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Rita Ora on the music biz: 'You see how it really changes people'

Rita Ora says she has seen first-hand how the music industry "changes people".

Speaking in a new interview with Clash magazine, the singer said that she has matured since releasing her debut album 'Ora' in 2012.

The former Voice coach has also seen people around her change - but in a negative way.

Ora said: "I've definitely grown up a bit, but I'm not a completely different person, I've just experienced a bit more: I've been in a relationship, I've seen what happens to people, I've even seen the drug life [around me].

"Being around music is a scary place, you see how it really changes people, so I've experienced a lot of things - being around it all just kinda woke me up."

The singer added that she feels she didn't "relate" to her debut album after it was delayed for a few years:

"It represented me, but it wasn't me relating to it - because that was me, but it was just two years late. 

"It's not like I'm completely dismissing the first record, because for me it was fun - it was amazing fun. Like, 'Party and Bulls**t' (sic), 'Hot Right Now', 'RIP': these were records that changed my life, so I'm never going to dismiss them."

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