Rita Ora’s new single has a distinctly New Zealand flavour to it.
The pop star’s new song, “All Natural”, was produced by Grammy-winning creative Joel Little (Gracie Abrams, Lorde, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift), while Ora’s partner, Academy Award winner Taika Waititi, helmed the accompanying music video.
According to Ora, “All Natural” is one of her most personal releases yet.
“For me, it’s about learning to love every side of yourself — the strong and the fragile, the light and the shadows. Working with Joel was such a gift; he has this rare ability to take something deeply intimate and turn it into music that everyone can feel as their own,” she shares.
“This song is really about growth, healing, and self-discovery. My hope is that when people hear it, they connect with their own journey and feel seen in it.”
The music clip shows Ora dancing beneath vast overhead lights, gliding through rippling water, moving between mirrored reflections. Watch for yourself below.
Ora’s last album arrived in 2023 when You & I debuted in the top 10 on the UK Albums Chart. It earned praise from Rolling Stone, hailed as “a collection of stunning love songs.”
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Ora’s new single, though, “opens a new chapter,” according to a press release, “one that feels sharper, stronger, and truer to herself than ever before.”
In other Ora and Waititi news, the couple are working on a musical based on the infamous Fyre Festival.
They’re producing the developing musical comedy alongside Matthew Weaver and Bryan Buckley’s Hungry Man Productions. Buckley will write the book and direct, though it hasn’t been announced whether the show will head to Broadway or exist in another realm of the medium.
“Honestly, I think the idea is exciting, weird, and potentially disastrous, which seems apt and is how I like to work,” Waititi said, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I can’t wait to get started and snatch me some of that sweet American theatre money.”
Rita Ora’s “All Natural” is out now.
