Rita Ora says her next album will be 'spicer'

Rita Ora has teased her next album will be "a bit darker" and "a bit more spicy".

The 38-year-old pop star has declared she is entering her "uncomfortable era" with her follow-up to 2023's 'You and I'.

In an interview with Billboard, she said: “This album is something I’m actually really excited about.

“I’m spending the rest of the year making it. I’m feeling super, super inspired creatively, just having that essence of feeling a bit like not everything is perfect, which was kind of my motive with this. Everything’s just a bit left like that. Sonically, feeling a bit darker, a bit more spicy, a bit more aggressive, just getting in my like, uncomfortable era.”

So far, fans have heard the single 'Ask and You Shall Receive'.

Meanwhile, Rita has promised she is "definitely touring" in 2025.

The 'I Will Never Let You Down' hitmaker will drop her album sometime next year and is counting down the days until she is back out on the road, dubbing it her "favourite part" of her music career.

Rita told a US outlet, via The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: “I’m definitely touring with this new record that I’m going to put out next year. I wanted to change it up. All the festivals I’ve been doing this summer have been so much fun.

“Getting to perform live is my favourite part. I hate the studio. I love seeing the crowd and I really connect with the energy. The tour is the only reason I put music out.”