Rita's new single is called "How To Be Lonely" and it was co-written by Lewis Capaldi. The track will be released on March 13.
Excited! She had such a good last era so i've got high hopes for this.
We really are being spoiled this year already
YASSSSS
PCD check
Rita check
now I need something new from Britney and the year will be fully amazing
Some properly great songs to emerge from the last era, hoping for something good!
Her last era was probably her best! Looking forward to this.
CAN'T WAIT
but what's the story? Is this a Lewis leftover or did he wrote it especially for Rita Ora?
It was co-written by Capaldi. So it's not a "Lewis leftover". Rita wrote on it too.
Very excited for this! Please be a banger.
haha sure, what did she add, the commas? hahaha
Queen of releasing songs written by buzzjack male favs
I'm ready
omg I was only thinking a few days back that I need new Rita in my life. HYPE!! *.*
So good to see new material coming and the third album.
I had feared there would be a massive gap between albums like with what happened after her debut.
Do we know that a third album is defo coming? She had a habit before of delaying but I’m super excited for this!
I genuinely thought that was a Cats outtake at first glance lmao
Omg the cover art!!! Lmao
omg HORRENDOUS. RITA!!!!!!
I quite like the cover!
The cover is striking
She will give a world exclusive performance of this on Sport Relief tomorrow
Love this. It's very similar in tempo to 'Girls' & 'Poison', I think.
So good to have her back so soon. I hope this era gets underway for her a lot quicker than her last era did!
It’s SO good.
I’m sure this is going to be a hit for her. You can absolutely tell this was written by Lewis
Liking this a lot! Hopefully it will get her another top 10.
She sounds so good! This sounds really anthemic, think it'll be big in weeks to come.
It is very Lewis in sound.
^ Too much
Very disappointing, this is Rita shouting a shouty Lewis song (as opposed to singing)
This isn’t doing much for me after a few listens, it’s not a patch on any of the Phoenix singles.
It’s not bad but it’s far too Lewis Capaldi-esque for my liking
Hoping that’ll help it be a hit though!
I'm in the disappointed camp. Its alright, but a bit meh tbh
Hmm might need a few more listens but its okay on first listen.
It's not bad, but it's incredibly beige.
I don't think it sounds like a Lewis song at all really? Obviously I know he wrote it and I could actually imagine him singing it but it's not like anything on his own album.
Tbh it kinda remainds me on Summer Love
Great performance, she really nailed it vocally!
This is actually a reject from his album
I don’t think her new song is as good as her recent stuff and the swearing just spoils it and is unnecessary.
After letting it sink in, I'm not loving this.
I think it'd work fine as the final single from an album or something (it reminds me of one of those tracks where I'd cry out for something else to be a single, but I'd be on board with it once it got the single treatment - like How Ya Doin' or Hair by Little Mix for example), but I hate that it's the first single and opens the new era up. This just lacks the usual Rita charisma and personality for me and I think they're relying TOO much on the fact it's written by Capaldi.
I don't hate or dislike it, I just know she can do (and has done) much better, especially for a first single!
I don't mind this much but it's not lead single worthy, it's not even as good as most of Phoenix's album tracks
I’m liking this after repeated listens. It sounds more like a good album track than a lead single though. You can tell Lewis Capaldi was involved in the writing of this which for me isn’t a bad thing. I can see it being a medium sized hit.
Body On Me style chart run perhaps?
Hopefully it can go top 25 at some point.
this is flopping big time, right?
I've just listened to it once and I don't think I want to go back...at least for now.
it's just about hanging on to the midweek top 50 at the moment, and will continue to drop over the course of the week.
at this point they should let it be a buzz single and give us a better song next month.
I don't think we can write it off when it's not on R1's playlist yet (she usually gets instant support) or any notable Spotify playlists?
V underwhelming. Looks like her 2nd era will be a fluke from this.
I expect with a push it'll eventually reach the top 30 but I was expecting more from a Rita Ora comeback single.
The song's not really to my taste anyway so that's mostly why I hope they move on quickly.
Screeeeech
UK singles
57 (New) How To Be Lonely
any sales info?
Hopefully it climbs today.
Debuted @ no.96 in Ireland
Down to 69 in the midweeks.
Well I really like this. It's not another huge pop moment like 'Anywhere' but it's still super catchy!
It's growing on me too!
I like it, it does take a few listens to get into, nowhere near the amazingness of anywhere but still good. I was never really a fan of her debut material but am enjoying her music way more since the release of Phoenix.
Such a good video, weird but really good, lifting the song competely!
Who the f*** did she piss off at Spotify to deserve the Meghan treatment
An interesting video.
The flys on the face and lying on the eggs part I didn’t really get
But as a visual it is strong and she looks so good too especially in the scene where she has blue hair.
I hope this helps the song begin to pick up and start to do something. The songs sounding better Everytime I hear it now.
An interesting video.
The flys on the face and lying on the eggs part I didn’t really get
But as a visual it is strong and she looks so good too especially in the scene where she has blue hair.
I hope this helps the song begin to pick up and start to do something. The songs sounding better Everytime I hear it now.
I’m still not a big fan of this. It’s not as good as anything on Phoenix.
Number 70 isnt bad for this week but i am hoping it can bounce back up the chart.
I'm beginning to doubt this will even make the top 40 now.
Oops.
Apparently it's not going to be on her album :')
It should be added even if only as a bonus track.
She is working on an album! It just... won't have this track on it apparently :')
standalone isolation anthem *.* x
Lmao why is she wasting so many eggs for a lacklustre video like this. Who even thought eggs could be sexy
Number 68 in today's mids.
I actually really like the video, it's definitely interesting which you can't say for most pop videos these days. The song is a bit of a grower as well but I'm not too bothered it isn't the official lead single
I wonder when she plans to release the actual lead single.
I hope this climbs and at least goes top 40 Ritual style.
It’s so good and the video is really out there too! She don’t deserve to flop with this when she’s had stuff like How We Do go to #1. I’ll be gutted if this misses out on a top 40 placing
It reminds me of Poison, and that's certainly not a good thing.
Next single, please.
Not to bad its only down 6 places to 76 this week, maybe back in the top 75 next week if lucky
this was an awful decision as lead single
A complete misfire.
This song is so grating. The video is so bad as well. Rita and her label must thought because it was a Lewis Capaldi penned song it would be a hit, not thinking about it was actually catchy or listenable.
Really thought she found her sound when she released with Anywhere and Let You Love Me but the Phoenix album and this have been so disappointing.
down to 87 in UK
CR: 57-70-76-87- 4weeks
at least it's holding on into top 100
Ya a few extra weeks top 100 for her.
88 in today's mids so should be another week top 100.
It’s started to grow on me more but still no where as good as anything from Phoenix. I’m surprised it’s bombing though. Thought it might go T40 at least. Is it getting much radio play?
I dont mind it either and I thought it would at least go low top 40.
What’s up with Spotify and Rita for this song to have done particularly poorly on there.
It’s done way better on Apple Music than it has on there.
#95 in UK this week.
Christ wtf is happening! This is how I’d expect a Louisa Johnson track to do not Rita!
Spotify situation is really odd though like she doesn’t usually do this bad on there and she usually gets playlist support too right?
Hopefully she’s performing this on the covid show. Tbh of all her songs it actually fits most with the current situation and it’s her most recent track. Get that sales boost pls Rita. If this misses out on top 40 when even Girls went top 20 and How We Do somehow topped the charts. It really isn’t that bad a song and it has a killer video. Rita pls
A hit the size is something Louisa can only dream of.
When Louisa last released a single properly, that's basically identical to how it performed.
They probably just need to move on from this tbh.
This remix is f***ing amazing
Sales to date are getting close to 40k
Hopefully this bombing will make Rita's team think twice about leading a campaign with a song penned by the British male singer-songwriter of the moment. First Ed, now Lewis. She needs to go back to dance-pop since that's clearly what the GP want from her. She's not at risk of falling into irrelevance just yet but a couple more misfires and she may be.
Dance pop works well for her as we saw with Phoenix so I hope the next single if the official lead single takes that route and becomes a hit to get the album of to a good start. If the new singles do well it may also help Phoenix get to 200k as think it's on about 170-175k right now
86 in the mids, may hang on low top 100 for a couple of weeks.
Look, I don't "hate" this song, but I think it's definitely my least favourite Rita single to date... by quite some distance. A complete and utter misfire and it really does feel like a regression as opposed to progression from the 'Phoenix' era. I'm so gutted as I wasn't expecting to not be taken by a Rita (solo) single quite as much as I have with this
Next single please, Rita. </3
Wuth her on times like these charity song it looks good for another rita number 1.
How to be lonely is still hanging on in on the charts, number 86 in the mids, least it has a decent top 100 chart run.
It went number number 1 in the end so technically its another number 1 for Rita
People will look back on this and say "How did they think that was a good idea?"
back in the charts in todays mids at number 97
has this reached 50k?
it has to be on 50k by now i think.
May be unpopular opinion, but this is still bopping for me. Love it
This is a good song, just not a strong choice for lead single. I like it but it's definitely one of her weaker singles.
My thoughts exactly at this point! I hope they don't leave it too much longer before moving on - best to quickly sweep this under the rug.
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