{"id":2005,"date":"2018-09-06T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:41:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:41:33","slug":"pop-sensation-rita-ora-recruits-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-for-a-new-girls-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/pop-sensation-rita-ora-recruits-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-for-a-new-girls-anthem","title":{"rendered":"Pop Sensation Rita Ora recruits Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX for a New Girls Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In the song &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/song\/rita-ora-girls-featuring-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-charli-xcx-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Girls<\/a>&#8220;, <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/rita-ora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Rita Ora<\/a> handles verse one with a direct hint to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lara_Croft\">Lara Croft<\/a>, the female video game character who is now known as an icon for women empowerment and a lesbian. Following the claim that she looks up to Lara Croft, Rita tells us even more about her sexual preferences hinting that she\u2019s 50-50, meaning that she likes both women and men.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1910\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rita-ora-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-girls.jpg\" alt=\"Rita Ora - Girls ft. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha &amp; Charli XCX\" class=\"wp-image-2010\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rita-ora-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-girls.jpg 1910w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rita-ora-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-girls-780x368.jpg 780w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rita-ora-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-girls-1200x565.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rita-ora-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-girls-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rita-ora-cardi-b-bebe-rexha-and-charli-xcx-girls-1536x724.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1910px) 100vw, 1910px\" \/><figcaption>Rita Ora &#8211; Girls ft. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha &amp; Charli XCX via YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/charli-xcx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Charli XCX<\/a> comes through with the pre-chorus telling us that she spent all summer in Malibu, California, rolling through the streets while enjoying life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The&nbsp;Idea of Experimenting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During night time, Charli hints that she was out with her girlfriend, and they laid their eyes on a guy who seemed to be into her lady friend. Apparently, the rapper went on with it while enjoying a sexual experience with her girlfriend and the man in the cause. Rita and Charli XCX then share the chorus duties with a clear message for everyone. Sometimes they just enjoy the idea of kissing girls and experimenting with short term same-sex relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Intense Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/bebe-rexha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Bebe Rexha<\/a> and Charli XCX follow up with verse two while hinting that these types of encounters can become extremely intense, similar to a hunter chasing his prey. As a matter of fact, both girls sometimes feel like lions in a cage while staring down someone they like, even if that someone has the same sex as them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/artist\/cardi-b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cardi B<\/a> shares her contribution to the song on verse three while letting us know that <q>girls just wanna have fun<\/q>, especially if they\u2019re in the position of choosing.\u00a0 Even if she\u2019s engaged and getting ready to marry her fianc\u00e9e Offset, Cardi clearly hints that she has the power to seduce everyone she wants to, even women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Official Video for \u201cRita Ora &#8211; Girls ft. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha &amp; Charli XCX\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rita Ora - Girls ft. Cardi B, Bebe Rexha &amp; Charli XCX [Official Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ExJmET8boVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only she\u2019s confident when it comes to her looks but her seven figures bank account gives her great confidence as well.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British pop sensation Rita Ora tells us about her sexual preferences in a new girls anthem entitled simply \u201cGirls\u201d featuring Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[384,382,385,651,386],"class_list":["post-2005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-song-analysis","tag-bebe-rexha","tag-cardi-b","tag-charli-xcx","tag-pop","tag-rita-ora"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyreka.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}