I'm really excited to be chosen as a VEVO LIFT artist. It's a great opportunity to reach millions more music fans with my sound and let them see the real Rita.
I think the good thing about Macklemore is that he is very precise about what he gets involved in. As you can tell, he's very passionate about what he puts his name on, because he talks about things people don't usually talk about, and his concepts are very, very passionate.
All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.
Sometimes I see people writing the most ridiculous things about me.
If you really want something, you'll make it work.
To me, I have my friends who I've known my whole life, and I can count them on one hand. They're people I went to school with, my mum's friends' daughters. You know?
I love eating at my dad's pub, the Queens Arms in Kilburn. It does a traditional Albanian spinach pie.
Roc Nation is such an incredible, unique team, especially in the music industry. Everyone genuinely loves and cares about each other.