Ellie Dixon talks her brand-new off-kilter single Big Lizard Energy and fighting anxiety: "You've got to fight silly with silly"
17.02.2023 - 15:29
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Ellie Dixon has a really handy hint to help you when life gets a bit too much - crush those anxieties and fears by becoming a gigantic lizard.
No, really.
In her wonderfully kitschy, off-kilter new single, Ellie fully embraces the more quirky edges of alt-pop in an entirely self-produced and self-written riot from beginning to end.
"Problems are big but I'm bigger," she chants on the chorus that will be stuck in your head all day. "I'm a Jurassic killer."
We caught up with Ellie via Zoom is discuss her influences behind her new single and her upcoming biggest live show ever and why she might just now be living inside her giant dinosaur costume from now on (the perfect Halloween costume).
No, I actually sent my friend a video this morning and didn't realise I was still in the suit. She was like, are you living in that thing? Yes. Yes I am.
Yes! It feels really nice because [previous single] Swing! was the first single with the label [Decca] and that felt like training. I was finding my feet, I was on tour when that was released, so it was intense. But I think we all learnt what we were doing. Now I'm not on the road, I have spent so much time making content. I just made a Lizard Valentine's Day card!
There were options, but I think everyone agreed that this was the one. What I really enjoyed, actually, about going on tour [when Swing! was released] was that I could play new songs to the crowd. This one seemed to resonate and stick the most. Everyone was singing it afterwards, my friend was still humming it a month later.
Honestly, give me your name and your number and I'll get back to you.
I wish I could remember what on Earth I was thinking of, to be honest. I was writing it at a time where I felt super overwhelmed,