Rita Ora says touring with Kylie Minogue made up for losing out on recording her mega hit Padam Padam as the hitmaker speaks about her new song Heat ahead of new LP
Touring with Kylie Minogue made up for Rita Ora losing Padam Padam to her.
Back in 2022 hitmaker Lostboy, who co-wrote Kylie’s comeback smash, originally considered giving the song to Rita.
However, Reets isn’t bitter: “I’ve always grown up with this saying, ‘What’s for you won’t pass you’. And that’s always how I’ve lived my life. And it’s Kylie Minogue – she’s the queen of the world, in my opinion. So, of course, Kylie’s going to get it and kill it and do a great job. And in the pop industry, that happens every day to a lot of big artists, you don’t just know about it. Lostboy lives in my studio here in Los Angeles, we’re very close friends.”
The Aussie legend made up for Rita’s loss by asking her to support her on tour in the US recently.
“Kylie has been such an incredible inspiration to me for my whole life,” gushed Ora of the experience. “And also having her as a supporter, I couldn’t ask for anything more. I haven’t toured like that for about three years and opening up for her was the best way to just get back into live shows. Her audience are just so accepting and they really showed up for me. I just never wanted it to end … I’m just so grateful for that tour.”
Rita has spent a lot of time Down Under lately, working on TV shows plus marrying Kiwi director Taika Waititi; and she reckons the continent has given her a new bikini bod.
Rita explained: “My health life changed drastically so I feel like I found my bikini bod in Australia, genuinely. I started exercising, sitting in the sun, seeing how fit everyone else is in Australia when they’re walking down the beach.”
Speaking of beach and bikinis, Rita’s sexy new song Heat is all about sun-worshipping and there’s more of that to come on her next LP.
She explained: “The last album was about finding love and feeling super inspired by my relationship. Whereas this one is just really inspired by having fun and being a sexy bitch. I wanted to go back to how I started in my early career of feeling really comfortable in my skin and, and celebrating being a woman.”
Heat is out now.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
