The ‘R.I.P.’ singer is planning to one day return to higher education to fulfil a promise she made to her parents after she got signed by a record label aged 18 dropped her plans to study for a degree in the UK.

In an interview on British TV show ‘Lorraine’, she said: “I got my first production credit when I was 14 and then it kind of escalated from there. I got signed at 18 so it came to the point where I could either finish university, or I could carry on and finish university later, which I promised my dad I would do, so I will do it.”

Rita was born in the Balkan state of Kosovo, but grew up in London, although she recently returned there to film the video to her new single, ‘Shine Ya Light’, which she is particularly proud of.

She added: “It was definitely the experience of my life, because I was born there, and it’s a third world country and I wanted to show the world where I come from. It was my idea to do the video.”

Rita, 21, also a talked about her stint as a judge on UK pop star search show ‘The X Factor’, on which she sat on the panel for some of the initial auditions this year.

She said: “It was interesting, because I never understood it until I was sat there. I’d always watched it, but I don’t think anyone knows what it’s like until you sit on the panel.

“So I sat there and I really thought that I could help somebody, it was a great feeling. I’ve never auditioned in front of millions of people, but I’ve auditioned for a few things.

“The good thing was I could just say yes to people that I loved, then I didn’t have to do the boot camp, so wouldn’t have to [let them down later]. But it was such a fun experience.”

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Rita Ora would “100 per cent” like to design her own clothing collection.

The 21-year-old singer explained how she plans to move into designing in the future.

Rita, who is the protégée of Jay-Z, is so dedicated to fashion that she will put her music on hold when the time is right.

“Ah, 100 per cent!” Rita squealed to the December edition of British Vogue. “But if I were to do that, I would literally just do a clothing line, I wouldn’t do an album. I would concentrate. Maybe after about seven albums or something. “I would do everything from, from the stitching to the catwalk. I wouldn’t want to do an average fashion line. I’d want it to be an amazing piece of art.”

Rita is known for her individual sense of style.

The pop star doesn’t think about her outfits too much, she just enjoys putting her ensembles together.

“Clothes are fun,” Rita laughed. “The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them too.”

Rita went on to discuss where her passion for fashion came from.

She described how she began customising her wardrobe as a teenager and admitted some of her early creations were questionable.

“I would mix and match clothes, a £2 T-shirt, vintage stuff. I knew about the high-end clothes, but I never had money to get them. So I’d make them. I’d get clothes and cut them up,” Rita explained.

“I knew where I was going with it, it just didn’t look how I imagined.”

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After months of denials Rob Kardashian has finally gone public with his romance with Rita Ora, posting a picture of the pair kissing onto his Twitter page.

The pictures follow months of them denying dating rumours – with her saying: ‘He’s a great friend. But the only relationship I’m having now is with the tour bus.’  

But the rumours continued, with the pair repeatedly pictured together.

Just last week Rob was seen in the crowd as the British singer began the U.S. leg of her tour.

Please remember that this news is not officially published by Rita nor Rob!

Rita Ora, earlier this year, was a guest judge on the X Factor in which she received great praise for her time there. During that time, she put through Rylan Clark instead of Gary Barlow. SugarScape caught up with our girl for an exclusive interview – check it out below:

Hey Rita, how are your American adventures going?

It’s been going good, I’m a bit ill at the moment but you know! We’ve been going to lots of crazy places. I love LA – I’m on my way there now – but we’ve been to Tennessee, Atlanta, Miami.. We’ve been to Toronto, Chicago was really cool too. I think Chicago and Toronto were two of my favourites.

What are the crowds like over there, could they take on the British fans?

I think in the UK people know my songs more when I play shows, but the fans are actually quite similar. The reaction is exactly the same from the fans.

So we are feeling suitably teased by that snippet of the Shine Ya Light video that’s lurking about on the internet – how was it going back Kosovo to film it?

It was so hectic! We flew into Pristina from LA and we had this like VIP section cordoned off for us and then when we left there were loads of fans and kids and photographers outside.

We were trying to shoot the video in all these different locations but basically every half an hour it would get completely filled with all these people so we’d have to move to another location. It was so much fun though, we got to ride motorbikes with this motorbike crew and lots of stuff like that..

The motorbike stunts looks pretty badass in the teaser..

Yeah, it was the most fun to shoot.

Did you have this big vision of how you wanted the video to come across?

I just wanted to celebrate.. I mean it’s called Shine Ya Light so I just wanted people to feel like they could celebrate who they are and where they’re from – that’s how I wanted to do my video.

I mean I was born there, in Pristina, but I moved to London when I was one so that’s why I chose to do it there, to go home for it.

Well Beyonce’s already given the track a big fat thumbs up hasn’t she?

Oh yeah, she loves that song!

She said she’s been playing it on repeat. That must feel pretty good?

She posted on her blog saying she liked it. She’s so sweet, I’m like, ‘Thankyouuu!’. I’ve met her loads of times and she’s really, really nice. Like just how you’d expect her to be – unbelievably so.

We could not be more jealous. Speaking of rave reviews, have you had a chance to see much of the X Factor to check out how the acts you let through at the auditions are getting on?

I have been watching it, not a lot because of touring – it’s like whatever I can watch online when I get a chance. But obviously I’ve been watching all the ones that I gave a yes to and all the people are really, really good.

Personally I think Ella is really cool, she’s so good but loads of them are. I think it’s really good because every year there are surprises. Like with One Direction – they didn’t win but they’ve basically taken over the world and that’s pretty amazing how X Factor does that.

What about Rylan – are you glad you let him through?

You know what, I just think he’s really funny and entertaining so yeah.

He seems to have a pretty big fan base, even if Gary wasn’t over the moon about you guys putting him through?

Nooo, he wasn’t that impressed, but I mean there are so many people – like the Gangnam Style guy – that you still like but don’t have to take too seriously. It’s all just about it being a bit of fun and having entertainment value.

Rita Ora has exploded onto the music scene this year, soaring straight into the charts with a number one album and three number one singles. Here is a preview of her upcoming videoclip for her latest single “Shine Ya Light” which has been filmed in her home country :