Ella Henderson on her rebirth with second album Everything I Didn't Say: "So much happened to me when I was 16, I needed to live"
11.03.2022 - 11:23
/ officialcharts.com
Ella Henderson's second album has finally arrived.
Everything I Didn't Say finds the 26 year old singer-songwriter re-born, on songs that read like pages torn from her diary as much as they do a pleasingly modern and coherent sonic overhaul to place Ella in the right here, right now.
It's been nearly eight years since Ella dropped her debut album Chapter One - which hit Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart and contained her debut smash Ghost, a four-week Number 1 single in the UK and an international hit worldwide; even managing the task of cracking America's Top 40.
Since then, Ella left her original label Syco and has worked hard in the ensuing years to build a strong, steady stream of hits in the UK - from the Top 10 dance cut This Is Real with Jax Jones, or the banterous Let's Go Home Together with Tom Grennan.
Jumping on the phone with Ella, we talk about her journey to releasing Everything I Didn't Say, which is less about a pop star making a comeback and more about a young woman learning to find her place in the world.
I'm nervous and excited at the same time. It's eight years since I last put an album out, finally getting [to this point in my life makes me feel] ready to open up and ready to share everything.
So much happened to me when I was 16. I put an album out when I was 18. I had the levels of success I had [with Ghost], and I was touring and promoting for so long, when I hit my 20s I realised I didn't know where home was. I didn't have a couch, I couldn't drive. I needed to live, which is one of the reasons why I took a step back.
I feel more ready as a human. Aside from the music, I feel ready to open up. I fee like I'm there now. I'm ready to talk about some of the challenges I've faced over the