It’s been over four years since she last released an album, but it seems that Rita Ora is wasting no time in teasing music in 2023 as she announces her brand new single.
The 32-year-old has posted a PDA-filled clip of herself and her husband Taika Waititi, 47, sat on a beach watching a fireworks display as part of her new track plays.
The video sees Taika planting kisses on Rita’s cheek as she smiles at the sky, clearly enthused by the fireworks.
She then turns to kiss Taika on the lips before the screen fades to black and a cryptic illustration of a padlock formed by a snake appears with a male voice being heard.
Despite only lasting a few seconds, the video was enough to get fans excited about her return, with the Anywhere hitmaker captioning the upload: ‘SURPRISE. I’M BACK!’
Announcing the name of the single and that it will be released this month, she continued: ‘You Only Love Me XX/01/23.’
Rita Ora has announced her new single will be released later this month (Picture: Instagram/@ritaora)
Seemingly confirming the track will be the lead single from her third studio album, she finished the caption with the hashtag #RO3.
Rita’s debut album ORA hit number one on the UK albums chart when it was released in 2012 while 2018’s Phoenix just missed out on the top 10, landing at number 11.
She released Bang, an EP in collaboration with Kazakh record producer Imanbek, in 2021 to critical acclaim.
Rita shared a kiss with her husband Taika Waititi in the PDA-packed clip (Picture: Instagram/@ritaora)
Rita – who is currently a panellist on the fourth series of The Masked Singer – teased her upcoming third album last year, saying it would be ‘deeply personal’.
She told The Sun in October: ‘I’ve felt like quitting. I was like, “Is this worth it? What am I doing?” As I got more famous, I understood that people look up to you.
Rita hasn’t released an album in over four years (Picture: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)
‘You become a role model and sometimes you are not ready for that because you only wanted to make music. Now you are being followed by millions of people. So psychologically it is really intense.
‘You have to stay true to your friends who you have known for years.’
She added she would be releasing the album early in the year, saying: ‘It’s going to be great. More music and a film. My dream is to show everybody that you can do more than one thing.
‘You can be a musician, actor, dancer, mother, aunt all at the same time. I want to try and do everything.’
‘I wanted to make this a very raw, musical record. Maybe get a few bottles of whatever you drink when you listen to this album.’