{"id":174997,"date":"2025-06-16T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/music-is-what-keeps-me-alive-capitals-summertime-ball-performer-rita-ora-says-singing-is-something-she-has-to-do\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:45:08","slug":"music-is-what-keeps-me-alive-capitals-summertime-ball-performer-rita-ora-says-singing-is-something-she-has-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/music-is-what-keeps-me-alive-capitals-summertime-ball-performer-rita-ora-says-singing-is-something-she-has-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Music is what keeps me alive&#8230;&#8217; Capital&apos;s Summertime Ball performer Rita Ora says singing is something she has to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-06-16\" datetime=\"1750085108\" pubdate=\"\">16 June 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/rita-ora\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,rita-ora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rita Ora<\/a> says music keeps her &#8220;alive&#8221; and is one of the most important things in her life.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Rita Ora at Capital\u2019s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard 2025<\/p>\n<p>Although Rita&#8217;s career has gone in different directions, including appearing on TV talent shows like The Masked Singer, recording songs is in her &#8220;blood&#8221; and she needs music in her life every day.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz at Capital\u2019s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday (15.06.25), she said: &#8220;Music is what keeps me alive, to be honest. I wake up listening to music; it runs in my blood. I think we all secretly need music in so many different ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Hot Right Now hitmaker&#8217;s natural creativity is what motivates her in life. <\/p>\n<p>Rita &#8211; who performed some of her much-loved tracks, including Praising You and her new single Heat, at the Summertime Ball &#8211; said: &#8220;I love working and being creative, and it keeps my blood flowing. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;If I get excited, I love it &#8211; fashion, movies, music. I just need to have that excitement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nRita and Will Smith &#8211; who both performed at Wembley Stadium on Sunday (15.06.25) &#8211; are &#8220;great friends&#8221;, and she is thankful for his support over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe pop star &#8211; who recently told ITN she feels &#8220;inspired&#8221; by his &#8220;sense of filmmaking&#8221; &#8211; said: &#8220;Will and I have crossed paths many times over the years, and we are great friends.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;He\u2019s a supporter of mine and has helped me in a lot of ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nRita is married to award winning filmmaker-and-actor Taika Waititi and she admits she would love to work with him on a project in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe For You singer &#8211; who tied the knot with Taika in August 2022 &#8211; said: &#8220;It\u2019s about the project. Of course, he\u2019s my husband, and I want him to win at all costs, and it just needs to feel right, and it needs to be right.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re going to be supporting each other regardless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd Rita says she and Taika, 49, are always inspiring each other and are always &#8220;full of ideas&#8221; as creatives.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking to E! in September 2024, Rita said: &#8220;We inspire each other.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;With me coming from music and him being a writer, a director and a filmmaker, it&#8217;s a house full of ideas. We&#8217;re both fire signs, too. So it&#8217;s just fire, fire, fire.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We help each other out, always.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/music-keeps-alive-capitals-summertime-ball-performer-rita-ora-says-singing-something-1420543.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 June 2025 Rita Ora says music keeps her &#8220;alive&#8221; and is one of the most important things in her life. 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