There's a lot of ups and downs, but I'm very, very proud of it. Everyone who knows me knows that I love to have a good time, but I wanted this album to also be you could put on and vibe with your friends. I'm still crazy – like, I still love to go out and party. It was all these emotions, so my album is definitely a rollercoaster of emotions. Įlaborating on what fans could expect from the album, Ora said: I had a bit of an issue, publicly, with putting out music which got me really, really, kind of devastated, and I was really down, and then I was really angry, and then I was really frustrated, and then I was really happy that it was happening. In an interview with Billboard Radio China, Ora said of the process: Soon after, she began to work on her second studio album. In June 2016, it was confirmed that Ora had signed a global record deal with Atlantic Records UK. In January 2016, Roc Nation filed a counter-lawsuit against Ora for breaking her recording contract. The complaint stated that she had "only been permitted to release one album despite creating multiple additional records for release" and that her relationship with Roc Nation was "irrevocably damaged". In December 2015, Ora started legal proceedings against Roc Nation, seeking release from the record label and citing that the contract she signed in 2008 was "unenforceable", due to California's " seven-year rule". Ora supported the album with two concert tours, The Girls Tour (2018) and the Phoenix World Tour (2019–2020). Phoenix charted in the top twenty in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand amongst other countries. The album received generally favourable reviews from music critics. Phoenix also includes two collaborations from other projects, including " Lonely Together" from Avicii's last release Avīci (01) (2017) and " For You (Fifty Shades Freed)" with Liam Payne, taken from the Fifty Shades Freed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2018). The album spawned three top ten UK singles including " Your Song", " Anywhere" and " Let You Love Me", as well as a top forty single, " Girls". Ora announced the album on 18 September 2018 and it was made available for pre-order the same day. The release was Ora's first album since Ora in 2012. Phoenix is the second studio album by English singer Rita Ora, released on 23 November 2018 through Atlantic Records UK.