Ellie Goulding Follows Cher's Lead, Won't Play for Putin (Q&A)

Photographed for the "Pop Goes the World" portfolio in THR's music issue, the British singer talks about performing for William and Kate, appreciating vocal-manipulation and why a future visit to Russia "is probably a 'no.'" A version of this story first appeared in the Jan. 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. From Buckingham Palace, where she sang at the request of William and Kate, to the White House (ditto, the Obamas) to Coachella, there isn't a place in the world Goulding won't per...