Noel Gallagher loves Ellie Goulding's music.

Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding

The 'Army' hitmaker claims the former Oasis star is a big fan of her tracks but says she was sworn to secrecy about it.

She said: "You know, Noel Gallagher said to me at the Brits a couple of years ago: 'I really f***ing love your music, but don't f***ing tell anyone.' So he's lying. He does like my music. He told me himself."

The 29-year-old singer has also hit back at claims she is boring, insisting she is very "rock 'n' roll" because she can fight well and play guitar.

She added to The Guardian newspaper: "Can people stop thinking I'm boring, please? I'm not boring. I mean, I care a lot about things like the environment and homelessness, but I can't pretend to be someone I'm not just to make certain people think I'm interesting ...

"I might seem boring to some people, but first of all I can fight really well - I mean, I could probably take you right now - and if the epitome of supposed rock 'n' roll is playing guitar, then I do play guitar. And I play guitar very f***ing well. So there."