Ellie Goulding 'Still Adores Ex-Boyfriend Greg James'

Ellie Gouldinghas opened up about her split fromGeordie Shoregot her through the lonely times! 

Despite romances with Skrillexand actorOne DirectionstaEd Sheeran, theCara Delevingne, claiming: "There are several girls I’m really close to and we are mental. 

"Rita [Ora] I adore. She’s got a really good outlook on life – she’s really positive, hard-working and funny. Cara [Delevingne] and I have so much fun; we relate to each other."

Ellie continued: "Me and Taylor [Swift] are similar in that we write about relationships, and we joke about that. We text and sometimes I only have to say one thing, and even if it’s cryptic she gets it. She’s an inspiration to me because she reinstated how honest you can be about a boy in your music. 

"I thought maybe I should stop being so explicit at one point, then I slapped myself out of that: I’m always going to write about people.”

The full interview appears in the January 2014 issue of Cosmopolitan, on sale December 6. Also available in digital edition on Apple Newsstand.

For behind-the-scenes footage, please go to www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/elliegoulding