“People tend to feel intimidated by a woman that’s comfortable in her own skin”, Rita Ora is sitting opposite me at the Sanderson Hotel in London, discussing the resurgence of women on top in music.

“And that comes to my whole point of supporting feminism; I’m a real believer in ***** Power. I love my girls, like Charli XCX and Iggy, I love what Arianna did with her open letter, I love Miley and Katy Perry, and B is always on the next ****ing level. Women are finally sticking up for each other. It’s been a long time coming.”

Rita is gearing up to release her second album later this month

following a very public breakup with Harris, news of Rita’s impending second album went a little quiet.
“Obviously my personal life distracted me a bit, I wasn’t prepared to go in and finish off a record because I wasn’t myself, I was in a bad place”, Rita says, assuring me that now it’s time to move on, and that she’s ready to concentrate fully on the release of her sophomore album.

“I think that our experience was amazing at that time, but it’s time to move on now”, she says. “I think that we’ve both shown that we’ve done that, not just in our personal lives, but in our musical lives too. I still love performing “I Will Never Let You Down” – it’s one of my favourites. People are like, “do you feel a bit weird?”, and I say no – because music speaks for itself, it’s a great song.”

So what can we expect from Rita Ora, chapter two?
“I’ve grown up. I think I’ve got more to say because I’m older, but I haven’t changed personally”, she says. “I think humans change always, but I don’t think we completely forget. I don’t forget where I’m from, or what I’ve done. I’m still the same daughter I was to my mother, but I’m an evolved artist and that shows. This album shows my improvement as a storyteller”

And our first taster of Rita’s evolved sound is her new single, “Poison”, released this week. It’s a modern take on a pop power ballad, big chorus and catchy as hell, but also holds a lot of meaning for Rita.
“It came from my experience in poisonous relationships”, she explains. “I’m not pointing fingers at anybody – it’s basically about all my exes combined. I just thought that I’ve put enough songs out that are party tunes – that I’m so happy that people like, of course – but I wanted to put something out that was like, “you know what, this is what’s getting on my nerves right now”, she continues. “That storyline was also the inspiration for the video – of how this girl comes into a new world, and she meets this guy, and he transforms her and her life, and she gets addicted to all the bad things. The inspiration comes from the film Factory Girl but it’s sort of a reflection on my life also, and a possessive relationship that I’ve been in. It’s all that mix. I wanted it to be as honest and as immediate as possible, which is the direction of this record as a whole. It’s a very specific.”

http://www.hungertv.com/feature/the-...ew-rita-ora-2/

Rita is coming, watch out Navy, pray for your fave, no one is safe...

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