Rita Ora talked the album on Access Hollywood and in OUT Magazine during her promo for America's Next Top Model.
How are you feeling about your new music?
I’m just so ready for this album to come out. I’ve been through a lot, musically. Everything I was trying to do creatively was getting blocked at the time, and it was very difficult for me to voice myself. There was a point that I really just gave up and started doing other things, which is incredible—like fashion, and movies, which I’m not complaining about. But I love music, and it’s the reason I started entertaining in the first place. Now I’ve got my second album coming out with Atlantic Records, and I’m so proud of it. I’ve written every song on it. It’s based in London. We live produced everything. Instruments, the band, a full orchestra.
What was it inspired by?
Really just the fact that I couldn’t do it. I was starving, I was like, “What the ****? Why can’t I do this? I have this following, and this amazing fan base, on Twitter, and Instagram, and nothing to tell them, because I didn’t want to go into this whole thing.” I just hoped that they would stick by me. And they did. It’s a beautiful thing now to be free. This album is about celebrating that, and not dwelling on the past. I’m now able to sing my songs, and dress how I wanted to dress in my videos.
Rita Ora talked the album on Access Hollywood and in OUT Magazine during her promo for America's Next Top Model.
How are you feeling about your new music?
I’m just so ready for this album to come out. I’ve been through a lot, musically. Everything I was trying to do creatively was getting blocked at the time, and it was very difficult for me to voice myself. There was a point that I really just gave up and started doing other things, which is incredible—like fashion, and movies, which I’m not complaining about. But I love music, and it’s the reason I started entertaining in the first place. Now I’ve got my second album coming out with Atlantic Records, and I’m so proud of it. I’ve written every song on it. It’s based in London. We live produced everything. Instruments, the band, a full orchestra.
What was it inspired by?
Really just the fact that I couldn’t do it. I was starving, I was like, “What the ****? Why can’t I do this? I have this following, and this amazing fan base, on Twitter, and Instagram, and nothing to tell them, because I didn’t want to go into this whole thing.” I just hoped that they would stick by me. And they did. It’s a beautiful thing now to be free. This album is about celebrating that, and not dwelling on the past. I’m now able to sing my songs, and dress how I wanted to dress in my videos.
I just love her and I hope she releases stronger material this time, roc nation really limited her and am so proud of her for fighting for her freedom.
The rebooted “America’s Next Top Model” premiered Monday to nearly 2 million viewers — hitting a five-year high for season debuts of the reality competition series.
Monday night’s premiere drew 1.7 million total viewers according to Nielsen live-plus-same day numbers. That’s well enough to outpace all season premieres of the show’s previous incarnation on broadcast network the CW in the last half-decade.
