Rita Ora embraces natural hair colour in stunning birthday throwback

It was for a cover shoot in Utah

Rita Ora
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 2nd Jul 2020

It seems that like most of us, Rita Ora is longing to get away while we're having to stay in due to the Coronavirus lockdown. So, the singer took to her socials recently to share a stunning pic from her last birthday in Utah.

The pic showed the singer posing for the cover of Love magazine, saying, 'it was soooo fun. Wish we can go back.' (sic) The 'Let You Love Me' singer went on to describe it as her, 'Best birthday ever,' wondering how she'll be celebrating her 30th birthday this year.

During lockdown, Rita, whose birthday is on 26th November, has also been embracing her natural hair colour. The 'Ritual' singer has been regularly sharing photos on Instagram of her time in lockdown. With many of the pics from when the UK was enjoying some wonderful sunshine!

In a recent pic the star can be seen sunbathing in a red bra and purple trousers as she admits she can't find her bra! 🙈

In another series of pics shared by Rita, she can be seen on some grass wearing black leggings and top, with the caption, 'Yoga mums what’s good? Me: wish the sun would come back 🌞 '.

In 2019, Rita teamed up with veteran DJ Tiesto and Jonas Blue on 'Ritual', now take a look through to see some of the best collaborations of 2019...

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - 'Señorita'

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello teamed up for their summer hit 'Señorita', also dropping their steamy music video.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber - 'I Don't Care'

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber have teamed up for 'I Don't Care', a catchy, upbeat song which was immediately a hit with fans around the world.

Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man

Not only is Calvin Harris a superstar DJ, he's also an amazing producer and he teamed up with Rag'n'Bone Man on 'Giant' in January. The DJ told us how the singer slid into his DMs, sending over some chord ideas - and before long the pair were working together on this hit - 'Giant'.

Sam Smith and Normani - 'Dancing with a Stranger'

Normani confirmed she was working with Sam Smith late last year, and the pair dropped their single 'Dancing With A Stranger' in January.

Lauv & Troye Sivan - 'i'm so tired...'

American singer-songwriter Lauv and Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan teamed up for this Top 10 hit, 'i'm so tired...'.

Jonas Blue with Theresa Rex - 'What I Like About You'

British DJ and producer Jonas Blue has teamed up with Danish singer Theresa Rex for their great song 'What I Like About You', which reached the Top 10 in the UK Dance Chart.

Europa (Jax Jones & Martin Solveig) - 'All Day and Night' with Madison Beer

This collaboration between British DJ Jax Jones and French DJ Martin Solveig, under their collaborative name Europa, was released in March.

Avicii and Aloe Blacc 'SOS'

'SOS' is the first single to be released since the untimely death of Avicii in April 2018. At the time of his death, Avicii had been working on a new album and the album was completed by his collaborators and released with the permission of his family.

Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie - 'ME!'

Taylor's first single of 2019 was a collaboration with Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco. The pop star had her fans very excited when she first posted a date on her socials. On the 26th April it was revealed to be a new single, 'ME!'. The song, along with the music video have been a huge hit with fans. In just a few hours the music video had more than 16 million views.

Avicii and Chris Martin

Following the release of Avicii's posthumous album, 'Tim', the music video for 'Heaven', his collaboration with Coldplay's Chris Martin was released. The video was very emotional to watch.

Ariana Grande and Social House

Ariana Grande teamed up with American duo Social House on her single 'Boyfriend'. The music video for the song featured all three of them at a house party, which ended in a fight. Ariana even ended up shooting heart-shaped lasers!

John Newman and Nina Nesbitt

John Newman and Nina Nesbitt joined forces on their new collaboration 'Without You'. 'Without You' comes four years after John's last Top 5 hit, 'Come and Get It' was released and speaking about his new collaboration, John said, "I have also been a fan of Nina and always loved working with her, it was an easy decision to get her on this stonker!"

Kygo and Whitney Houston

Norwegian DJ Kygo released one of the hits of 2019 when he remixed Whitney Houston's cover of 'Higher Love'.

Ed Sheeran and Stormzy

Ed and Stormzy worked together for Ed's collab album in 2019, releasing the massive track 'Take Me Back To London'.

Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey

They are three of the most successful women in pop, so when Ariana, Miley and Lana teamed up to release 'Don't Call Me Angel' for the 2019 movie adaptation of Charlie's Angels, fans were left over the moon!

Becky Hill and Sigala

He's dropped some massive its in recent years, but Sigala's 2019 collab with Becky Hill was certainly one of his most popular! Becky wrote the track about an ex-boyfriend, and it became one of the tracks of the summer.

Tiesto and Mabel

Legendary DJ Tiesto teamed up with Mabel to release 'God Is A Dancer' in September 2019.

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