Ella Henderson is convinced Calvin Harris thinks she's 'annoying' 🤣
She's sent him a lot of songs
Last updated 5th Feb 2024
Ella Henderson has just released her latest banger 'Alibi' with Rudimental, which samples Coolio's 90s hit 'Gangsta's Paradise', and she joined Boogie and Arlene on Northsound 1 to talk about her new music.
The singer, revealed how she came up with the idea for the song at a writing camp last year, when she put on Coolio's song and started to improvise to it. Eventually teaming up with Rudimental to release the song, it could have been very different if a certain Scottish DJ had replied to Ella. 👀
The BRIT-nominated 'React' singer told how she is a big fan of Calvin Harris, and would love to do a collab with her, but he's not replied to her DMs! As the singer explained: "I would love to do a record with Calvin, I send him songs all the time in his DMs on Instagram.
"But I think he just finds me annoying at this point so... No (there isn’t a collab), I do send him songs all the time and stuff, but I don't think he's seen any of them. One of them was actually this ('Alibi').
Ella went on to joke: "He's probably got like all my last releases sat in his inbox, but I would love to do a record with him. I'm a huge, huge fan of Calvin, and I think he's done such an amazing thing with his career and everything, and I think doing something with... on my bucket list was to do something with (David) Guetta and that eventually happened, so he's like the next the next DJ target!”
Have a listen to the full interview below:
'Alibi' is the follow-up to 'Rest of Our Days' which she released with Cian Ducrot, and her massive hit '0800 Heaven' with Nathan Dawe and Joel Corry.
Ella was chatting to Boogie and Arlene on Saturday 3rd February, on Northsound 1 between 9am and 12pm.
You can hear songs by Ella Henderson on Northsound 1.
Take a look through some of Ella Henderson's biggest songs:
9) Ella Henderson and Tom Grennan 'Let's Go Home Together'
'Let's Go Home Together' was a Top 10 hit in 2021 for Ella and Tom Grennan — and has since been certified 2x Platinum. Ella co-wrote the song with James Arthur and a songwriting team.
The music video shows Ella and Tom sitting separately with their own friends in a pub, before coming together after a few drinks.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
8) Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and Ella Henderson '0800 Heaven'
This huge collab from Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and Ella Henderson, ended up being a Top 10 hit. The trio joined us for an interview, where Ella told us: "I've known Nath for ages and we've done two records together before so this is our third, and Joel's such a good mate and we've always wanted to work together."
Watch the music video on YouTube.
7) Nathan Dawe with Ella Henderson '21 Reasons'
Nathan Dawe and Ella joined forces for this club banger. '21 Reasons' samples the 2007 hit by Alex Gaudino, 'Destination Calabria' and features Ella's distinctive vocals.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
6) Ella Henderson with Jax Jones 'This is Real'
In 2019, Ella teamed up with Jax Jones on the fantastic hit 'This Is Real'. The song reached Number 9 in the UK and was co-written by the pair, along with some other songwriters.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
5) Ella Henderson 'Glow'
'Glow' was Ella Henderson's second single to be released. It dropped in 2014 and the song was another Top 10 hit for the singer. It has now had 13 million views on YouTube.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
4) David Guetta, Ella Henderson and Becky Hill 'Crazy What Love Can Do'
Released in 2022, this iconic collab saw the powerful vocals of both Ella Henderson and dance music legend Becky Hill join forces with French DJ David Guetta. 'Crazy What Love Can Do' soared up the Charts, hitting Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart and Number 2 in the UK Dance Chart.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
3) Sigma featuring Ella Henderson 'Glitterball'
Ella featured on Sigma's huge hit 'Glitterball' back in 2015, the song got to Number 4 in the UK and was the first time Sigma and Ella had collaborated. The music video has now had over 18 million views on YouTube.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
2) Ella Henderson with Switch Disco 'React'
Ella Henderson teamed up with DJ duo Switch Disco to release 'React'. The song samples the 90s classic from Robert Miles, 'Children', and was a Top 5 hit in the UK. The music video has now had more than 4.8 million views.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
1) Ella Henderson 'Ghost'
Ella Henderson's debut single 'Ghost' gave her a Number 1 single in the UK and the music video has now had more than 112 million views on YouTube. The song was released back in 2014 and co-written by Ella.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
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