ELLiS·D – I Want To Be Everything You Desire

ELLiS·D drops “I Want To Be Everything You Desire”, a single that captures the rush of performing live. Recorded in a single 10-hour session at RAK Studios with producer Shuta Shinoda, the track channels the energy Ellis found playing double sets on tour with Fat Dog this past April.

Ellis wrote the lyrics between shows, riding the high of performing twice a night. He describes stepping into an onstage character that feels more liberated than his everyday self. That tension between who you are offstage and who you become under the lights comes through in the song’s restless energy.

Shinoda, who’s worked with Jenny Beth, Hot Chip, and Spiritualized, keeps the production direct. The 10-hour session didn’t leave much room for overthinking, which suits the material. This isn’t meant to be polished. It’s meant to feel immediate.

Ellis stays busy beyond his solo work. He drums for Fat Dog, and between both projects, he’ll hit 145 shows by the end of 2025. That includes festival slots at Haldern Pop, Best Kept Secret, The Great Escape, Leffingeleuren, Les Nuits Botanique, and Liverpool Sound City. Playing that many shows shapes how you write, and it shows here.

This is his first release since the spring EP “Spill”, which got airplay on BBC Radio 6Music from Steve Lamacq and Emily Pilbeam, plus John Kennedy at Radio X and Matt Wilkinson at Apple Music. Press support came from Bandcamp, NME, So Young, Far Out, Clunk, and Hard of Hearing.
We covered “Spill” earlier this year when we caught Ellis supporting Fat Dog in Mainz.

“I Want To Be Everything You Desire” doesn’t try to recreate a live show. It bottles the feeling of wanting to hold onto that onstage version of yourself once you step off.

Read our take on “Spill” EP:
https://stereobar.net/2025/08/17/ellis%C2%B7d-spill-ep-this-is-not-a-review/