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Higher Than Heaven is a Dance-pop and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Janet Jackson and The Weeknd. Those roots explain a lot about how Higher Than Heaven arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Blue Hour, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dua Lipa, Ava Max and Beyoncé, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Higher Than Heaven, reaching back through Kylie Minogue and forward to Dua Lipa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Higher Than Heaven is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding. It was released on 7 April 2023, through Polydor Records, serving as a follow-up to her fourth studio album, Brightest Blue (2020). Written largely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Goulding deliberately shifted the album's focus away from the deep introspection of its predecessor, describing it as her "least personal album" to date in favour of escapism and pure thrills. The album was preceded by four singles, "Easy Lover" featuring Big Sean, "Let It Die", "Like a Saviour", and "By the End of the Night".
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Higher Than Heaven grew out of Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Janet Jackson, shares an orbit with Blue Hour, went on to shape Dua Lipa, Ava Max and Beyoncé. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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