{"id":257059,"date":"2026-01-29T04:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257059\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T04:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:40:08","slug":"taylor-swift-ellie-goulding-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/257059\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift, Ellie Goulding and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The video for Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IdneKLhsWOQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wildest Dreams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wildest Dreams<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 the fifth single from her album 1989 \u2014\u00a0has become her latest to rack up 1 billion views on YouTube. It&#8217;s her sixth video to hit that milestone, following \u201cBlank Space,\u201d \u201cShake It Off,\u201d \u201cYou Belong With Me,\u201d \u201cBad Blood\u201d and \u201cLook What You Made Me Do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/ellie-goulding-new-music-destiny-divorce-pregnancy-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:new issue of NYLON;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">new issue of NYLON<\/a> magazine, Ellie Goulding recalled the early years of her career, when she was made to feel bad if she couldn&#8217;t perform because she was sick. &#8220;If you were trying to make it in music as a female singer, you had to do everything,&#8221; she told the mag. The most extreme example of that, she said, was the time she played Coachella\u00a0when she had food poisoning. &#8220;I was s******* my pants, and I still went,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I had these leather shorts that had a zip up the back and front, and I thought, \u2018These are the worst thing for my situation right now.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Silent Treatment&#8221; singer Freya Skye will release her EP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUBfq-njhnY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stardust;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Stardust<\/a> on Feb. 4. &#8220;I\u2019m soooooo excited and proud of this ep and I CANT WAIT for you all to have it,&#8221; she wrote on Instagram. Her Stars Align tour kicks off Feb. 6 in Portland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maisie Peters&#8217; new album,\u00a0Florescence, will arrive May 15. The U.K. singer&#8217;s third album features duets with Julia Michaels and Marcus Mumford. A trailer for the album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fHF2w1GKUBM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:out now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">out now<\/a>, was directed by Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RAYE&#8217;s sister Absolutely is currently on tour with the &#8220;Where Is My Husband!&#8221; singer as her opening act, and it turns out her new album is going to beat RAYE&#8217;s to streaming services. Absolutely&#8217;s sophomore release,\u00a0Paracosm, is out Feb. 20, while RAYE&#8217;s This Music May Contain Hope doesn&#8217;t arrive until March 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. 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