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Rita Ora: 'When I go on stage, I don’t imitate anybody'

Rita Ora has declared that she doesn’t try to imitate anybody when she’s on stage.

The 21-year-old, who has often been compared to the likes of Beyonce and Rihanna, told MTV News that she only ever focuses on being herself when performing:

"When I go onstage, I don't imitate anybody. I definitely pull effects from artists, like the freedom of Coldplay performing. It's more of a band vibe than just a solo act.

"I vibe with my band a lot and just have fun onstage. It's no rules. It's no dance routines. It's just me and my band, rocking out."

The ‘R.I.P.’ singer, who recently claimed that she’d paid her dues in the music industry, also revealed in the interview the rituals she goes through before a gig:

“I have to have a bottle of Jack. I have to have some ginger ale. I have to have tea, and I can't really have any loud music. So I have to concentrate and focus as I sip on whiskey and tea. So that's usually my usual ritual.”

 

 

 

Watch behind-the-scenes footage from a Rita Ora show below: