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Rita Ora has spoken out after a song dedicated to her husband Taika Waititi was leaked online.
The singer, 35, teased last month her fourth studio album will be released this year with a handwritten note that said 'album 4' alongside the caption: '2026 will be a good year'.
The songstress' track Tokyo Karaoke surfaced online with the lyrics inspired by her trip to Japan where she fell in love with the director, 50.
According to The Sun, it was originally meant for her third album You & I and had the lyrics: 'I always talked myself out of love like I was never really good enough.
'Now when I’m down, you always lift me up. Slow kiss this cherry blossom lipstick off. So pour it up, this night is for us.'
Rita responded to the leak on Instagram as she uploaded a screenshot of a fansite which had posted a link to the song.
Rita Ora has spoken out after a song dedicated to her husband Taika Waititi was leaked online (pictured together in September last year)
The songstress' song Tokyo Karaoke surfaced online, inspired by her trip to Japan where she fell in love with the director, 50, who she married in 2022 (pictured on The Masked Singer)
Brushing off the leak, the songstress told her fans, according to the publication: 'Guess leaking is still a thing. Luckily I actually love this song. So enjoy. Thanks to whoever leaked it.'
It comes after Rita said it was a 'real eye opener' becoming a stepmother to her husband's children.
The singer became a stepmother to his daughters Te Kāinga o te Hinekāhu, 13, and Matewa Kiritapu, nine, when she married Taika in 2022.
In a rare comment on her family life, Rita opened up about how being a stepmother changed her perspective on the world.
Speaking to The Sun, Rita said she finds the role 'easy', but confessed it helped her understand how much more there is to life.
She said: 'It's really easy. We wake up, we work out together with the kids running on the treadmills, it's a family affair.
'I have to say it's been a real eye-opener to understand that sometimes there's more to life than what you care about in that moment.
'I've realised there's so much more, so [becoming a stepmother] did give me that.'
The singer, 35, teased last month her fourth studio album will be released this year with a handwritten note that said 'album 4' alongside the caption: '2026 will be a good year'
Film director Taika shares his two children with his ex-wife Chelsea Winstanley, also 50, who he split from in 2018 with after seven years of marriage.
The pair started dating in March 2021, before going public with their romance that August.
Prior to their romantic relationship, Rita and Taika were close friends for five years.
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