Ahead of new album, Ellie Goulding releases Lauv collab “Slow Grenade”

Interscope RecordsOn Monday, Ellie Goulding and Lauv took to social media to tease the release of “Slow Grenade,” a collaboration that appears on Ellie’s upcoming album, Brightest Blue.  Now, the song has arrived. As previously reported, Brightes…

By ABC Audio on June 30, 2020

Interscope RecordsOn Monday, Ellie Goulding and Lauv took to social media to tease the release of “Slow Grenade,” a collaboration that appears on Ellie’s upcoming album, Brightest Blue.  Now, the song has arrived.

As previously reported, Brightest Blue has two distinct halves: “Slow Grenade” is from the “EG.O” half of the album.  The deceptively upbeat-sounded tune features the two artists singing about a relationship that both of them realize has gone south, but neither one of them wants to let go.

“Can’t escape this blowing up in my face/so why can’t I stop it?/Still got time for me to stop it/It’s like a part of me must love it/That’s why I’m not running from it,” they sing.

Brightest Blue comes out July 17; that same day, Ellie will perform on Good Morning America‘s Summer Concert series on ABC.

By Andrea Dresdale
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