Listen to Ellie Goulding and Four Tet's Haunting Collaboration, "In My Dreams"

Four Tet Ellie Goulding "In My Dreams"

In a world of sonic conformity, "In My Dreams" is a refreshing breath of unconventional brilliance. Released moments ago via Three Six Zero Recordings, the new single is a distorted dreamscape of dance music that's both mesmerizing and unsettling.

Goulding's voice, as delicate as ever, plunges us into a dream within a dream. She sings of "just visiting" our dreams, a phantasmic figure gliding through the subconscious. Meanwhile, Four Tet's production adds layers upon layers of grungy intensity.

Four Tet says the new collaboration began when Goulding came up with a song idea and recorded voice notes containing lyrics and melodies. She then sent them in text messages and asked him if he was interested in producing a track around the vocal bits.

"I found other noises to go with it and made 'In My Dreams,'" he explained in a press release. "[Goulding] added some new vocal parts but we ended up keeping the voice note recordings as the main vocal. I guess the first take is often the most magical. I wanted to make something that was all about juxtaposing harsh aggressive sound with the delicate and intimate."

The influential producer previously enlisted Goulding for a feature on "Baby," a track from 2020's Sixteen Oceans, his 10th studio album. He then remixed Goulding's "Easy Lover" in 2022, leading to a Grammy nomination for Best Remixed Recording.

You can find "In My Dreams" on streaming platforms here.

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