Mawazine 2017: Ellie Goulding wants to collaborate with Drake and Bjork

Ellie Goulding says she would love to share a studio with Icelandic chanteuse Bjork and Canadian rapper Drake.

Ellie Goulding's performance at Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco. Photo by Sife Al Amine
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Ellie Goulding has revealed her wish list of artists to work with. Speaking from the Mawazine Festival in the Moroccan capital of Rabat, the 30-year-old singer is riding high on the charts with the club ready First Time, her collaboration with Norwegian DJ Kygo.

No stranger to successful musical hook ups, including the stomping Outside with Calvin Harris, Goulding says she would love to share a studio with Icelandic chanteuse Bjork and Canadian rapper Drake.

“I love Bjork - she is my hero since I was quite young,” she says. “I suppose also Drake - I mean, who doesn’t like Drake right?

With tabloids constantly in tow, Goulding says she has come to terms with her celebrity and has decided to take a light hearted approach to it all.

“Being in the industry for quiet a few years now, I have discovered that having a sense of humour and laughing things off is the best way to deal with tabloids and all that celebrity stuff,” she says. “You can’t laugh about everything but I manage to put these things in its place and understand that I am a celebrity, but a musician first, and that kind of stuff comes with it.

Check out Arts & Life for all the latest news and interviews from The Mawazine Festival in Morocco. The Festival continues until May 20

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