Ellie Goulding: Brightest Blue review - caught between confident and vulnerable

(Polydor)Goulding's first album since 2015's Delirium is undermined by its tacked-on guest spots Like footballers and boxers, pop stars have careers that rarely get better in their 30s, the exhilaration of youth collapsing into middle-aged mediocrity, experience elbowed aside by promise. This is British pop queen Ellie Goulding's first thirtysomething album - and her first set in five years - and it's awkwardly divided into two unequal parts, one with 13 songs, the other with five. The first hal...