(RollingStone.com) -- Ellie Goulding emerged in 2010 with a one-two punch: first, her (still-rising) helium-voiced hit "Lights," then, an elegant read of Elton John's "Your Song" that led to a gig at Prince William's wedding. As Cinderella stories go, it's a good one. But as a 25-year-old adept who dresses rave-y hooks in folk-rock tunefulness and art-pop filigree, Goulding earned her glass slippers. 

"Halcyon," her second LP, pumps up her sound as befitting a court musician. The single "Anything Could Happen" has the London Community Gospel Choir swooping around staccato piano and club beats; elsewhere she's multitracked into a one-woman choir. If the songwriting doesn't quite measure up to U.K. art-pop divas like Kate Bush, the hooks always go to town, and her voice -- Dolly Parton-dazzling in the upper register -- mates gorgeously with electronics, swirling around itself on the title track, morphing through synthscapes on "Don't Say a Word." "I Need Your Love," a bangin' collab with Scottish rave-op master Calvin Harris (Rihanna's "We Found Love"), gets slotted as a "bonus cut," maybe to avoid confusing the more genteel fans. But Goulding's magic is in her multitasking. And if she really gets busy with current paramour Skrillex, things could get even more interesting. 

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Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding emerged in 2010 with a one-two punch: first, her (still-rising) helium-voiced hit "Lights," then, an elegant read of Elton John's "Your Song" that led to a gig at Prince
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"Your Song"
 an elegant read of Elton John's "Your Song" that led to a gig at Prince William's wedding.
William
 Prince William's
"Halcyon"
"Halcyon," her second LP
"Anything Could Happen"
 The single "Anything Could Happen" has the London Community Gospel Choir
London Community Gospel Choir
London Community Gospel Choir
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But as a 25-year-old adept 
2010
 Ellie Goulding emerged in 2010
"Lights"
 first, her (still-rising) helium-voiced hit "Lights,"
Multitasking
But Goulding's magic is in her multitasking
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 a bangin' collab with Scottish rave-op master Calvin Harri
Calvin Harris
a bangin' collab with Scottish rave-op master Calvin Harris
Scottish rave-op master
Scottish rave-op master Calvin Harris
Kate Bush
If the songwriting doesn't quite measure up to U.K. art-pop divas like Kate Bush
Skrillex
with current paramour Skrillex
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Goulding earned her glass slippers.
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folk-rock
 But as a 25-year-old adept who dresses rave-y hooks in folk-rock tunefulness and art-pop filigree
Club beats
The single "Anything Could Happen" has the London Community Gospel Choir swooping around staccato piano and club beats