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Ellie Goulding thinks fame has a dark side.
The 'Explosions' hitmaker credits her close friends for keeping her from "crumbling" under the pressures of the industry.
She told Glamour magazine: "I do think that if I hadn't had my manager or my friends around me, I could have crumbled very quickly. But anyone who is famous has probably wanted to be famous. It doesn't happen accidentally.
"So when you find out that it's not as pretty as it looks, I feel like that's almost your comeuppance or your karma. It's the universe saying: 'You wanted it so badly, and here it is. Not what you thought it would be, right?'"
Meanwhile, the 28-year-old star is looking forward to releasing her new album 'Delirium' but admits it is a bit of an "experiment".
She said: "'A part of me views this album as an experiment - to make a big pop album. I made a conscious decision that I wanted it to be on another level."
And Ellie says her favourite song of hers changes from day to day.
When asked which of her own tracks she likes best, she said: "Oh, I couldn't tell you that. It varies. Sometimes a particularly song will go down very well in a set and that then is my favourite, or I will hear one on the radio after not hearing it for a while and that'll be my favourite. They're all special for different reasons."

Lance Bass hasn't ruled out the chance of an *NSYNC reunion.
The 36-year-old singer and his bandmates - Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and JC Chasez - went on a hiatus in 2002 but Lance insists there is the possibility of the band reuniting if they get in the right "mood".
He said: "I mean, who knows? We're all brothers and we will be brothers the rest of our lives. It just depends on if we all get in the mood. You go through something like that, you're family.
"We love each other like brothers, we hate each other like brothers, every emotion comes out with your family members. It's great. I love that they're gonna be in my life the rest of my life. It's so funny to see everyone grown up now - Justin having a kid! It's so crazy cause I still look at them as teenagers. We still have not grown up."
The 'Bye Bye Bye' hitmaker also admits the band never planned to go on a permanent hiatus and wanted to do another album.
He told Entertainment Weekly: "We totally thought we were gonna do another album. Plans start changing in everyone's lives.
"Justin's career was just taking off. He had no idea that it was gonna be a success like that, no one did. It just wouldn't stop, so it just didn't make sense for us to do another album as long as he was doing so well. As you can tell, he hasn't stopped yet. There was no room for an *NSYNC album."

Sam Smith is releasing a special edition of his debut album complete with a brand new song as a "thank you" to his fans
'In The Lonely Hour: The Drowning Shadows Edition' features a bonus disc of previously unreleased songs, including unheard track 'Drowning Shadows' co-written by Smith and Fraser T. Smith and produced by Jimmy Napes and Steve Fitzmaurice.
The companion CD also contains stripped back versions of his songs, such as an acoustic recording of 'Omen', Sam's song with Disclosure, and cover versions of Amy Winehouse's 'Love Is A Losing Game' and Whitney Houston's 'How Will I Know?' alongside collaborations with A$AP Rocky, Mary J. Blige and John Legend.
Taking to Twitter to announce the project to his followers, the 23-year-old singer tweeted: "This is a present directly from me to my fans. This album, this journey has changed my life. So I have listened to all your wants and wishes and put some tracks on this album that you all wanted originally. I have also got a new song, and a special new cover for you all ... This is my thank you to you all, and the final bow before my second album. Love you all xx (sic)"
The original release of Sam's album has sold over 9 million copies worldwide and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Sam has also just released 'Writing's On The Wall', the theme song for for the new James Bond film 'SPECTRE'.
Meanwhile, a new documentary 'Sam Smith: Dreams Come True' is being released this month but it has been made without Sam's approval or involvement.

'In The Lonely Hour: The Drowning Shadows Edition' (available for pre-order now) tracklisting:

DISC 1:
1 - 'Money On My Mind'
2 - 'Good Thing'
3 - 'Stay With Me'
4 - 'Leave Your Lover'
5 - 'I'm Not The Only One'
6 - 'I've Told You Now'
7 - 'Like I Can'
8 - 'Life Support'
9 - 'Not In That Way'
10 - 'Lay Me Down'
11 - 'Restart'
12 - 'Latch' (Acoustic)
13 - 'La La La'
14 - 'Make It To Me'

DISC 2:
1 - 'Drowning Shadows'
2 - 'Love Is A Losing Game'
3 - 'Nirvana'
4 - 'How Will I Know?'
5 - 'Omen' (Acoustic) feat. Disclosure
6 - 'Latch' feat. Disclosure (Live from Madison Square Garden, New York)
7 - 'Stay With Me' Feat. Mary J Blige
8 - 'I'm Not The Only One' Feat. A$AP Rocky
9 - 'Lay Me Down' Feat. John Legend

Jessie J has joined the 'Grease: Live' TV special.
The 'Bang Bang' hitmaker confirmed she has signed up to star in the production yesterday (01.10.15) on Twitter with the post "True #GreaseLive" and while she won't be part of the main cast, she'll perform a live version of the song 'Grease (Is the Word)' by songwriter Barry Gibb to open the show.
The pop star gushed about her new job to her eight million Twitter followers, posting: "Grease is the word! I'm thrilled to announce that I will officially be joining the @GreaseLive family!"
The 27-year-old singer joins 'Call Me Maybe' singer Carly Rae Jepsen, 29, who will play Pink Lady Frenchy, while Vanessa Hudgens has been cast as Rizzo.
'Safe Haven' star Julianne Hough and 'Les Misérables' actor Aaron Tveit will play the roles of lovers from opposite sides of the track Sandy and Danny.
'Grease: Live' will also welcome 'Pitch Perfect' actress Kether Donohue, who is set to play Pink Lady Jan, and 'Spare Parts' actor David Del Rio who will play T-Bird Putzie.
The televised offering isn't the first of its kind and follows in the footsteps of NBC's 2013 live remake of 'Sound of Music', which starred Carrie Underwood and 2014's 'Peter Pan Live!' which starred Allison Williams.
The live show is scheduled to air on Fox on January 31.

Kylie Minogue is releasing a Christmas album.
The pop star has been snowed under recording classic Yule Tide tracks for her LP 'Kylie Christmas' and will be joined by her sister Dannii Minogue for a duet on '100 Degrees.
Also helping Kylie spread the festive cheer are Iggy Pop and James Corden, while the late great Frank Sinatra will feature on her cover of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'.
'The Late Late Show' host Corden joins Kylie on 'Only You', while Iggy will duet with the diminutive beauty on a rendition of The Waitresses' hit 'Christmas Wrapping'.
The album - to be released on November 13 - will come with a DVD featuring video footage of Kylie singing six of the tracks at Angel Studios and Sarm Music Village and will be followed by a a Christmas concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on December 11 which the 47-year-old singer has promised will be a night of "joy".
Kylie said: "This year, it's a 'Kylie Christmas'. I cannot wait for you to hear these songs, it's so much fun. Get ready, it's gonna snow!
"To perform at the Royal Albert Hall will be a dream come true. I can't wait for December 11 to share a night of joy and celebration with everyone."

Standard 'Kylie Christmas' tracklisting:
1. It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
2. Santa Claus is Coming to Town featuring Frank Sinatra
3. Winter Wonderland
4. Christmas Wrapping (With Iggy Pop)
5. Only You (With James Corden)
6. I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter
7. Every Day's Like Christmas
8. Let It Snow
9. White December
10. 2000 Miles
11. Santa Baby
12. Christmas Isn't Christmas 'Til You Get Here
13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Deluxe tracklisting:
14. Oh Santa
15. 100 Degrees (With Dannii Minogue)
16. Cried out Christmas

DVD tracklisting:
1. It's Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2. 2000 Miles
3. Christmas Isn't Christmas 'Til You Get Here
4. 100 Degrees (With Dannii Minogue)
5. I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter
6. Oh Santa

Don Henley has lashed out at Kanye West and Frank Ocean.
The Eagles singer/songwriter has labelled Frank a "talentless little p***k" after previously threatening to sue him when the rapper used The Eagles' song 'Hotel California' on his track 'American Wedding' without permission.
He said: "I didn't think he was cool. I thought he was a talentless little p***k. And I still do.
"Some of these young kids have grown up in a world that doesn't understand or respect copyright material or intellectual property. They look at songs as interactive playthings."
When asked by The Guardian if he would be more comfortable if a more established artist, such as Kanye West, sampled his music, Don said: "No, I'd be just as p****d off. I don't like him, either."
And Don also hit out at Kanye's claims that he plans to run for President of the United States in 2020.
The musician - who has a new country album 'Cass County' coming out - scoffed: "He won't be president. He's either incredibly arrogant or incredibly insecure, or some combination of the two."

The Score had a "deep life convo" with Natasha Bedingfield at a party thrown by Nick Jonas.
The indie pop band - consisting of friends Eddie Anthony and Edan Dover - have just been signed to Republic Records off the back of their catchy tune 'All My Love' and revealed that just a few weeks ago they ended up at the 'Chains' hitmaker's house chatting to the British songstress.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, lead singer Eddie recalled: "There was only like 20 people there at the party. You know it's funny, and who is a very sweet person? I don't know how this happened but we ended up having like a 20-minute a deep life convo with Natasha Bedingfield. We were just talking and we're all kind of drinking and I'm like, doing my like British accent. She's really sweet. We were talking about some deep stuff, I don't know how we got onto it. She's really cool though."
Edan said: "She's super cool and down to earth. She had some really massive songs."
But the pair were even more thrilled to be "eating tacos and drinking tequilas" at the pop superstar's party and with the massages they received.
Edan added: "Yeah, getting massaged from a pretty cute Russian girl. I did not think that was gonna happen! It was like, 'Now we're in LA, at Nick Jonas' party, getting massages!' "
The boys released their debut EP 'Where Do You Run' last week and are working on their album of the same title due out early 2016.
But they're grateful for people like Ariana Grande - who is also signed to Republic Records - for reassuring them that they're in good hands.
Eddie shared: "We met Ariana Grande. She was like, 'Welcome to the family!' She said, 'You've made the right choice, you're with great people.' "
Edan added: "It's gratifying because you're literally going insane. You think what you're doing is good, people tell you what you're doing is good, but there's always part of you that's insecure, do I know what the hell I'm doing? So getting signed is like, 'OK, here's a professional seal of approval.' You know what you're doing and you're making money from it."
Learn more about The Score online at www.thescoreofficial.com

Ed Sheeran claims Beyoncé made him "look better" than he really is.
The 'Thinking Out Loud' hitmaker performed an acoustic version of 'Drunk In Love' with the 34-year-old singer at the Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park last weekend and was delighted to work with someone so "talented".
He said: "She is a very talented performer and makes me look better than I am."
Later this month, the 24-year-old singer will release 'Jumpers For Goalposts', a concert film shot when he performed at Wembley Stadium earlier this year but he joked the subject matter will actually be actually be X-rated.
Asked what's next for him on US TV show 'Extra', he said: "I'm releasing a movie - a very, very hardcore porno ... No, I'm releasing a concert film, which I filmed at my three nights at Wembley."
Despite his global fame, the 'Photograph' hitmaker admits even his fans still get confused about his identity.
He said: "I look on Instagram and I see so many girls posting shots in pubs with fat ginger dudes and are like, 'We met Ed today.' They genuinely believe it's me."

Carrie Underwood has baby-proofed her tour bus so she can take her son on the road with her.
The 32-year-old country superstar is getting to release her fifth studio album 'Storyteller' on October 23 and will head out to perform it live in the coming weeks.
Carrie's son Isaiah - her child with her husband Mike Fisher - is only six months old so she doesn't want to leave him at home and has made modifications to her tour bus so she can have him with her at all times.
In an interview with ES Magazine, she revealed: "We have a tour bus that's outfitted for a baby. It has locks put on all the cupboards, a crib and everything. We've been taking it out ... to give it a trial before we take it on tour."
Carrie expects there to be some tough moments when she's on tour with Isaiah, but she's prepared to make it work because her son is her "number one priority".
The 'Smoke Break' singer said: "I can think of so many male artists who do go on tour and they leave their families behind. Not only do I have to worry about picking up my show clothes, but I also have to pack Isaiah's bags. Then I have to feed him and everything else - it presents its own set of problems. But he is my number one priority."
Carrie admits she was never a big fan of babies before she had her own child, but Isaiah has totally changed her life.
She explained: "I think I've been doing a pretty good job so far. Isaiah is amazing. I was never really a baby person, but he is so special."