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Rita Ora denies Calvin Harris split delayed new album

Rita Ora has poured cold water over suggestions that her break-up with Calvin Harris put the brakes on her upcoming album release.

The singer is said to have worked on some tracks - including the single 'I Will Never Let You Down' - with the Scot before they split last year.

Speaking to Glamour magazine, the X Factor judge said that busy schedules is the reason why the record hasn't been released yet.

She denied rumours that an entire album of work was scrapped because of Harris blocking the release of work.

Ora said: "I have to be very clear - there was never a record. There were about four tracks that were building into a record. But it was never like, 'OK, we're ready to go'. 'I Will Never Let You Down' came out 'cause I wanted to put it out there and then 'cause that's how I felt at that point in my life.

"I was like, 'F**k it, let's just do it...' I was not thinking, 'Well, what are you going to follow it up with, Rita?' I was like, 'I don't care, we're putting it out!' So I had to finish the record and I never really got round to it, because I was touring around, then I was promoting I Will Never, then I started to shoot Fifty Shades, then I started to shoot Southpaw, then... personally, things didn't go to plan.

"I was in a moment in my life where I knew that if I walked into the recording studio, you're not gonna get the best work out of me. So I'm not gonna waste people's money and time to do something that I know I'm probably not gonna like when I am in a good place. And that...is the truth."

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Watch the video for 'I Will Never Let You Down' below: