Rita Ora releases 'How To Be Lonely' written by Lewis Capaldi

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Rita Ora
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 13th Mar 2020
Last updated 13th Mar 2020

Rita Ora is back! After filming scenes on the upcoming film TWIST and appearing on The Masked Singer, the 'Let You Love Me' singer is back with her new song 'How To Be Lonely' written by none other than Lewis Capaldi.

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Rita started teasing her new single on Sunday 8th March with a video featuring Lewis and Rita, recorded backstage at Hits Live in Birmingham. In the video, Lewis explained that he wrote the song, but thought he couldn't sing it.

The 'Phoenix' singer followed up the video with a letter written, 'To my friends', in which she told her fans, 'The past year has felt like the end of a chapter and the beginning of a new and exciting one!'

She continued, 'I’m so excited to release my new single ‘How To Be Lonely’, a song that I’m very proud of. I’ve loved working with Lewis on this track and it’s been a lot of fun. He’s a great talent and a man of the moment and I really connected with the lyrics when he originally sent it to me.'

Continuing to tease, Rita, looking stunning with blue hair and a Wonder Woman style costume, has since shared a clip of her new song on TikTok.

After releasing her new song, Rita shared the audio on YouTube along with a clip on Twitter saying, 'IT’S HERE!!! #HOWTOBELONELY IS OUT NOW EVERYWHERE!! LISTEN NOW AND DROP ME AHigh voltage signhttp://rita.lnk.to/HTBL' (sic)

We'll be playing Rita Ora's new song 'How To Be Lonely' on Hits Radio, so make sure you're listening!

'How To Be Lonely' will be Rita's first single of the year, and her follow-up to 'Ritual', her collab with Tiesto and Jonas Blue, released in May 2019.

Rita Ora joined us backstage at Hits Live where she told us she is good friends with former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who she teamed up with on their single 'For You'.

WATCH: Rita Ora performs 'Let You Love Me' at Hits Live

Now take a look at the best bits from Hits Live 2019:

Hits Live Liverpool - 15th November 2019

The line-up included, James Arthur, John Newman, Jax Jones, Sigala, Freya Ridings, Becky Hill, RAYE, Joel Corry and HRVY.

Becky Hill


Ella Henderson


James Arthur


Jax Jones


Sigala


RAYE


Hits Live Birmingham

The line-up included, The Script, Lewis Capaldi, Rita Ora, Craig David, Sigala, Jax Jones, John Newman, Becky Hill and RAYE.

Fleur East


Craig David


Jax Jones


John Newman


Rita Ora


Hits Live Manchester


Louis Tomlinson


Liam Payne


Louis Tomlinson


HRVY


Liam Payne


Jonas Blue


Mark Ronson


Mabel


Anne-Marie


Anne-Marie


Tom Walker


Robbie Williams


Robbie Williams


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