Rita Ora's life "became better" when she got together with Taika Waititi.
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Rita Ora covers GQ Hype
The 'You Only Love Me' singer had been friends with the 'Jojo Rabbit' filmmaker for several years before they embarked on a romantic relationship and she knew the director - who she is rumoured to have married last summer - was The One when she didn't feel a significant "change" occur.
Asked how she knew Taika was the right person for her, she told GQ Hype: “When I didn’t feel a change, like my life just became better.
"We were really good friends for six years, and I went to Australia and we both had separate jobs, and we didn’t really know that many people out there. It was nice to see a familiar face and our universes just collided. That was it.”
And the 32-year-old singer hadn't thought about settling down until she and Taika got together.
She added: “It was our bond that made me think, I’m ready to settle down. I never think about things like that because I don’t want to jinx anything."
Rita has addressed the couple's love story in the lyrics to songs on her upcoming new album.
She said: "“[With the album, I’m] capturing this moment in my life where I’m falling in love. There are things I talk about on it, very personal thoughts, about what it took for me to decide on this person, and to commit to him....
"I love to sing about my feelings. I like to make music about my feelings. That’s where it should live. The music, for the first time, will explain the questions people are going to want to ask me. "
Read the full interview with Rita at https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/rita-ora-interview-2023
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