Ellie Goulding desperate to encourage musical interest in her two kids

The Love Me Like You Do singer welcomed daughter Iris – her first child with partner Beau Minniear – into the world in March, and is also mum to four-year-old son Arthur with ex-husband Casper Jopling.

Ellie Goulding loves nothing more than playing classical music to her two kids.

The Love Me Like You Do singer welcomed daughter Iris – her first child with partner Beau Minniear – into the world in March, and is also mum to four-year-old son Arthur with ex-husband Casper Jopling.

Opening up about balancing work and motherhood, Ellie told The Sun that she is keen to encourage a strong interest in music in her kids, and has started them both from their early days.

She said: “It’s such a joy.

“I love playing music to them, especially classical music.”

Ellie also used the interview to offer fans an update on her highly-anticipated sixth studio album, after dropping her single titled Black Prada Dress.

Speaking about her musical progression, she explained: “I’ve spent the past few years working really closely with a brilliantly talented producer and multi-instrumentalist called Jack Rochon.

“I actually found him on TikTok when he was still relatively undiscovered, living in Canada. He’s since moved to LA and worked with Beyonce.

“I immediately connected with what he was doing creatively. I have always loved discovering emerging talent and championing new voices, just like I did when I first started out and discovered Starsmith.

“We’ve recorded hundreds of songs together, and I loved the freedom of exploring different sounds, feelings, thoughts and experiences.

“It felt really organic and honest, like journaling through music.”

As for the inspiration for the new record – the follow up to her 2023 album Higher Than Heaven – Ellie insisted there isn’t “one definitive experience” that inspired it.

Instead, she explained that the songs on the album are directed at the “negative, critical voice bringing you down”.

She mused: “And that voice could be your own, internal voice — that self-critical, destructive one.

“I feel like we all have one of those, just like we have different versions of ourselves. I love the honesty of it, the rawness, and I hope people can connect to it in their own way.”

Ellie spoke to The Sun after performing at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend music festival, which was this year held in Sunderland.

Fans were delighted as she performed hits including Still Falling For You and Lights, before debuting Black Prada Dress live for the first time.