Rita Ora: Rihanna's Former Understudy

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2022
  • Rita Ora: How she was positioned as the UK’s answer to Rihanna, in more than just a superficial way.
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  • @roberthightower1724
    @roberthightower1724 Рік тому +1417

    It’s hard to to mimic a artist unique as Rihanna. She’s has a very unique fashion, voice, aura, and presence that a lot of superstars try to imitate but fail at succeeding.

    • @st3458
      @st3458 Рік тому +30

      Yes like yes u can find a artist who has one of those things like Rihanna hut never all 3 like one of those are always missing with whoever they trynna replace Rihanna with

    • @peepdawg8995
      @peepdawg8995 Рік тому

      Just like Michael Jackson. What they do only works for them

    • @michaelmaps2004
      @michaelmaps2004 Рік тому

      @@Bikinbottommunch sometimes we just need to speak in general lol

    • @9roselove9
      @9roselove9 Рік тому

      Mmmmm no she’s pretty and has good fashion sense. She’s pretty rude and dry otherwise

    • @applecandyfolks7979
      @applecandyfolks7979 Рік тому +6

      I think the shop world loves Rihanna because she never came out trying to be or look like anyone. she wasn't a great vocalist, great dancer and she never pretended to be.

  • @annechrystelleetemengono1858
    @annechrystelleetemengono1858 Рік тому +2127

    I think you should make another 'The era of copycats' series for Rihanna cause Im 100% sure that it wasn't just Rita Ora at that time who was marketed as another Rihanna

    • @balladofahomeschooledboy0514
      @balladofahomeschooledboy0514 Рік тому +108

      commenting under here because i don't want my comment not to get read lol but anyways honest you should make a video on billie eilish copycats it's like britney spears all over again everyone's looking for a billie and they're answer is tate mcrae, olivia rodrigo, and gayle.

    • @jaylinconyers2324
      @jaylinconyers2324 Рік тому +31

      Yess that would be such a good video I never even thought about how many Rihanna copy cats there are

    • @Thanateros
      @Thanateros Рік тому +31

      Rita Ora, Andra Day, Kelis, etc.

    • @FlowMoon__3
      @FlowMoon__3 Рік тому +118

      Selena Gomez was another artist that relied on Rihanna for her career. Took almost all of her rejects for her LEADS and image stylings for certain videos.

    • @BigOwl51
      @BigOwl51 Рік тому

      @@Thanateros Kelis sounds and looks nothing like Rihanna fuck u talking bout 😂

  • @champagnesupernova777
    @champagnesupernova777 Рік тому +787

    “I will never let you down” is definitely my favorite Rita Ora song. She just never took off like she should have. If she would’ve done something to separate herself from the Rihanna comparisons, she probably would’ve had a better music career

    • @Philipp19967
      @Philipp19967 Рік тому +60

      She had a huge UK career. If you check her UK certifications they are insane

    • @kokodizzle2964
      @kokodizzle2964 Рік тому +53

      That was supposed to be her breakout single in the US she had an album that was produced by Calvin Harris. But they were dating and split and he refused to sign off the release of the album so it got shelved

    • @allthingsaccordingtowillep7428
      @allthingsaccordingtowillep7428 Рік тому +5

      @@kokodizzle2964 I know that album wouldve banged too

    • @Imxel21
      @Imxel21 Рік тому +4

      Maybe if she stopped cosplaying as a black woman she would have

    • @user-ji8ll1qn6o
      @user-ji8ll1qn6o Рік тому

      @@kokodizzle2964 yeah calvin was really a bitch

  • @iona6558
    @iona6558 Рік тому +255

    I used to say Rita Ora looked like a whitewashed Rihanna as a joke 💀 I didn’t know it was intentional

    • @iamapieceofcandy
      @iamapieceofcandy Рік тому +15

      Me too 😭😭

    • @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348
      @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348 Рік тому +30

      They do kinda look alike in my opinion, I think it’s the nose

    • @naya6593
      @naya6593 Рік тому +5

      I swear I thought she was a model or video girl 🤷🏽‍♀️I had no idea she was an artist let alone trying to be like Ri

    • @Fairymusk
      @Fairymusk Рік тому

      @@dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348 they don’t at all???

    • @Fairymusk
      @Fairymusk Рік тому

      @@naya6593 AINT NOBODY TRYNNA BE LIKE RIHANNA LMFGGGG

  • @dunno6469
    @dunno6469 Рік тому +483

    I think this video mostly references her fame in America cos her music still remains relatively well received in UK and Ireland

    • @samuelgalea7679
      @samuelgalea7679 Рік тому +35

      Not true though . Her 3 #1s are from her debut in 2012 and her highest UK charting song since 2018 is charting #23 for like a week… she literally even had one chart at #60 in 2018..

    • @crapbag4568
      @crapbag4568 Рік тому +7

      @@mr.sinister9306 cheryl? No, definitely not

    • @BigOwl51
      @BigOwl51 Рік тому +50

      @@mr.sinister9306 bruh I swear y’all just pretend that artists you like are popular 😂 Cheryl hasn’t had a hit in the UK since 2014, and Rita hasn’t had one since 2018. Jess is the only one who is actually still relevant over there

    • @jooyyyyyy
      @jooyyyyyy Рік тому +3

      @@BigOwl51 Jess??

    • @cryptosixgirl5659
      @cryptosixgirl5659 Рік тому +30

      This is true but all British artists strive to break the American market, a lot of the time they equate success without being commercially successful in America. Rita tried to break America… and failed ;/

  • @jalennelson6821
    @jalennelson6821 Рік тому +404

    I think her management team (Jay Z etc) were pushing her as the British Rih. You have to remember that not many people thought Rih would have the career that she did

  • @abby-a
    @abby-a Рік тому +225

    I never knew their was a comparison between Riri and Rita Ora

    • @nancykerrigan
      @nancykerrigan Рік тому +15

      Me neither but just listening to a song of hers I can see it. Especially early Rihanna.

    • @jrose1999
      @jrose1999 Рік тому +5

      You mean riri…and riri lol

    • @rainrainmeansvivi1693
      @rainrainmeansvivi1693 Рік тому +1

      Lol just search Rita Ora copying Rihanna and you can see why there was a comparison,
      Girl literally was pushed to became the next Rihanna

    • @naya6593
      @naya6593 Рік тому

      I thought Rita was a actress or something never thought anything of her

    • @ddoubleu170
      @ddoubleu170 Рік тому

      For a very short time there was, but the thought or theory wasn’t as prevalent or spoken of as this young man is trying to make it seem. It was very hush hush that people thought that.

  • @colourqueen22
    @colourqueen22 Рік тому +391

    Gosh I miss the clapback Rihanna era 😂 what a time, when celebrities used twitter like normal people lmao.
    Also, Honest saying he understands why Rihanna rejected the song... I do too but that song sounds soooo much better when Drake did it [alone] under the title 'I'm ready for you'. Idk why the heck Rita changed it because it was perfect. THAT version, I would have liked to hear Rihanna do

    • @canamargera
      @canamargera Рік тому +1

      Omg one of the BEST era’s of the internet. I remember when she said “fuck what an old thot gotta say” about TLC and my jaw dropped

    • @colourqueen22
      @colourqueen22 Рік тому +2

      @@canamargera omg I remember that 😂 she was always ready to catch smoke

  • @donjai9366
    @donjai9366 Рік тому +196

    I would like to see a video about Missy Elliott & her career & impact on hip hop/rap. I would also like to see a video of Brandy & her career & her impact on r&b music & her Full Moon / Afrodisiac Era & why Brandy is an important figure in r&b

    • @JohnSmith-ul3tz
      @JohnSmith-ul3tz Рік тому +15

      They ain’t ready for missy dawg!

    • @donjai9366
      @donjai9366 Рік тому +1

      @@JohnSmith-ul3tz Hahaha ... LOL 😆

    • @destinychristaunique1695
      @destinychristaunique1695 Рік тому +3

      Yes I would like to see both !!!

    • @tyboholley9879
      @tyboholley9879 Рік тому +14

      He hardly ever do R& b girlies like Aaliyah,Brandy,Monica

    • @donjai9366
      @donjai9366 Рік тому +1

      @@tyboholley9879 I know BUT he did do a video on Aaliyah Maybe if I keep commenting this it will get his attention & he'll do it

  • @gabbidurham
    @gabbidurham Рік тому +171

    Rita Ora is truly talented. Her voice is so powerful. She could be a star if she could find her own lane

    • @ljc9568
      @ljc9568 Рік тому

      Rita Qra is shite.....

  • @zakariahassan7291
    @zakariahassan7291 Рік тому +146

    Never got the comparisons between the two, besides them looking similar at one point their music did not sound the same. Rita had a more dance/electropop with a bit of Rnb whilst Rihanna had the Caribbean influence in the beginning of her career. Although that time edm sound was popular that's about it, Rita is just another British artist that never broke into the US which isn't anything new. Had she released a second album around 2014-2015 when she was releasing a bunch of hit singles, also she could've broke into the US with I will never let you down had her ex Calvin Harris not blocked it the collab with Iggy would've catapulted the song.

    • @MrsOra32
      @MrsOra32 Рік тому +7

      Roc nation blocked her albums in 2014 AND 2015. So she had to work hard by doing fashion and being on tv screens.

  • @anthonyscandal3011
    @anthonyscandal3011 Рік тому +123

    The fact they put move over Beyoncé stickers on Rihanna’s albums 😬 That was news to me lol

    • @pitbull635
      @pitbull635 Рік тому +2

      what??

    • @anthonyscandal3011
      @anthonyscandal3011 Рік тому +3

      @@pitbull635 did you watch the video? It makes sense if you did:
      . 😀

    • @pitbull635
      @pitbull635 Рік тому

      @@anthonyscandal3011 your sentence makes no sense. y r u using move as a noun???

  • @KingofKrustycrab
    @KingofKrustycrab Рік тому +174

    Ever notice that when someone is dubbed as the next__. Most of those peoples career are left in the dust. Not saying Rita is a bad Artist but if people would have let her do her own thing and not compare her, she could have made it bigger. Kind of like how Austin Mahone was expected to be the next Justin Bieber.

    • @jalennelson6821
      @jalennelson6821 Рік тому +52

      Marketing a new artist as “the new ..... “ always gives the artist some publicity but it ends up hurting them more imo.

    • @datedylan2187
      @datedylan2187 Рік тому +17

      That is why it's always important for that artist to find their own image

    • @kait7404
      @kait7404 Рік тому +2

      That’s why they have to find their own thing quick like Justin beiber and Rihanna

    • @sugarpearl9781
      @sugarpearl9781 Рік тому +9

      Being dubbed the next _ isn’t a death sentence if the artist is talented and develops a strong individual identity/brand. Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Olivia Rodrigo, Chloe Bailey, etc. are all doing very well

    • @kait7404
      @kait7404 Рік тому +7

      @@sugarpearl9781 chloes music is not doing well she ain’t a good example but the rest yes

  • @AXFN_
    @AXFN_ Рік тому +101

    I remember when She burst on the scene in the U.K.. racked up 3 no.1s in 2012, seemed like she was gonna be here to stay. She was in the same position Dua was just before she cracked the States. It’s sad Rita stopped making music because she actually has a great voice. Life seems to have worked out for her. But it’s interesting to speculate about the music she would have made if she continued releasing albums between 2012-2018. A 6 year gap in todays music climate isn’t wise. Not mention music trends toward the end of the decade were COMPLETELY different. Her debut album sounded fresh in 2012. By the time ‘Phoenix’ dropped in 2018, her brand of music seemed dated and utterly pedestrian. Shame industry politics and ligation got in art’s way.

    • @joelparkinson3562
      @joelparkinson3562 Рік тому +2

      i agree with what you’re saying especially about the phoenix album, songs like “your song” and even “let you love me”, as much as i love that song, sound VERY much like products of 2017/2018

  • @bodhisattva2348
    @bodhisattva2348 Рік тому +88

    Rita ora is a whole white woman.

    • @tativizca4687
      @tativizca4687 Рік тому +39

      It took me YEARS to find that out 💀

    • @KYRofficial_123
      @KYRofficial_123 Рік тому +40

      Can’t wait for
      Rita Ora and Jesy Nelson’s new song
      Come in different shades

    • @chantaliyah4890
      @chantaliyah4890 Рік тому +1

      @@KYRofficial_123 LOL

    • @bunwithgun1587
      @bunwithgun1587 Рік тому +6

      Yeah I mean a lot of other white women can get tans that same shade and still look white, but she's like...different. idk.

    • @user-rv7ge1tc4l
      @user-rv7ge1tc4l Рік тому +30

      @@KYRofficial_123 bruh it is not like she tries to not look white, she genuinely has features that make her look racially ambiguous. You can't really blame her for that.

  • @anyaaa2801
    @anyaaa2801 Рік тому +15

    Rita had potential but her label never let her try something new.

    • @Senate300
      @Senate300 Рік тому +2

      I don't think that's the case. Roc Nation UK shelved the hell out of her to the point where she had sue her way out of the contract. And by the time her sophomore effort was released, nobody cared anymore.

  • @guinessbeer
    @guinessbeer Рік тому +156

    There will never be another Rihanna!!

  • @jalennelson6821
    @jalennelson6821 Рік тому +136

    She would have taken her place too if she got those 1,000,000 retweets 👿

  • @nehsangbong7259
    @nehsangbong7259 Рік тому +91

    I remember Back in 2011/2012 when I would see Rita's pics all over Tumblr and We Heart It and people thought she was part black and sometimes confused her with the model Jasmine Sanders 😂😂

    • @nehsangbong7259
      @nehsangbong7259 Рік тому +13

      I did see the Rihanna similarities too.

    • @anelisajustanelisa236
      @anelisajustanelisa236 Рік тому +2

      Is she not biracial?

    • @tyralee2286
      @tyralee2286 Рік тому +1

      I remember that too lol

    • @nehsangbong7259
      @nehsangbong7259 Рік тому +16

      @@anelisajustanelisa236 No. She's Albanian. Both of her parents are Albanian. Albania is in Southeastern Europe. She's Caucasian.

    • @bunwithgun1587
      @bunwithgun1587 Рік тому +25

      It's crazy because it's not just her tan that makes her look mixed. It's her facial features too. Like, someone like Britney spears can have a tan and still look white, whereas somebody like Rita looks more ambiguous for some reason. If that makes sense. Sorry if that comes off wrong.

  • @dianapehe4582
    @dianapehe4582 Рік тому +34

    I think the whole Rihanna thing for Rita was mainly pushed onto her than her wanting to take that route. Like they do most artists.

  • @pault741
    @pault741 Рік тому +21

    There is always a “next Rihanna” that never makes it lol

  • @blazed477
    @blazed477 Рік тому +30

    Calling someone “the next” anybody is like placing a jinx on their career because the fans of the person they’re being compared to will go out of their way to sabotage and tear down that new artist. As well as immediately casting a shadow over them. They called Beyonce “the next Tina Turner” until she went “white-girl pop” with I Am Sasha Fierce and got out from under that shadow. She still had to deal with the older crowd disrespecting her and trying to discredit her talent in defense of Tina Turner just because she was called “the next”.

    • @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024
      @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 Рік тому +2

      I think they do that on purpose, and it most defiantly harms Black Female Artist the most. I also never understood why they called Beyoncè whitewashed during I Am Sasha Fierce. 🥴

  • @mrj8644
    @mrj8644 Рік тому +113

    I feel like Rita Ora was more a product of the edgy RnB dubstep crossover image of the early 2010s. She was also royally screwed over by her label.
    I disagree with her lack of Ora-centricness. I think her music has a lightness and effervescence that contrasts Rihanna's more hardcore/heavier sonic and vocal identity.
    She retained success in the UK. Her sophomore album recieved greatly positive reviews and could've carved out a Carly Rae Jepsen type niche for her in the UK, although pure pop still has more of an audience in the UK than US.

  • @extragjakovar
    @extragjakovar Рік тому +53

    Rita is a crazy business woman. Y'all have no idea how rich this girl made herself

  • @jazzychazjourneys
    @jazzychazjourneys Рік тому +36

    I never understood why she didn’t go further ! Rita really can sing though and has a star quality.

    • @francisfernandes3308
      @francisfernandes3308 Рік тому +2

      Go further? She is a UK artist handfully of artist are as successful coming from the UK as she is.

    • @Kiran37369
      @Kiran37369 3 місяці тому +1

      Because dua lipa joined the same label as her, and she started gaining success from her debut eps, so they started focusing more on dua, and gave her better marketing, which otherwise would’ve went to rita

  • @jimmynoir
    @jimmynoir Рік тому +14

    That time when Azealia Banks called her Rihanna’s understudy, I will never forget. 😂

  • @teddysincero6919
    @teddysincero6919 Рік тому +28

    I personally love Rita ❤️ she has an amazing vocal range she just needs better songs and production to match that beautiful voice of hers.

  • @purplelove010
    @purplelove010 Рік тому +15

    I used to think Rita Ora was mixed. I was shocked when I found out both her parents were white. I definitely think Rita ora messed up when she stuck with generic pop music. Her voice is way too soulful for pop she should have went full R&B.

  • @deanrobertrobert167
    @deanrobertrobert167 Рік тому +12

    Her album pheneox is ICONIC. one of my favorite albums

  • @besibesii9266
    @besibesii9266 Рік тому +59

    Rita Ora is one of the most underrated artists out there, she has a perfect voice, now if you wanna be honest forreal you should just let everyone know how roc nation used her, and did so much damage to her, she was baned to make new music at the worst time any artist could be, right when she was taking over. Anyways she’s doing great and never let herself vanish but worked so hard and still is, and I love the fact that she’s doing what she loves.

  • @bodhisattva2348
    @bodhisattva2348 Рік тому +41

    She's has always been big in europe & Asia but not North America

    • @caitlingill
      @caitlingill Рік тому +1

      She’s pretty big in Australia/New Zealand too (I live in New Zealand)

    • @bodhisattva2348
      @bodhisattva2348 Рік тому

      @@caitlingill I was literally just talking to my friend who's in gold coast & we were talking about her & she said the exact same thing.

  • @NateAlyn
    @NateAlyn Рік тому +67

    I remember first hearing Drake's version of "RIP'. It was floating around in 2010 as a leak called "Im Ready For Ya" and it sounds so much better than the version he gave Rita Ora. You can still find the full track on UA-cam now.

    • @katiish
      @katiish Рік тому +1

      He wrote the song.. for Rihanna lol! and she turned it down

    • @OGseoulite
      @OGseoulite Рік тому +4

      @@katiish look at you showing you payed attention to the video👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @katiish
      @katiish Рік тому

      @@OGseoulite girl I wrote that before I watched the video. Everyone knew this piece of info. Not news

    • @katiish
      @katiish Рік тому +2

      @@OGseoulite you really think you ate with the sass though go you girl 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @kokodizzle2964
      @kokodizzle2964 Рік тому +1

      Yeah the chase and status production ruined the song. Drakes version was better

  • @xlostfiles
    @xlostfiles Рік тому +60

    ngl I can’t name one rita ora song to save my life

    • @soarixchannel5265
      @soarixchannel5265 Рік тому +32

      That's okay, she's far more successful in the UK

    • @littlelou050
      @littlelou050 Рік тому +11

      i can lol but im in the uk. she never really broke into america but she was/is fairly popular here, her songs always played on the tv and radio. i still enjoy some of her stuff. i think it's a shame that she was never able to be more than a decent 2010 effort.

    • @nehsangbong7259
      @nehsangbong7259 Рік тому +1

      I only know one song of hers that was written and produced by her ex called "I will never let you down" and the other song that she featured on with Iggy Azalea called "Black Widow".

    • @nancykerrigan
      @nancykerrigan Рік тому +1

      I only know How We Do and Black Widow. I remember reading a Jezebel article titled People Need to Stop Making Rita Ora Happen. Good times. Edit for context: I am American and the site is based here so there was that. This was the time where she would appear but her music wasn't making waves here.

    • @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348
      @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348 Рік тому +2

      R.I.P was THE SH/T BACK THEM

  • @bluefood726
    @bluefood726 Рік тому +20

    Okay but, not discussing the fact that Rita Ora is a white woman who was brought in to replace a black woman’s career is an egregious omission from this analysis…

    • @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024
      @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 Рік тому +9

      Like the day we talk about this. This is one of the failed attempts. This has been done in the music industry and entertainment industry has a whole for a LONG TIME, and we need to talk about it. They’ll take a Black Woman’s identity and just whitewash it. A disgusting practice.

    • @An-kw3ec
      @An-kw3ec 3 дні тому

      Black women's spots in europe?
      Aside from France, black population in europe is insanely small, considering there are several black celebrities in Europe, they are actually overrepresented in media.
      Is like saying Asians who bleach their hair and sing rock are taking white people's spots in Asia, their own fucking continent!

  • @thatsafactjacksampson
    @thatsafactjacksampson Рік тому +40

    loving all the one-hit wonders you're doing lately.

    • @steflev02
      @steflev02 Рік тому +35

      Rita is definitely not a one hit wonder outside of the US

    • @thatsafactjacksampson
      @thatsafactjacksampson Рік тому +3

      @@steflev02 i don't care about outside the US

    • @Charlie-jl3ur
      @Charlie-jl3ur Рік тому +29

      @@thatsafactjacksampson well, that's kinda shallow attitude tbh but ok

    • @thatsafactjacksampson
      @thatsafactjacksampson Рік тому +2

      @@Charlie-jl3ur I just don't have an interest in unsuccessful musicals acts in Japan, Australia, Africa, or anywhere else. Doesn't interest me

    • @ionasmith1998
      @ionasmith1998 Рік тому +1

      @@thatsafactjacksampson the UK?

  • @Themindofthedelusional
    @Themindofthedelusional Рік тому +3

    This video was so informative and well constructed. Didn’t want it to come to an end .
    Great Job 👏🏾

  • @SkippyLaughlin
    @SkippyLaughlin Рік тому +5

    She looks so different with her actual skintone.

  • @user-mq2wy2ui8r
    @user-mq2wy2ui8r Рік тому +32

    Americans really should look into what Mediterranean Europeans can look like, I’m afraid whole countries’ population would be labeled as trying to look ambiguous

    • @missyana8746
      @missyana8746 Рік тому +3

      They are exotic but not like this lol since black fishing trend some mediterranean Europeans girls turn to look more like Mediterranean Northern African.

    • @l5468
      @l5468 Рік тому +1

      Agreed!!!

    • @user-mq2wy2ui8r
      @user-mq2wy2ui8r Рік тому +5

      @@missyana8746 they can be that exotic looking, the closer to the sea, the more exotic they look due to being exposed to the sun all the time + mixing with North African ethnicities

    • @missyana8746
      @missyana8746 Рік тому +2

      @@user-mq2wy2ui8r I'm part european specifically Mediterranean, so I know what im talking about those girls dont look anymore europeans the only Europeans that have naturally that type of face are the French, Spanish, Italians of Northern Africans descents, like spaniard- moroccans and more. Look how Ariana was and how she look now.

    • @user-mq2wy2ui8r
      @user-mq2wy2ui8r Рік тому +2

      @@missyana8746 that’s what I was talking about lol I think we didn’t really understand each in the first place. It just irks me when people outside of Europe think we all look like the Irish or the Swedish

  • @b3j472
    @b3j472 Рік тому +26

    rita oras bang EP was on repeat for months, I love it and her vocals and visuals

    • @MrsOra32
      @MrsOra32 Рік тому +1

      The lead single dropping for her album in October! Honestly I think she’s not even at her peak yet, her vocals and looks are at their best now.

  • @qmax5051
    @qmax5051 Рік тому +5

    7:32 I screamed at this part 😭

  • @Terry_Bell
    @Terry_Bell Рік тому +25

    The way Jay Z tried to make this girl happen back in the early 2010s was so annoying and borderline harassment, she was everywhere but her personality, identity or good music were no where to be found. When will they learn that if an industry plant has no charisma or good music they're gonna flop

  • @Litteratuer_Dee
    @Litteratuer_Dee Рік тому

    Oh wow. This was a much needed video. Thank you!

  • @aleksandrajablan
    @aleksandrajablan Рік тому +60

    I think the reason she never became as big as many expected, is because at first most ppl thought she is a mixed POC, and later ppl found out she is europian white woman, who look and acts like she is at least mixed.
    I'm sorry to her fellow Albanians who support her, but most ppl when she started making music, thought she was black, and to be honest she did use the racially ambiguous card to her advantage

    • @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348
      @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348 Рік тому +7

      Nooo, this was only recently.She has been making music for over 10 years now

    • @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348
      @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348 Рік тому +20

      „Acts like shes Mixed“ get your facts straight before making stupid comments.
      She has always claimed on interviews that she’s Albanian and has been proud of it.

    • @kokodizzle2964
      @kokodizzle2964 Рік тому +2

      She didn’t make it big in the US because that song Never Let You Down was supposed to be her global hit produced and written by Calvin Harris (her boyfriend at the time) he also produced a whole album for her but when they broke up he refused to sign it off and her label Roc Nation didn’t really do anything to help her

    • @MrsOra32
      @MrsOra32 Рік тому +2

      She should have been up there with the biggest pop artists, but roc nation blocked 2 of her albums in the prime years of her career. Luckily now shes free and made all the hits, her new album campaign is gonna start in October! ( also, her whole identity was being Albanian early in her career so idk why everyone thought shes black)

  • @ve9121
    @ve9121 Рік тому +11

    i really wish people would stop associating rihanna with jay z. he did not believe in her at first or really claim her as apart of the “family” he put all his attention into terraria marie. terraria marie was supposed to be the “it girl” on roc nation. it wasn’t until rihanna’s good girl gone bad era that jay z started to believe in her. she was funding her own music videos because roc nation wouldn’t. she made herself an icon jay z didn’t do shit for her 🧏🏾‍♀️

    • @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024
      @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 Рік тому +2

      It was Beyoncè who told a producer to pay attention to her, then they switched to Rihanna. Then that’s when things started to change. Not for long until Good Girl Gone Bad.

  • @joliesmith4386
    @joliesmith4386 Рік тому +5

    I literally just learned TODAY that Rita Ora isn't mixed...

  • @ranger13
    @ranger13 Рік тому

    I’m glad you brought this up

  • @LetsTalkPopCulture
    @LetsTalkPopCulture Рік тому +13

    I will never understand why being successful in the US means you officially made it when internationally you are more recognized, loved, & appreciated ???? Like Rita Ora was doing amazing internationally but just stopped cuz she wasn’t doing well in the US? (Well that’s how it appeared to me)

  • @dan_duff
    @dan_duff Рік тому +16

    Anywhere its a music of my life! I love her music.

  • @naiiiim
    @naiiiim Рік тому +12

    her album “phoenix” has actually some really great songs, if you have the time, please do check it out. with the right team, this woman can be huge. it baffles me how dumb songs reach number one so easily but some beautiful ones never even make it anywhere…

  • @JFoster310
    @JFoster310 Рік тому +48

    America didn’t need a great value version of Rihanna.

    • @Ed-py4pq
      @Ed-py4pq Рік тому +7

      Neither does the UK lol

    • @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348
      @dreamcatcherismylifesuppor2348 Рік тому +2

      What

    • @kalimistakidou9103
      @kalimistakidou9103 Рік тому +3

      😭😭😭😭 RUDE

    • @MsGemini
      @MsGemini Рік тому +3

      🤣😭🤣

    • @crazycatpetera1404
      @crazycatpetera1404 4 місяці тому

      In fairness though, Rita’s a significantly better singer than Rihanna, I don’t like Rita’s music and I agree she lacked identify.. but to call her a value version when she’s a better singer than Rihanna is silly.

  • @brownbarrett6842
    @brownbarrett6842 Рік тому +22

    The problem with Rita was people felt like she was being pushed on the Black community with a taste of Black fishing. Her career was already done before it started in the US. She was more known for fashion, showing up to any event and being way to comfortable next to Jayz. She should have cuddled up to a different group of people because the Rihanna, JayZ, Beyoncé circle may let people in but they never get far for long. They are trying to spread a Black excellence idea and Rita was just not going to work with all the extra stuff.

  • @user-xu3cz7vp2j
    @user-xu3cz7vp2j Рік тому +45

    Rita was a judge on the x-factor at one point and I remember really enjoying her personality... those saying she has no charisma are annoying like you could do so much better. Just want to add that she has an incredible voice and has absolutely made it in her own right cuz she gets sooo much unnecessary hate

  • @MrsOra32
    @MrsOra32 Рік тому +44

    This topic is so irrelevant now. What you should be talking about is how hard Rita has worked in the industry for ten years. During roc days she was treated so badly and they blocked her albums in both 2014 and 2015. (They can be found on UA-cam) Even after all that drama she reinvented herself with pheonix in 2018 and it literally has 3 BILLION streams. Everything she does, she does to the best quality and her vocals are getting even better. She has so many hits, she’s internationally successful everywhere apart from the US. She’s been on a break but her third album is coming to outserve all your faves, watch out for the lead single in October! 😌

    • @shavondarobinson7728
      @shavondarobinson7728 Рік тому +8

      Exactly talk about her accomplishments

    • @0cblh88
      @0cblh88 Рік тому +3

      Where are those 2 albums from 2014 & 2015? What do I type in?

    • @MrsOra32
      @MrsOra32 Рік тому +1

      @@0cblh88 2014 RO2: dancing on my brain, caught on fire, get a little closer etc.
      2015: champagne lights, religion, chasing a feeling, testosterone, feel etc.
      If you search all these songs the other album tracks will come up. These are the two albums that were Fully finished and ready for release. But Rita has made quite a few more, there are a lot of random demos that you’ll be recommended to. Her version of wolves by Selena Gomez was meant for pheonix.

    • @0cblh88
      @0cblh88 Рік тому +2

      @@MrsOra32 Thanks babe

    • @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024
      @bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 Рік тому +1

      3 billion streams where? The made up facts of it all. 💀😭

  • @RICARDO-bb3di
    @RICARDO-bb3di Рік тому +2

    R.i.p is one of my favorite songs and the production was spot on

  • @momomathebula8297
    @momomathebula8297 Рік тому +5

    The shade in this title 😭😩.

  • @tsjaniqua
    @tsjaniqua Рік тому +3

    You are shady for including the picture of Rita Ora and ASAP Rocky together in it, lol!🤣

  • @anyaaa2801
    @anyaaa2801 Рік тому +4

    My favorite song from her is Poison.

  • @cainex9578
    @cainex9578 Рік тому +2

    Rip is everything I love the beat n everything

  • @cainex9578
    @cainex9578 Рік тому +1

    Rita’s new music is so good yall should stream her new ep and singles

  • @kingderald
    @kingderald 11 місяців тому +3

    Yea in the US we wasn’t going to allow Rita to be the next Rihanna. The thing about Rihanna is that she’s is RIHANNA and she had something that these girls will never have and could accomplish. Sorry! There’s just no way of replicating that. I did like Rita when she came out but she wasn’t relatable.

  • @KingofKrustycrab
    @KingofKrustycrab Рік тому +12

    So a video on why Mindless behavior broke up

  • @ladiorange
    @ladiorange Рік тому

    Great video. I like your pop culture commentary

  • @naiiiim
    @naiiiim Рік тому +3

    I never heard of them being compared until now tbh? I did however know about how Rita, Bebe and Dua were constantly compared at one point. You should do a video about that. Especially about how Dua has moved into the general mainstream plateforme being given recognition etc when Rita and Bebe who (probably, I’m not sure) have been around longer were never pushed to that level.

  • @peaghien1441
    @peaghien1441 Рік тому +3

    I can see why people compared the two in the beginning of Rita’s career… but not now years later. They are both very different in their own individual ways.

  • @samuelgalea7679
    @samuelgalea7679 Рік тому +52

    Entering the industry as the “next” *insert name of megacelebrity* is NEVER a good move. You won’t get the respect to last. Rihanna wasn’t going anywhere at least try to copy someone who’s on their way out/no longer relevant/on their way out the way Adele filled in the hole Amy winehouse left or the way Ariana did Mariah.

    • @a377jtcndd
      @a377jtcndd Рік тому +1

      Who does this kind of marketing?

    • @jessicajames7522
      @jessicajames7522 Рік тому

      I think it's more to get them a fanbase and then they can become their own self. Cause if I love riri I would most likely buy songs like hers

  • @ceceward1628
    @ceceward1628 Рік тому

    Rip and let you love me is my favorite two songs from Rita

  • @filipmarinkovic6281
    @filipmarinkovic6281 Рік тому +6

    Anywhere is probably her best song imo

  • @MidnightMusings948
    @MidnightMusings948 Рік тому +6

    Rita Ora is a better singer than Rihanna, and I love Rihanna.

  • @OGtheGoat9
    @OGtheGoat9 Рік тому +2

    I saw the title and I just knew this would be messy…then I saw you put that photo of Rita and A$AP Rocky and I knew I was right. Lol

  • @destiny3841
    @destiny3841 Рік тому +1

    RIP was a great song. My favorite song by her actually!

  • @OnlyAngelDust
    @OnlyAngelDust Рік тому +1

    I would love to see you do a video on paramoe one day and the impact they had

  • @rao803
    @rao803 Рік тому +12

    Can you do a video on Jesse McCartney?

  • @ginasmith5464
    @ginasmith5464 Рік тому +3

    2 different flows and different styles I love both their styles , they were sighed to the same label and management , it isn’t new for labels to push or pit 2 women together ! There both beautiful and successful in there own . They looked alike as well ! Ppl always be reaching

  • @RICARDO-bb3di
    @RICARDO-bb3di Рік тому +34

    Honestly I don't care what these Rihanna fans think Rita Ora literally has the voice that is beyond this world I love her music and honestly she should be on like on her fourth or fifth album by now I just think she's a good example of what people that are greedy and label executives can do to an artist to keep them from expressing themselves through their music

  • @HopeeInk
    @HopeeInk Рік тому +3

    If I think of Rita I think of “I’ll never let you down”. It’s a song that I still hold close and it’s for sure her best song. Periodt. But also when I see her in TV my first association is “who invited you?” for this one I blame Haute LeMode completely

  • @MizzBrii
    @MizzBrii Рік тому +5

    I didn't know Rita Ora and Drake were so close. 🤔

  • @samuelgomes7220
    @samuelgomes7220 Рік тому +12

    Rita Ora has such an amazing voice! I want her to come back🥺

    • @MrsOra32
      @MrsOra32 Рік тому +2

      Her album lead single drops in October!

  • @MubinNoor
    @MubinNoor Рік тому +2

    I feel like Phoenix is SO underrated!

  • @hughw2377
    @hughw2377 Рік тому +7

    They do look a like!😭

  • @ucandance87
    @ucandance87 Рік тому +4

    Rita is a prime example of a music artist who just simply never took off (at least in the States). I remember back when “How We Do” and “RIP” were out, they both did better in the clubs and she had me excited for the “Ora” album. However, it never was released here and the interest wore off. After that for the most part she got more attention for other things besides her music. Yeah, there was “Black Widow”, but otherwise her singles fly under the radar here. Her constant image reinventions also are a factor why she hasn’t hit that star status here because she keeps being unrecognizable before establishing herself.

  • @preposteroussvideos
    @preposteroussvideos Рік тому +4

    I love Rita ora
    Shes unproblematic and makes innocent fun pop music and its ok

  • @PeePee1998
    @PeePee1998 Рік тому +7

    I think it also had to do with her not being actually black as well and her making people pretend she was. I remember the backlash that came from it when people found out, a lot of people stopped listening to her. So maybe that was it as well.

  • @afiqite1921
    @afiqite1921 Рік тому +1

    She is one of a kind!!!!

  • @alexisgrey3633
    @alexisgrey3633 Рік тому +2

    RIP sampled 'Heartbeat' by a not well known and super underrated Nigerian-German singer called Nneka, go check her out, seriously she's amazing.

  • @aleahstar4538
    @aleahstar4538 Рік тому +6

    I would have to disagree i believe she is still holding her own weight she just isn't in the lime light and this happens to many UK artist after a while like Ellie Goulding. Rita ora most successful song was released 3 years ago " let you love me" .

  • @kaymorina270
    @kaymorina270 Рік тому +2

    I love Rita and I still hope she will have the career she deserves.

  • @stormysky7983
    @stormysky7983 Рік тому +3

    Tinashe and her career was also kinda set up in a way similar to this, when that one article came out with the infamous “Watch out Beyonce, Here comes Tinashe” headline

    • @Lola-rn2jj
      @Lola-rn2jj Рік тому

      Lol never happened. Beyonce and Tinashe are not counterparts.

  • @caseyjennings7420
    @caseyjennings7420 Рік тому +3

    i always thought rita ora looked an awful lot like pixie lott back in the day. like it was scary how much they looked alike

  • @juandominguez5885
    @juandominguez5885 Рік тому +5

    People never get rihannas name right

  • @RICARDO-bb3di
    @RICARDO-bb3di Рік тому +3

    Other than their connection with Rock Nation I never understood the comparison I always saw them as two different artists and two different people

  • @ozgardea8782
    @ozgardea8782 Рік тому

    I will never let you down Is sooo good

  • @ivythegreat4943
    @ivythegreat4943 Рік тому +12

    Honestly Rita did have that it factor and I love the fact that she had style but once she became more main stream it kinda went more weird with a fashion sense and her music kind of fell off

    • @shavondarobinson7728
      @shavondarobinson7728 Рік тому +1

      Yes but Rhianna has that it factor too

    • @ivythegreat4943
      @ivythegreat4943 Рік тому

      @@shavondarobinson7728 of course… but what I am saying they could have build on Rita like she could of been bigger however it just went left

    • @MrsOra32
      @MrsOra32 Рік тому +3

      Roc nation blocked 2 of her albums so she was forced to do other things so she could create a platform for music

    • @shavondarobinson7728
      @shavondarobinson7728 Рік тому +2

      @@ivythegreat4943 That's true she could use SoundCloud or UA-cam something to release other music she created herself

  • @watertantrums2000
    @watertantrums2000 Рік тому +3

    We all start from somewhere. Rihanna also started singing Britney Spears leftovers. People need to give people a chance to become great, why pick and choose.

  • @vantetheduelist
    @vantetheduelist Рік тому +4

    I liked Rita Ora and Alexis Jordan during the roc nation era!

  • @divamarvalousoneal2454
    @divamarvalousoneal2454 Рік тому +3

    I didn't think Rihanna really had a down faze. It felt like she was being her real self

  • @lillygrantham-hughes5675
    @lillygrantham-hughes5675 Рік тому +3

    I feel like Rita is a classic case of looks getting you very far.

  • @HeyoitsJay
    @HeyoitsJay Рік тому +2

    Everyone wants to be Rihanna but don’t want to put in the work.

  • @ArchdukeOfBelgrade
    @ArchdukeOfBelgrade Рік тому +2

    Ora is irrelevant. She never really had a big moment thb. One of those solid singers who are there trying but no one really cares except her hard fan base,

  • @CryKaze
    @CryKaze Рік тому

    would love for you to make a video on emeli sande or Jessica Sanchez' career

  • @d2dar459
    @d2dar459 Рік тому +8

    Rihannas influence on pop, r&,b and dance vocals are criminally sidestepped.

    • @anitasizza4336
      @anitasizza4336 3 місяці тому +2

      Literally changed the sound of music... and it seems like all songwriters were writing for rihannna... crazy..

    • @d2dar459
      @d2dar459 3 місяці тому

      @@anitasizza4336
      The amount of motherfuckers I've heard since Rihanna that sound like Rihanna is very telling. I don't even follow her career like that but I think someone should at least make note of what Im saying.