"Love Me Like You Do" - Ellie Goulding

Okay, so I was fine with 50 Shades of Grey having The Weeknd make a song for the movie. I never really liked the guy as a performer anyway, so it had no real effect on me, despite the slimy nature of both the movie and the song. But this... well, this needs to be erased from my realm of existence.

Ellie... why?

Apparently, if you're looking to silence the critics of your faux-BDSM movie, a good way to do that is to get Ellie Goulding on the soundtrack singing about love, and letting the other person set the pace, and... seriously, what the hell is going on here? How does this song relate to the movie at ALL?

Look, if you want to make an awful, rapey, torture porno, fine. It's a free country. But don't try to pass this stupid movie off as an expression of true love by having sweet-sounding Ellie Goulding on the soundtrack singing about it! Did you feel that this movie didn't distort the idea of love enough, so you had to add this in?

Okay, I'm going to get nowhere with this song if I have to connect it with the movie. I don't really feel the connection anyway, so forget about the movie. Let's focus on the song by itself.

Now when I look at this song, I think it's actually quite good. Ellie Goulding's always been good at providing this ethereal, otherworldy-sounding perspective in her music, and it shines through here. Even when she's singing about a topic as mainstream as love, she manages to make it her own. It's not her best work, but it is a solid offering.

I just wish it didn't have to be associated with 50 Shades! That's what really bothers me, and you just have to take a look at the music video to see what's wrong. There's a part where it looks like the guy is stalking the girl, and throughout the entire damn video, the girl looks terrified. Love me like you do? How about "Every Breath You Take"?

I'll be happy when this 50 Shades thing dies down and I won't have to look at it again. For now, Ellie Goulding needs to look at getting a new agent, because being associated with this movie is not something I'd like to add to my legacy.