Track of the week: Clearest Blue by Chvrches For all this talk of songs of the summer, autumn brings with it a fresh start. And there's no fresher start than this banging new Chvrches track. With determined synths, lyrics about trying and trying again, and a bridge that will melt your heart, there's no better song to soundtrack taking your coat down from attic, turning the collar up against the wind, and lacing up your stoutest boots.
If you want someone to keep a secret, Ellie Goulding is your girl. Apparently she's kept schtum on Sam Smith's Bond gig for ages. Ellie told heat radio, "I knew a while ago. I've written with Jimmy Napes and he was not supposed to tell me but he did. He kind of let it drop because he is not good at lying." Ellie also put her hat in the ring for a Bond girl role. "I think I'd be a good one, to be honest. I can fight. I'm pretty fit, I'm pretty tough. And I can scrub up alright," she said.
Hero of the week is Ariana Grande who told Access Hollywood that she was fed up with unrealistic beauty standards. She said, "There's always so much focus on like physical beauty and there's this standard that's set so high nowadays of like what it means to be pretty or what's beautiful or like what type of body is in or out. You see it on the cover of all these magazines. It's like Kim Kardashian gained weight, I'm like, 'Good, she's pregnant! That's healthy, that's normal, she's making a child.'"
Zero of the week is Taylor Swift's rotating cast of guest stars, according to Rihanna. She told NME that she'd never join Tay on stage.
“I don’t think I would. I just don’t think it makes sense. I don’t think our brands are the same: I don’t think they match, I don’t think our audiences are the same.
“In my mind she’s a role model, I’m not.”
