- 2018-01-20
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Donate to support families affected by the crisis in Ukraine ➔ Rita Ora Premieres New Song “Proud”
British singer-songwriter Rita Ora has released a new song “Proud” following "For You" with Liam Payne, which is featured in the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack.
“Proud” is taken from her upcoming sophomore album "Absolute", which is expected to be released in early 2018. Originally, the second album was supposed to be out back in 2014. But it delayed for two times.
She recently launched The Open Mic Project, which is advocating open conversation through stories of acceptance. The fan-submitted stories are archived on the project’s official website. The new song is a part of The Open Mic Project.
About the song, Rita Ora told Billboard in an interview;
“I felt like it was an obvious but amazing word. I definitely got inspired by every single person’s story, and I tried to blend it together -- the journey and the struggle of [getting] the win at the end.
It’s important to me because of my background and how much I [had] to fight to get to even this point in my life. Also, just as a little girl growing up in Kosovo and refugeeing from Kosovo to the U.K. and starting a new life with incredible schools, having the chance to have my dreams come true thanks to my parents. It ends up being about everything -- the industry, being a woman right now, having the ability to speak out and be heard."-
- source : Idolator
