"Sixteen" is a song by English singer Ellie Goulding, released as a single through Polydor Records on 12 April 2019.

[1] It appears as an international bonus track on the digital and streaming edition of her fourth studio album Brightest Blue.

[3] "Sixteen" is a pop, EDM and dance-pop ballad with an electronic beat that speaks about the "reckless days of adolescence".

[6] Goulding announced the song on social media on 11 April 2019, also posting that she compiled the cover artwork from friends' photos of when they were sixteen years of age.

[7] The music video directed by Tim Mattia was released on April 17, 2019, reflecting on Goulding's teenage years, focusing on her and a friend bunking off school to steal alcohol, smoke cannabis, get tattoos, and meet boys at an arcade.