The former X Factor contestant Ella Henderson has spent well over a year perfecting her debut album, "Chapter One" and it's been about 18 months since she was warbling away on our telly screens, but she's finally back with a bang. The Tetney singer, 18, releases her long-awaited first track "Ghost" and accompanying hauntingly music video online. "Chapter One" will be available in September, and despite the album taking so long to produce, she's totally happy with how it's turned out.
Teaming up with One Republic's frontman Ryan Tedder to co-write this compelling pop debut "Ghost," recording it on her 18th birthday at his house in Denver, the British songstress blends her rich, bluesy vocals with a retro beat, with ridiculously catchy consequences! Speaking about her collaboration with Tedder, Henderson said: "I wanted to make this big record and have it played worldwide, and he knows a special formula to write songs like that. When I first listened back to my album as a body of work, I realized it was everything I hoped it would be. Something real, raw and honest."
On "Ghost," we find Henderson struggling to exercise the demon of a lost love. She sounds lovely and vulnerable when she pleads to an ex-lover to 'give up the ghost' and when she belts the word 'river' in the higher register of her vocals at the end of this part. Though her slight retro soul is tormented, she has a crisp, powerful vocal performance which emits an aura of hope and strength. Her sound is intoxicating, like a more traditional pop cut, but she has more soul and power than you typical cookie cutter crooner. Henderson surprised the world with this funky, soulful, swinging and emotional debut single.
Henderson filmed the promo on a nighttime shoot out in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 9th and as this was her first ever music video shoot - we hope you'll agree - she did a pretty good job. The video sees Henderson performing the track in a red-lit motel room before showing off some pretty impressive power walking while being followed by police cars. There's two stories going on in this video; Two men in trouble with the law and being chased by ghosts from the past. Stories with a bit of a twist. And that's how you can describe "Ghost" too.
Teaming up with One Republic's frontman Ryan Tedder to co-write this compelling pop debut "Ghost," recording it on her 18th birthday at his house in Denver, the British songstress blends her rich, bluesy vocals with a retro beat, with ridiculously catchy consequences! Speaking about her collaboration with Tedder, Henderson said: "I wanted to make this big record and have it played worldwide, and he knows a special formula to write songs like that. When I first listened back to my album as a body of work, I realized it was everything I hoped it would be. Something real, raw and honest."
On "Ghost," we find Henderson struggling to exercise the demon of a lost love. She sounds lovely and vulnerable when she pleads to an ex-lover to 'give up the ghost' and when she belts the word 'river' in the higher register of her vocals at the end of this part. Though her slight retro soul is tormented, she has a crisp, powerful vocal performance which emits an aura of hope and strength. Her sound is intoxicating, like a more traditional pop cut, but she has more soul and power than you typical cookie cutter crooner. Henderson surprised the world with this funky, soulful, swinging and emotional debut single.
Henderson filmed the promo on a nighttime shoot out in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 9th and as this was her first ever music video shoot - we hope you'll agree - she did a pretty good job. The video sees Henderson performing the track in a red-lit motel room before showing off some pretty impressive power walking while being followed by police cars. There's two stories going on in this video; Two men in trouble with the law and being chased by ghosts from the past. Stories with a bit of a twist. And that's how you can describe "Ghost" too.
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