( RollingStone.com ) -- Ellie Goulding emerged in 2010 with a one-two punch : first , her ( still-rising ) helium-voiced hit `` Lights , '' then , an elegant read of Elton John 's `` Your Song '' that led to a gig at Prince William 's wedding . As Cinderella stories go , it 's a good one . But as a 25-year-old adept who dresses rave-y hooks in folk-rock tunefulness and art-pop filigree , Goulding earned her glass slippers . `` Halcyon , '' her second LP , pumps up her sound as befitting a court musician . The single `` Anything Could Happen '' has the London Community Gospel Choir swooping around staccato piano and club beats ; elsewhere she 's multitracked into a one-woman choir . If the songwriting does n't quite measure up to U.K. art-pop divas like Kate Bush , the hooks always go to town , and her voice -- Dolly Parton-dazzling in the upper register -- mates gorgeously with electronics , swirling around itself on the title track , morphing through synthscapes on `` Do n't Say a Word . '' `` I Need Your Love , '' a bangin ' collab with Scottish rave-op master Calvin Harris ( Rihanna 's `` We Found Love '' ) , gets slotted as a `` bonus cut , '' maybe to avoid confusing the more genteel fans . But Goulding 's magic is in her multitasking . And if she really gets busy with current paramour Skrillex , things could get even more interesting . See original story at RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
Ellie Goulding first emerged as an artist in 2010 . `` Halcyon '' is her second album . She does a collab with Scottish rave-op master Calvin Harris .