Rita Ora - IN LOVE, INSPIRED AND IN CONTROL

AFTER YEARS OF INDUSTRY UPS AND DOWNS, THE POP SINGER-HAPPILY MARRIED TO FILMMAKER TAIKA WAITITI-IS MAKING MUSIC ON HER OWN TERMS

- JACK IRVIN

Most brides take off for their honeymoon after saying “I do”—but Rita Ora headed for the recording studio. The day after she and Marvel director Taika Waititi tied the knot during an intimate ceremony in London last August, the singer was brimming with inspiration. “I was like, ‘Listen, dude, I got married yesterday. I’m very hungover, but I think we should write the ultimate wedding song,’” Ora, 32, recalls telling her producer. The result: “You & I,” the romantic title track of her third studio album that shares details from her wedding day, during which the couple and their guests danced to classics like “Sweet Caroline” and “Eternal Flame.”