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Rita Ora is influenced by punk music.
The 'How We Do (Party)' hitmaker has revealed she was inspired by the likes of The Clash and The Sex Pistols but insists she never stuck to "one specific genre".
She said: "Growing up I never really listened to one specific genre.
"I was really involved actually surprisingly enough in my love for punk music and that really graduated to even the style references you know and kind of really focusing on a culture more than anything because for me music is a specific type of culture."
And for her latest album, the 24-year-old beauty describes it as her "most eclectic record" yet, revealing she drew on many personal experiences.
Speaking to Perez Hilton, she added: "This album is probably the most eclectic record I've done so far I think it really represents my music taste ...
"It's really influenced on my personal life and who I am as a 24-year-old Londoner and just all the experiences that I been through.
"The theme of this album I think it's definitely sexual but it has a form of innocence to it. It's like being the girl that might be judged for things that aren't necessarily true because of something they've seen or whatever whatever, and then they forget the statistics of someone about how hard they actually work."

Motorhead's Lemmy thinks he will die on the road.
The 69-year-old rocker has suffered with his health for some time and has been told to cut back on drinking alcohol and smoking, but he thinks he is most likely to expire on his tour bus, because that is where he feels "most at home".
He said: "I've had some health scares, I've had to really cut back on smoking and drinking and whatever. But it is what it is. I've had a good life, a good run. I do what I do still. I'm sure I'll done on the road, one way or another."
But the 'Ace Of Spades' hitmaker isn't afraid of death.
Asked if it scares him, he said: "No."
And while he has his own house in Los Angeles, Lemmy doesn't know where is home is, because he spends more time on Motorhead's tour bus with his band mates - guitarist Phil 'Wizzo' Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee - than he does at his apartment.
He told Kerrang! Magazine: "I live on the bus. That's the story innit - home is where you leave your s**t. The place I feel most at home is with the boys in the band on the road. I don't even know where I live anymore. I have an apartment in LA, but not ever sure where home is, really. I haven't done for years."

Kasabian paid tribute to Cilla Black as they headlined V Festival.
The 'Days Are Forgotten' hitmakers dedicated their track 'Goodbye Kiss' to the late showbiz legend as they performed at the Virgin Media-sponsored festival in Chelmsford last night (22.08.15).
However, the tribute was met with mixed reactions from their fans.
One wrote on Twitter: "Kasabian dedicating Goodbye Kiss to the late Cilla Black was a highlight (sic)"
Whilst another added: "Still unsure how I feel about Kasabian dedicating a song to Cilla Black last night (sic)"
During their energetic set, the rock band urged the crowd to "make some f***ing noise" as they opened with 'Bumblebee' before reeling off popular tracks including 'Shoot The Runner', 'Underdog' and 'eez-eh'.
Tom Meighan was clearly pleased with the reaction the band got, telling the revellers: "Thank you Chelmsford, my lovely darlings."
And as a final 'thank you' to the supporters, the band jumped off the stage and interacted with the lucky fans who had made it to the front row.
One fan who watched the set wrote: "#kasabian- you were amazing last night! #VFestival #VHylands #HylandsParkOnFire (sic)"
Whilst another shared: "@KasabianHQ rocking my world @vfestival #VFestival2015 #Kasabian (sic)"

Redfoo impresses women with his twerking skills.
The former LMFAO star has revealed his top tip to getting a woman's attention is to shake his derriere because it "keeps things light" and shows his playful side.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "If I want to get silly, sometimes I may play around. There's a move that I do in the club all the time. The girls, they start twerking and stuff and then I start twerking on them and it always gets a laugh and keeps things light. It's a go-to move for me."
The 39-year-old musician has been using the move a lot since splitting up with his tennis player girlfriend Victoria Azarenka last year and although the break-up was difficult, he and his pals are enjoying his single status.
He explained: "I am single at the moment.
"Right now I'm just having fun. I just experienced a relationship and now I'm back to my old me, which is what I like to say. Everytime I'm out of a relationship, all of my friends are like, 'He's back! He's back!' They get all excited. So I've been hanging out with the fellas a lot."

The Spice Girls "giggle like children" when they get together.
The five members of the group - Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Mel C, Mel B, and Victoria Beckham - all have children now so their meet-ups are very different to when they were at the peak of their success, but they still have a "lovely" time together.
Emma said: "We just giggle like children but then we chat like mums, it's quite weird.
"It's still there with all of us.
"Now we've all got children, when we see each other, we hang out and all the kids get on so well, it's lovely."
Though she adored being a part of the group, 39-year-old Emma - who is rumoured to be reuniting with her bandmates for their 20th anniversary next year - admitted they didn't always look great.
Asked her biggest fashion error during her Spice Girls days, she said: "Matching eye shadow with whatever you were wearing. Why did we do that?
"But it was the 90s. I love having fun with fashion and I always have done.
"Once I went to a party in a bright yellow dress with butterflies all over it and matching awful yellow Minnie Mouse shoes. It was horrendous!"

Ben Haenow has bought his mum a house.
The 2014 'The X Factor' winner has followed through on his vow to buy his mother a home following his victory on the show in December, by paying off the mortgage on the house in which she lives with his brother.
Asked what a win would mean to him prior to the show's final last year, he explained: "It would help get us, my family, in a better place. We live in a council estate and me, my mum and brother live together. So I'd like to sort my family out with somewhere else to live.
"I just want to make my mum's life a bit easier. I'd like it if she didn't have to worry as she gets older and for her not to have to work quite so hard."
The news the 30-year-old singer has paid off his family's mortgage comes as his single 'Something I Need' has gone platinum in the UK, with the hunk hoping to build on the track's success with his debut album, which he is currently recording.
Although no release date has been revealed for the LP, he has been co-writing songs for the record with Irish folk band Kodaline as well as songwriter JR Rotem who has previously written chart-topping tracks for Rihanna, Jason Derulo, Sean Kingston, Destiny's Child and Nicki Minaj.

Charli XCX has axed her US tour because she's "unhappy".
The 'Boom Clap' hitmaker recently completed the first leg of her US tour with indie pop band Bleachers, but has decided to cancel the remaining 13 tour dates because she has a "need to be creative" and has felt unfulfilled while performing.
In a statement, she said: "I have some bad news. Regrettably I will not be continuing my spot on the "Charli and Jack Do America Tour" this coming autumn. For personal reasons I will not be able to continue this tour. These personal reasons include the fact that I need to be creative. Artists tour for a really really long time and I have been on the road for a while now, probably not as long as some, but for me it feels like an eternity. I am struggling to create whilst I'm on the road and that is making me unhappy."
The 23-year-old star - who released her second major label album 'Sucker' earlier this year - continued to say she feels "isolated" when she is unable to write music because of her hectic touring schedule.
She explained: "As an artist I need to move quickly and write a lot to not feel restless. Sometimes touring really puts me in this isolated world where I feel down and sad but primarily I struggle to multitask and write songs at the same time which is what I need to do to feel OK. I never want to do a show where I just feel like I'm going through the motions. I want to perform and feel alive and like I want to be there and if I force myself to do this, I will not perform a great show for you."
Charli - who has recently been working on new music with electronic music producer Sophie - added she felt "terrible" to have had to make the difficult decision.
Concluding her statement, she said: "I feel terrible letting you down like this and I really I hope I haven't messed up your plans too much. I've been honest and even though some of you will be understandably angry, I hope you can respect my telling the truth in this matter."

Jess Glynne wants to follow Beyonce around.
The 'Real Love' hitmaker insists she isn't "psychotic" but if she had the chance to be invisible, she would use her new-found super-power to spend a day with her idol.
She said: "If I was invisible for a day, I'd probably follow Beyonce around as she's my hero.
"I wouldn't break into her house or anything - I'm not psychotic."
As well as Beyonce, Jess was also a big admirer of late singer Amy Winehouse and sleeps beneath a picture of the 'Rehab' star.
She said: "Recently, I was given a big picture of Amy Winehouse in a cool frame from my parents.
"She's very inspirational to me, so I've hung it above my bed."
Though Jess has just released her debut album 'I Cry When I Laugh', she admits she found it hard to sign off on the finished record because she is such a perfectionist.
She told heat magazine: "I'm a perfectionist, so if something isn't how I want it to be, or it doesn't feel right, I beat myself up over it.
"It was hard letting go of my album and accepting it was finished."

Jon Fratelli doesn't think 'Chelsea Dagger' is The Fratellis best song.
The 36-year-old rocker and his bandmates - Barry Fratelli and Mince Fratelli - have just released their first album in two years 'Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied', but Jon feels like "nothing" has changed over the years because he just continues to write songs and he doesn't think their huge single is any more "special" than anything else they've made.
Asked how the band have come on since 'Chelsea Dagger', Jon exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Oh, I don't know, I've no idea, I don't know that we have, I don't know that we haven't, that's just a song, you know. I never thought it was particularly special or not special. It had a life of its own then it did very well. Nothing very much really changes for me. I just continue to write songs as songs arrive. I never particularly feel that one's any more special than the other."
The quirky Glaswegian frontman also revealed the new LP is based on fictional characters he has invented rather his personal life, including 'Too Much Wine' which he made because songs about drinking and rock 'n' roll have "always gone hand-in-hand" and they needed the song for "a bit of light relief".
He added: It's ['Too Much Wine'] all fiction. Everything to some degree is fiction, it may get closer to the truth but that doesn't mean that it's necessarily true. Drinking songs and rock and roll have always gone hand-in-hand. Drug songs and rock and roll have always gone hand-in-hand.
"They don't even need to necessarily come from personal experience. But too much wine and rock bands seem to fit together quite well. We needed that kind of song, sometimes you just need a bit of light relief."
'Eyes Wide, Tongue Tide' is out now.