A trip to a Doug Wheeler art exhibition at a New York gallery served as inspiration for this song's optimistic lyrics. When Ellie Goulding found herself in a room bathed in a relaxing, bright blue light, the experience served as an enlightenment. Everything is heightened now It's looking so much brighter now I was lost and now I'm found Fell off the merry-go-round Goulding was homesick for England at the time and tired of being on the road rather than in one place. She explained to The Sun it was "a period of real self-discovery, so when I saw this blue, I had this feeling of happiness."
Goulding explained to the BBC that when she walked into the abstract painter's light show, "It completely took over," and she felt its warmth. The next day she got together with her engineer and told him, "I really want to write about this brightest blue that I had." The lyrics quickly rolled off her tongue. Once the producers Joseph Kearns and Jim Eliot had added the strings and other bells and whistles, Goulding listened to the gospelly tune and burst into tears. "I don't get emotional at my own music like that," she said, "but that song just feels like a new beginning."
Don't you worry about the future 'Cause this is the blue evolution Goulding told Apple Music that "the blue evolution" is her "version of a happy, peaceful place." She explained: "It's about getting yourself to a place of harmony where even when bad stuff does come along and you find yourself in hard times, you can deal with it in a very different way because you've discovered this harmony in yourself."
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