Rita Ora On Emerging From a ‘Low’ Period With New Strength & New Music

Powerhouse multi-hyphenate Rita Ora just lately dropped into the Billboard News studio to debate her profession, her marriage and the intersection of the 2.

During the chat, the singer/songwriter/actress and entrepreneur talks about dropping confidence in her profession and the way the expertise impressed each her romantic relationship and thru that, her new music.

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“I spent such a long time fighting to be heard over the course of my experience being in the industry, that I guess I lost a lot of confidence and a lot of hope, fell really low,” Ora says. “And I guess when you’re at your lowest point, you can make a choice. You either kind of get back up and keep going, or you just let it consume you. And I did that. I got up. I flew to Australia to do The Voice over there, and I met somebody who changed me forever.”

That “somebody” is Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor and filmmaker Taika Waititi, whom Ora met in 2021 and married final 12 months.

“Meeting Taika, who is my husband, I definitely never felt that before,” Ora says, “and so I just wrote it all down and I thought, ‘Okay, I think it’s time to make some music again.’ And here we are.”

Out at present (April 19) Ora’s newest single is “Praising You,” a collaboration with legendary producer Fatboy Slim and a tackle his 1998 traditional “Praise You.” The monitor is the second single from Ora’s forthcoming album You & I, set for launch on July 14 through BMG.

Released this previous January, the album’s lead single, “You Only Love Me” consists of cameos from Ora’s IRL associates together with Lindsay Lohan and Kristen Stewart, together with an look from Sharon Stone.

“That was a crazy one for me,” Ora says of getting the legendary actress within the video. “I met her at an occasion, and we simply clicked. And she was actually smart, and she or he truly was so, so welcoming and heat. I don’t know – I assume I simply requested her. I simply thought ‘What’s she’s simply going to do? She’s simply going to say no; let’s go for it.’ And I stated, ‘Do you want to play my sort of fairy godmother who saves the day and brings me the dress.’ And she was like, ‘Yes! 100 percent.’