Calvin Harris has shut down rumours that he produced an album for Rita Ora that by no means noticed the sunshine of day.
Ora was lately interviewed by Louis Theroux for his new BBC Two collection Louis Theroux Interviews… and was requested about what occurred to all of the music she had recorded, together with a second album that was meant for launch beneath Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation. The singer took the label to court docket in 2015 to be launched from her contract on the grounds the agency had uncared for her. Roc Nation countersued and a settlement was reached in 2016.
Author George Griffiths, who works for the Official Charts Firm, described this on Twitter as his “personal private Princess Diana Newsnight second”, arguing that “if rita’s calvin harris produced second album (i’ll by no means allow you to down was the primary of MANY tracks) hadn’t been torpedoed she would have most likely been one of many greatest pop stars on the planet for like 2 years, i’ve by no means gotten over it.”
Harris replied to the tweet – “Whole factor is a fantasy, there’s one unreleased tune i labored on and it isn’t good.”
louis theroux interviewing rita ora and asking about her cancelled second roc nation album???? that is my very own private princess diana newsnight second
— george griffiths (@georgegriffiths) November 26, 2022
Ora informed Theroux she had been recording for “two or three years straight” earlier than Roc Nation shelved plans to launch her second album. “There was a complete second that was about to occur, I recorded a music video and so they scrapped it. I felt actually upset like I’d allow them to down.”
Theroux additionally introduced up the rumours that Ora had a feud with Rihanna. “It’s been reported that every one the music was going to Rihanna – she was clearly essentially the most established artist – she was getting first refusal on all of the music and she or he’d sit on songs that had been written,” he mentioned. “Both approach the outcome was you couldn’t get a take a look at it and she or he had an issue with you.”
“I can’t communicate for different folks however I feel publicly they at all times put ladies towards one another,” Ora replied. “I’ve been nothing however a fan and respectful of her and I at all times will probably be.”
In the meantime, Harris was introduced earlier this week as one of many headliners of Creamfields South 2023, which will probably be going down in Chelmsford, Essex, in the course of the late Could financial institution vacation weekend (Could 26-28).
