October 6, 20177 yr Looking forward to hearing this, but I was kinda hyped for 'Girls'. How the f*** has she gone from getting her campaigns spot on, to being such a mess!? I just don't understand. Still excited though :wub:
October 12, 20177 yr So MTV have said that "Anywhere" will have its first performance at the EMAs but it comes out on the 20th October and over that weekend she has three high-profile performances (The Jonathan Ross Show on the 21st and Radio 1 Teen Awards/ITV's Your Song on the 22nd). I'm guessing they were wrong about the EMAs being an exclusive because I don't see why she'd perform anything else on Jonathan Ross. Maybe it'll be "Lonely Together" (hopefully not) but I don't think she'll perform something new at the Teen Awards. I guess Your Song will be an older song (probably her song :basil:) given that it's a performance for a specific person.
October 12, 20177 yr When were her campaigns spot on? Literally, only the first album - the rest has been pretty messy (partly due to reasons beyond her control, in fairness!). I wish they weren't, I think she'd be even bigger than she already is if she was handled better.
October 13, 20177 yr I actually love the artwork this era! This one's not as strong as the 'Your Song' one but I still like it a lot.
October 13, 20177 yr 'Your Song' was boring and generic tropical pop imo, I hope this one is better. What happened to the Marshmello collab that was supposed to be coming? Edited October 13, 20177 yr by HissingSparkler
October 14, 20177 yr I always thought of 'Your Song' as being more like a pop Clean Bandit rather than being tropical per se.
October 19, 20177 yr Tomorrow Video/audio preview on her Instagram. OCC have posted a review of the song: Rita Ora just wants to get away from it all on her new single Anywhere: First listen review The singer is seeing off a successful 2017 on a high with her latest single. As we approach the end of 2017, it’s only natural to start looking back and the musical triumphs and traumas of the year – and Rita Ora falls firmly in the former camp. She hasn’t yet managed to get that elusive second album out (her debut was released five years and two weeks ago, but who’s counting?), but her bounce back after being caught up in label drama for over two years (eventually signing to Atlantic Records) has been remarkably strong. Recent single Your Song is currently one of the UK's 40 biggest songs of the year, while her collaboration with Avicii, Lonely Together, is heading for a Top 3 placing on this week’s Official Singles Chart. While it looks like the album won’t materialise until 2018, Rita is seeing the year off on a high with her new single Anywhere, which is out tomorrow (Oct 20). The song is co-written by Rita and Andrew Wyatt, whose recent credits include Camila Cabello's Havana, DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s Let Me Love You and Kygo and Selena Gomez’s It Ain’t Me. Anywhere has most in common with the latter of those songs, sharing the same dreamy production and wistful vibe - though it’s less tropical house and more a straightforward dance-pop song. Like Rita knows how. “Over the hills and far away, a million miles from L.A, just anywhere away with you,” she sings on the first of two choruses, the second a breakdown of jittery vocal loops that initially sound jarring sat next to each other, but gradually pull together and build towards glorious finish. Discussing the song, which is essentially about bunking off work to go on a jolly with your mates, Rita said: “I was in a routine, working every day, and found myself day dreaming about breaking out of the city and going on a road trip with my friends and never looking back.” We hear you, Rita. Anywhere is released on Friday, October 20. Also she filmed her Jonathan Ross performance yesterday and she IS performing "Anywhere"! Great that she's starting on the promo for it immediately, top 10 debut please!
October 19, 20177 yr SO READY FOR THIS! That preview is exciting and the review is awesome too! Hope she gets another big hit out of this!
October 19, 20177 yr It isn’t as instant as Your Song, it feels very similar in production and structure to Hailee’s latest track in places right down to the “chanting” effect in the chorus. Although the breakdown is more It Ain’t Me than it is Let Me Go which is a good thing as the breakdown is the weakest part of Hailee’s track. At this stage I’m not feeling it to be a hit to the size of Your Song or Lonely Together but her name will see it into the top 10 I imagine.
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