Analysis Of Ellie Goulding's 'Fifty Shades Of Grey'

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Let’s Spark Up Fifty Shades in Our Eardrum! Ellie Goulding sings “Love Me like You Do,” a song that describes in full detail of a perfect a romantic relationship in which both partners have a thirst and addiction for each other, like Christian and Ana had in Fifty Shades of Grey. Soon before the movie was released on Valentine’s Day, the single “Love Me like You Do” was floating on the radio on the 7th of January in 2015. Before the Fifty Shades of Grey movie came out, the single begin to rise to the top and became the fastest selling single of the year. In the music video, Goulding sings beautifully with expressive lyrics and the ballad from the 80’s that makes the song complete. This song has an emphasis on people that understand the reality …show more content…
James; these two things have a positive cultural impact that inspire more romantic media. Once the Goulding released the song, it became a smashing hit on the radio for the Fifty Shades maniacs. After the release of the song, everybody worldwide heard of the colossal and marvelous chorus "Love me like you do lo-lo-me like you do"(11). The erotic and romantic song "Love Me like You Do" became the fast selling single that sold over 77,000 copies in two weeks. The song after two months was certified Gold in the United States, meaning it sold 500,000 copies. This song led people to adore love and passionate sexual relationship which is shown on Fifty Shades movie. Although this song on the album took a two year process to complete, the hard work paid off and soon became a successful that it was expected to be. As Mike Knobloch says, "There was a very deliberate effort to create as much original material as possible, to tailor the production, the lyrics, and the performance." This song is great for romantic partners to listen to and feel in love with each other again. It drew more couples attention to love the song because it had the same fierce and extraordinary romantic atmosphere that Fifty Shades movie displayed in theaters. America was surprised to hear the first single of the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack had such high quality which led it to become a booming success in America for romantic

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