Ellie Goulding sweetly caresses our eardrums once again with a suitably sorrowful music video for her brilliant new ballad, "How Long Will I Love You," which features on the official soundtrack of the new British romantic comedy movie, "About Time." The science fiction film revolving around time travel where a young man tries to change his past to have a better future. Written and directed by Richard Curtis (well-known "Love Actually"), and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. The film has already released in the UK last Wednesday and is scheduled to be released in the US on November 1st.
The simple proclamation of undying love is Goulding's delicate cover of The Waterboy's classic gem, "How Long Will I Love You," that originally appeared on their 1990 album, "Room to Roam." The lyrics have also a simple playground rhyme quality to them: "How long will I love you/ As long as stars are above you/ Longer if I can/ How long will I need you / As long as the seasons need to/ Follow their plan." The song's vulnerability is further heightened when these words are coupled with the almost music box-like fragility of the instrumental.
It's funny how Goulding's vocal styling isn't all that different in a mellow tune like "How Long Will I Love You" than it sounds in one of her heavier hitters like "Burn." Switching so effortlessly from soft to loud and back again and that's definitely not an easy feat to pull off. Standing in stark contrast with past club bangers like "I Need Your Love," and "Lights," Goulding's new music video for "How Long Will I Love You," is a lovely piano ballad that's tender and gentle enough to be included on the "About Time" soundtrack.
Serves as the perfect backdrop for a video that promotes both the song and film, the Mike Sharpe-directed video finds the 26-year-old British songbird looking sincerely into the camera, staring wistfully through a window, walking alone by a beach, staring off into a gray horizon and contemplating life in a beach side cottage interspersed with bittersweet montage of excerpts from "About Time." The "Burn" singer eventually walks down to the water with an appropriately wistful look on her face. The accompanying video is simple and short, but super duper sweet and heartfelt. Much like the song itself.
The simple proclamation of undying love is Goulding's delicate cover of The Waterboy's classic gem, "How Long Will I Love You," that originally appeared on their 1990 album, "Room to Roam." The lyrics have also a simple playground rhyme quality to them: "How long will I love you/ As long as stars are above you/ Longer if I can/ How long will I need you / As long as the seasons need to/ Follow their plan." The song's vulnerability is further heightened when these words are coupled with the almost music box-like fragility of the instrumental.
It's funny how Goulding's vocal styling isn't all that different in a mellow tune like "How Long Will I Love You" than it sounds in one of her heavier hitters like "Burn." Switching so effortlessly from soft to loud and back again and that's definitely not an easy feat to pull off. Standing in stark contrast with past club bangers like "I Need Your Love," and "Lights," Goulding's new music video for "How Long Will I Love You," is a lovely piano ballad that's tender and gentle enough to be included on the "About Time" soundtrack.
Serves as the perfect backdrop for a video that promotes both the song and film, the Mike Sharpe-directed video finds the 26-year-old British songbird looking sincerely into the camera, staring wistfully through a window, walking alone by a beach, staring off into a gray horizon and contemplating life in a beach side cottage interspersed with bittersweet montage of excerpts from "About Time." The "Burn" singer eventually walks down to the water with an appropriately wistful look on her face. The accompanying video is simple and short, but super duper sweet and heartfelt. Much like the song itself.
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