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"Chandelier" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Sia, from her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear (2014). Written by Sia and Jesse Shatkin and produced by Shatkin and Greg Kurstin, the song was released on 17 March 2014 as the lead single from the album.
On 17 January 2015, Sia performed "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" on Saturday Night Live. [50] On 8 February 2015, Sia and Ziegler together with actress Kristen Wiig performed "Chandelier" in a room reminiscent of the video set on the 2015 Grammy Awards telecast.
Sia's seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016), spawned her first Billboard Hot 100 number one single, "Cheap Thrills". That year she also began her Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which incorporated dancing by Ziegler and others, and other performance art elements. Sia's eighth studio album, Everyday Is Christmas, was released
Sia leans on a frequent collaborator, songwriter-producer Jesse Shatkin, who together made the megahit “Chandelier,” and the albums “Music” and “This Is Acting.”
Annie Zaleski from The A.V. Club labelled "Elastic Heart" a "striking power ballad," [3] while AllMusic's Heather Phares picked the song as one of the three standouts from the album, alongside "Chandelier" and "Eye of the Needle". [39] Aimee Cliff from Fact named it a "great example of how only Sia can truly rock a song written for (rather than ...
The song was first mentioned by Sia in a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone, where it was described as a "cheerful song that matches her personality much more than, say, "Chandelier"." It is the end title of the film Music , [ 3 ] which was written and directed by Sia herself.
On 2 April 2015, a video for the song was released on Sia's Vevo YouTube channel. The video features Maddie Ziegler facing the camera using her hands and face to express emotions. At one point a pair of hands come into the frame (shown in behind-the-scenes footage to be Sia's own hands) manipulating Ziegler's face and covering her mouth, they ...
Sia's ninth studio album Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture was released on 12 February 2021. It spawned the singles " Together" , " Courage to Change ", " Hey Boy " (solo or featuring Burna Boy ) and " Floating Through Space " (with David Guetta).