Rita Ora has revealed that she shelved the original version of her debut album because she felt it didn't truly reflect her.

Rising star Ora was snapped up by Jay-Z's label Roc Nation when she was 18 and it has been something of a steady rise to fame ever since.

The 21-year-old is releasing her debut album 'Ora' on Monday (August 27) but she told the Mirror that her maiden release would have been different if she and Jay-Z hadn't decided to scrap their original recordings. She said:

"I was signed at 18 and had to grow up quickly. It's incredible to have that sort of business mind behind you. It's all very well thought through and he's patient. I had a whole album done and I scrapped it when I was 19, I didn't feel it was me. Jay was like, 'OK, start again'."

Ora meanwhile opened up about a wardrobe malfunction she had in June, with her father not too happy about the revealing incident. She added:

"Recently I had a nipple slip. At Lovebox, my nipple came out. My dad sent me an email saying, 'Please don't let this happen again, thanks'. So I bought some nipple tassles and said, 'Don’t worry, Dad, that won't happen again I've got a whole bunch of nipple tassles'. And he said, 'No! Buy bras'."