I had never sung at a wedding before, and of course you feel nervous in any intimate setting like that, much more so than being on stage.’ It was, she adds, ‘very special’ – as it was to sing for the Obamas at the White House just seven months later. It was a big secret and testament to my band and everyone around me that we managed to keep it that way. ‘They were fans of my music and asked me to perform. ‘It was just a whirlwind at the time,’ she says. So substantial was Goulding’s popularity and so wide-reaching her appeal that she was invited to sing at the royal wedding reception for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011. But it’s a work in progress: ‘We’ve done a lot to the house,’ says Goulding, ‘and we’re still working on it.’ We settle down in what will eventually become Caspar’s study and meeting room for now, other than a large sofa opposite the fireplace and a couple of black-and-white Gilbert & George artworks, it’s unfurnished, with packing boxes and pictures propped up around the room. ‘It just had something really enchanting about it.’ Enchanting it is: the kitchen leads into a high-ceilinged sitting area with a wooden dining table, comfy sofas and bookshelves lining the back wall.
‘It was the first house we saw,’ says Goulding. Her husband, the handsome art dealer Caspar Jopling, 29, is standing in his workout gear in the large open-plan kitchen, busy on the phone, while their baby son, Arthur, is sleeping peacefully in the corner. Her new home is in an idyllic Gloucestershire village and, when we meet, 34-year-old Goulding is already on the go, arranging an online barre class with a teacher in LA for later that afternoon. Already one of Britain’s most successful solo artists – she’s sold more than 15 million albums and won a string of awards, including a handful of Brits – she has released an album, written a book, moved house and given birth, at the end of April, to her first child.
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