Rita Ora -
Chasing Ora - Released April 14, 2013
Track listing:
1.) The Chase Begins
2.) Daughter of Arabia
3.) Gosh (ft. Nelly Furtado)
4.) Leaving Queendom
5.) This Garden
6.) Firefly
7.) We Need Space, Alien
8.) Company
9.) Back to Bass (ft. Skrillex)
10.) Ten
11.) Humanimal
12.) Pristina Lights
Singles:
1.) Gosh (ft. Nelly Furtado) - released March 2013
2.) This Garden - released June 2013
3.) Firefly - released October 2013
4.) Back to Bass (ft. Skrillex) - released December 2013
5.) Humanimal - released February 2013
Concept:
The concept of the album is Rita (an Arabian princess) is running away from Arabia, and she is going to Pristina (her home town in Kosovo). On the way to Pristina, she encounters many different types of music, and the album itself is almost a music journey of all the different places in between Arabia and Kosovo. So, for example, The Chase Begins and Daughter of Arabia both have regal, grand sounds with because that is when she is in her palace. Gosh is about her experiences leaving the palace for the first time, and encountering 'normal' street life - the lyrics go "Gosh, I never seen a place like this".
Leaving Queendom is about entering the desert. Company is about when Rita discovers she is being followed/chased by the palace guards.
This Garden and Firefly are about the desert she must cross, and We Need Space, Alien is inspired by the clear starry sky in the desert. Back to Bass is about Istanbul, and it is about going back to a busy, crowded place after being in the quiet desert for so long. Ten and Humanimal are about the road from Istanbul to Kosovo (more European sounding) and Pristina Lights is an uplifting song about finally arriving in Pristina.
Tour (legs):
1.) North America theaters, June 2013
2.) UK arenas, September 2013
3.) Australia/NZ arenas, January 2013
The tour set list would be similar to the track listing because of the concept, but I would have to incorporate some songs from her debut album too
. Roc the Life and How We Do would be the opening songs (because they are about being lavish, which goes with the palace theme), and Shine Ya Light would be before Pristina Lights, which would be the encore. RIP would be when Rita is leaving the palace.
What do you think?
