![]() ![]() ‘I could only sing when mum wasn’t there. Moth-eaten, flea-ridden furniture with holes in it was handed down from my nana.’ She recalled visits from bailiffs, who took away the family television one afternoon over unpaid bills.Īs a youngster, she took up the clarinet and guitar, joined the local operatic society and performed in school plays, but recalls that she never felt special or encouraged. The singer has said: ‘I didn’t have the best childhood. Opening up: In 2012, Ellie told one interviewer that her father's absence 'was a constant area of confusion and fascination for me'īut by the time Ellie, the second of Tracey’s four children, came along, her mother was working in a supermarket to make ends meet and the family were living in a council house in Lyonshall, Hereford. ![]() Some people carry that with them for years and other people manage to let it go she’s finally starting to let it go.’ ![]() ‘The separation with her father was very difficult. ‘She has suffered from feeling insecure for years,’ Tracey Summers said from her terraced home in Birmingham. She admits that her upbringing left her damaged and this week her mother told how Ellie has never quite come to terms with her father’s desertion. Deserted by her father Arthur Goulding, who walked out when she was just five, she ended up loathing the tattooed lorry driver her mother went on to marry. Instead, Ellie had such a fractured and traumatic upbringing it left her needing therapy. The fact that she has got so far in life is testament to her strong character and work ethic: not for her a gilded showbiz upbringing like Lily Allen, or a performing arts school education like Adele. With her distinctive voice, all hoarse emotion and vibrato, there is no one quite like her. Since then she has performed at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding, had smash hits in the UK and U.S., seen her debut album sell more than two million copies, and reached No. ![]() Queen of the red carpet: Ellie Goulding is pictured arriving at this week's Brit Awards in a full-skirted, pale-pink Vivienne Westwood frockĪrriving at this week’s Brit Awards in a full-skirted, pale-pink Vivienne Westwood frock, Ellie Goulding was very much the queen of the red carpet.Īnd, named best British female solo artist on Wednesday night, she reigned inside London’s O2 Arena, too, celebrating long into the night with her record label stablemate Katy Perry.Įllie, now 27, was named Critics’ Choice at the 2010 Brits - an accolade given to rising stars. ![]()
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