How Deep Is Too Deep
5. Love I’m Given
6. New Heights
8. Woman
9. Tides
12. Flux
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

[JeremySpears]

Save
1. Start (feat. serpentwithfeet)
2. Power
3. How Deep Is Too Deep
5. Love I’m Given
8. Woman
11. Bleach
12. Flux
13. Brightest Blue
1. Overture
3. Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv)
5. Hate Me (with Juice WRLD)
6. Sixteen

[Tansike]

Thank you all for voting!

I will close this round tomorrow morning

[Tansike]

Round is closed

[Tansike]

Results Round 1

Start (feat. serpentwithfeet) / +4 points
Power / +5 points
How Deep Is Too Deep / +5 points
Cyan / +2 points
Love I’m Given / +6 points
New Heights / +4 points
Ode To Myself / +2 points
Woman / +5 points
Tides / +3 points
Wine Drunk / +1 point
Bleach / +5 points
Flux / +5 points
Brightest Blue / +5 points
Overture / +1 point
Worry About Me (feat. blackbear) / +4 points
Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv) / +2 points
Close To Me (with Diplo, feat. Swae Lee) / +3 points
Hate Me (with Juice WRLD) / +4 points
Sixteen / +3 points

...the latest single of the album - Love I'm Given - made the voting lists of every voter as the only song doing so. The song not only wins the first round, but also gets immunity for the next round. Meanwhile, album interlude Wine Drunk and Overture, the opener to Side B, only got one point each and get eliminated.

Ranking

18. Wine Drunk
18. Overture

Voting List:
Start (feat. serpentwithfeet)
Power
How Deep Is Too Deep
Cyan
Love I'm Given *immune*
New Heights
Ode To Myself
Woman
Tides
Bleach
Flux
Brightest Blue
Worry About Me (feat. blackbear)
Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv)
Close To Me (with Diplo, feat. Swae Lee)
Hate Me (with Juice WRLD)
Sixteen

Round 2: Save 3 and vote Out 2

[Tansike]

GaGarazzi Loose GreekGeek crystalphoenix JeremySpears

[Tansike]

SAVE
How Deep Is Too Deep
Woman
Flux

OUT
Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv)
Sixteen

[Loose]

SAVE
- How Deep Is Too Deep
- Bleach
- Brightest Blue

OUT
- Close To Me
- Hate Me

[crystalphoenix]

SAVE:
- Tides
- Slow Grenade
- Close To Me

OUT:
- Cyan
- Ode To Myself

[cheapthrills]

SAVE

Slow Grenade
Close To Me
Hate Me

OUT

Cyan
Ode To Myself

[Tansike]

Thank you all - reminder for those who haven't voted yet. I will close this round tomorrow morning.

GaGarazzi GreekGeek JeremySpears

[JeremySpears]

SAVE:
Power
How Deep Is Too Deep
Flux

OUT:
Worry About Me
Close To Me

[GreekGeek]

Thanks for reminding me to vote, i've been very busy lately. If you could remind me every time, it would be very helpful!

SAVE:
Bleach
Flux
Brightest Blue

OUT:
Slow Grenade
Worry About Me

[GaGarazzi]

OUT:
- Start
- Slow Grenade

SAVE:
+ Power
+ Flux
+ Close To Me

[Tansike]

Round is closed

Thanks for reminding me to vote, i've been very busy lately. If you could remind me every time, it would be very helpful!

Sure - I keep tagging everyone who votes at least once in the survivor

[Tansike]

Results Round 2

Start (feat. serpentwithfeet) / -1 point
Power / +2 points
How Deep Is Too Deep / +3 points
Cyan / -2 points
New Heights / no votes
Ode To Myself / -2 points
Woman / +1 point
Tides / +1 point
Bleach / +2 points
Flux / +4 points
Brightest Blue / +2 points
Worry About Me (feat. blackbear) / -2 points
Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv) / -1 point
Close To Me (with Diplo, feat. Swae Lee) / +1 point
Hate Me (with Juice WRLD) / +0 points
Sixteen / -1 point

...the interludes Cyan and Ode To Myself were already close to elimination in the first round and get chopped now. They got the same score as Worry About Me (feat. blackbear) from Side B, that also gets eliminated. Meanwhile, the ballad Flux got the highest score and gets immunity for the next round. How Deep Is Too Deep also deserves a shoutout, as it's close to winning a round for the second time.

Ranking

18. Wine Drunk
18. Overture
15. Cyan
15. Ode To Myself
15. Worry About Me (feat. blackbear)

Voting List:
Start (feat. serpentwithfeet)
Power
How Deep Is Too Deep
Love I'm Given
New Heights
Woman
Tides
Bleach
Flux *immune*
Brightest Blue
Slow Grenade (feat. Lauv)
Close To Me (with Diplo, feat. Swae Lee)
Hate Me (with Juice WRLD)
Sixteen

Round 3: Give +5, +3, +1 and -3 to four songs of your choice

[Tansike]

GaGarazzi Loose GreekGeek crystalphoenix JeremySpears cheapthrills

[Tansike]

+5 How Deep Is Too Deep
+3 Woman
+1 Love I'm Given

-3 Sixteen

[GaGarazzi]

+5 Power
+3 Close To Me
+1 Love I'm Given

-3 Start

[Loose]

+5 How Deep Is Too Deep
+3 Love I‘m Given
+1 Brightest Blue

-3 Close To Me