Ellie Goulding showcases her baby bump in lace shorts for pal's birthday party ahead of welcoming her first child with boyfriend Beau Minniear

Ellie Goulding showcased her blossoming bump in lace shorts as she shared a series of snaps to Instagram on Thursday ahead of welcoming her and boyfriend Beau Minniear's first child together.

The songstress, 39, who already shares four-year-old son Arthur with ex-husband Caspar Jopling, stepped out in the quirky outfit to celebrate her pal's birthday.

For the outing, Ellie slipped into a pair of silk green shorts which she layered over black sheer tights.

She added a pop of colour to her look with a three-quarter red cropped jacket, which featured bright blue detailing.

Adding inches to her physique, Ellie slipped into a pair of black stilettos and accessorised with black sunglasses.

To complete her relaxed ensemble, she toted around her belongings in a yellow YSL handbag.

Ellie revealed her pregnancy as she walked the red carpet at the Fashion Awards in early December.

Since her relationship with Beau went public in September 2025, the pair have holidayed together in Italy, where Beau shared online an intimate photograph of Ellie lying in an unmade hotel room bed.

He also appears in several raunchy scenes in Ellie's latest music video, Destiny.

It comes after reports that Ellie had split from her management team as she plans a musical comeback with her sixth studio album.

Ahead of the currently untitled record's release, Ellie, whose last album was 2023's Higher Than Heaven, is believed to have parted ways with TaP late last year in a major shake-up.

The hitmaker signed with the firm in 2018 as she joined their star-studded roster alongside fellow chart-toppers Dua Lipa and Lana Del Ray.

A source told The Sun: 'As she moves into the new year with a strong sense of clarity, she is focused on family first with her second child due in just a few weeks.

'Ellie is an artist who is a proven hit machine and is one of the most important and unique voices that has come out of the UK.

Meanwhile, a source told Daily Mail: 'TaP resigned from working with Ellie on December 9th. They are proud of all they achieved together, but after eight years felt it was in both sides' interests to part company'.

The Daily Mail contacted Ellie Goulding's representatives and TaP management for comment at the time.

Speaking about the upcoming album, Ellie told NYLON: 'It had always been the goal to start this album, I didn’t know it was going to be a divorce album, but that’s the way it started heading.'

The singer exchanged vows with Caspar, the Harvard-educated grandson of Conservative MP Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, at Grade I listed York Minster in 2019.

'When I married my ex-husband, I thought it was for life. That will never go away,' she said. 'There are some songs that are necessary for me to acknowledge that time in my life and to be respectful of it.

'Then there were some songs that were extremely reactionary and sad that I felt were good to do in the moment, but don’t serve me long-term.'