Ellie Goulding Lights Up Victorious Festival Amid Pyro Scare
Singing sensation Ellie Goulding delivered a jaw-dropping performance at England’s Victorious Festival, demonstrating that the show must indeed go on. The star’s composure was put to the test when a pyrotechnic mishap startled her mid-show.
During her rendition of the song “Miracle” on Sunday, August 27, at the festival in Portsmouth, England, the glitch triggered a surprised exclamation of frustration from the 36-year-old singer. Unfazed, she powered through, resuming her performance without missing a beat.
Goulding’s reaction mirrored her personal mantra: stay composed and continue the show, no matter the unexpected challenges. Her message of resilience also resonated through a recent Instagram post shared on Saturday, August 26, where she encouraged her followers with the words: “I don’t know who needs to hear this but — keep going! Love you x. I’m right there with you ❤️.”
The songstress, originally from England, has been candid about her battles with mental health. She disclosed her struggles with anxiety during an interview with “Q With Tom Power” in April, emphasizing how it had profoundly impacted her life. Goulding shared, “Anxiety took over my life completely — it was debilitating. It really affected every aspect of my job and being a mom and all those things. … A lot of people suffer from anxiety, but it is, like, the loneliest feeling in the world, despite the majority of people now experiencing it.”
Goulding, who is a mother to a 2-year-old son named Arthur with her husband Caspar Jopling, acknowledged that motherhood introduced new challenges to her mental well-being. Despite seeking therapy and trying various strategies to alleviate her anxiety, Goulding admitted that it remains an ever-present aspect of her life. “I’m not allowed to call the anxiety an enemy, apparently, and I’ve not been diagnosed with postpartum depression, but having my son made things a lot worse at times, and so it’s ever-changing,” she confided during an interview with Vogue in April. She expressed a desire to conquer it entirely, but conceded, “I would love to wake up one day without it, but it seems that no matter how much therapy I have, and how many lavender pills I take, it’s not going anywhere.”
Goulding’s coping strategies include engaging in physical activity to boost her mood. Furthermore, her latest musical offering, “Higher Than Heaven,” departs from the somber tones of her previous album, “Brightest Blue.” She revealed, “To be honest, there was definitely an element of escapism, but I was also trying to move away a bit from the very personal, introspective side of my last record, Brightest Blue. I just wasn’t really in the mood to write ballads.”
However, the artist acknowledged that some of her earlier hits are emotionally heavy to perform repeatedly. Reflecting on the song “Explosions,” which she penned as a tribute to her father, Goulding shared an anecdote: “My nana was playing a couple of my old songs to my son Arthur last night, and there’s a ballad called ‘Explosions’ I wrote about my dad, and God, it’s just so sad that I sang that night after night after night. No wonder I need so much therapy now.”