Today, the multi-platinum-selling BRIT Award nominee, Ella Henderson, announces details of her first solo material in four years – a brand new EP, ‘Glorious,’ released via Atlantic Records/Major Toms/Asylum on November 8 (pre-order now). The EP’s title track is available now (listen here) alongside an official lyric video (watch here).
An exciting new era in a career that has already generated over 4 million record sales, the ‘Glorious’ EP will be the first collection of songs that Ella has released since her UK Number 1 debut album ‘Chapter One’ in 2014, and her first since signing with Rudimental to their label Major Toms, home to last year’s biggest-selling breakthrough artist, Anne-Marie.
A deeply personal labour of love, Ella has spent the past year writing and recording the EP in both London and LA. The first taste of the EP, title track ‘Glorious’, is a soulful, empowering record about embracing and celebrating our flaws. A showcase of Ella’s unmistakable voice and fearless songwriting, the slick mid-tempo track tackles issues of self-doubt, body image and the fleeting nature of youth.
Ella says: “Writing ‘Glorious’ was a mind cleansing moment for me, it represents the first time I truly began to start celebrating everything I used to live in fear of. Learning to accept and love yourself for who you are can be difficult in this day and age. ‘Glorious’ stands for everything we should feel about ourselves – empowered and proud.”
Bursting on to the scene in 2014, at just 18-years-old Ella Henderson went on to achieve global success with her debut single, ‘Ghost,’ (co-written with Ryan Tedder) which became the fastest-selling debut single from any British Artist of 2014 and has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. That same year, Ella’s debut album, ‘Chapter One,’ (Salaam Remi, Babyface, Steve Mac, TMS) spawned her first Platinum selling album, making her one of only 3 UK artists to break Platinum in 2014.
In 2015 the revered artist received two prestigious BRIT Award nominations for ‘Best British Female’ and ‘Best British Single’, rounding off the year with a landmark sell-out UK headline tour, which included two shows at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
An unmissable live act, Ella has toured with Take That, Rudimental and James Arthur, as well as releasing hit collaborations with superstar DJs Kygo and Sigma. Just last week, ‘This Is Real,’ a new collaboration with hit maker Jax Jones was also unveiled on his star-studded debut album ‘Snacks.’
GLORIOUS EP TRACKLIST:
- Glorious
- Young
- Hold On Me
- Friends