{"id":30507,"date":"2014-05-29T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T10:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=30507"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:27:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:27:29","slug":"profile-ella-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/05\/29\/profile-ella-henderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: Ella Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"
Forget her X Factor past, new pop voice Ella Henderson will spike the mainstream with a much-needed dose of darkness\u00a0this summer<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Navy woven jacket by Marc Jacobs from a selection at Harvey Nichols<\/em><\/p>\n In 2012, singer Ella Henderson made an early shock exit from X Factor, despite support from the likes of Cher and Adele. Signing to Sony nevertheless, Henderson quietly locked herself away in the studio for a year to work on her debut album, Chapter One, so called, she says, \u201cbecause this is a diary of me. It\u2019s the start of something.\u201d<\/p>\n The first you\u2019ll hear of it – on its June 8 release date, in fact – is \u201cGhost,\u201d co-written with one-man hit factory,\u00a0Ryan Tedder (Beyonce, J-Lo, Demi Lovato). His stamp is unmistakeable; immense, rolling gospel-tinged pop that Henderson describes as \u201cuplifting, but dark.\u201d The collaboration was pure serendipity: with her album nearly wrapped, the label sent over Henderson\u2019s cover of Drake\u2019s \u201cHold On, We\u2019re Going Home,\u201d to which Tedder succinctly replied, \u201cFuck, get me in the studio with her right now.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to make this big record and have it played worldwide, and he knows a special formula to write songs like that,\u201d she says. \u201cWe started it in London, but just after Christmas I flew to Denver to his home, and we finished it there. I turned 18 in the booth, so we had a beer.\u201d<\/p>\n