Rita Ora has admitted she thought her life was over when she was locked in a legal battle with her former record label.
The 28-year-old singer was involved in a bitter court dispute with Jay-Z's label RocNation, who signed her in 2008, after she accused them of neglecting her career and failing to support her in the gritty music industry in 2015.
The row meant Ora was unable to release any new tracks under the label. She later signed with Atlantic Records but admits the whole situation left her terrified that she would never be able to sing again in public.
Speaking to the Daily Star Online, Ora said: ''It was so hard. It was very, very lonely. My music was always my blanket. I was stuck. But that made this album [Phoenix] being released so much more worthwhile.
"I am happy to have the strength to be able to talk about it and come out from the other side. I was going through s***.
"I definitely had a bit of worry and yeah, I was fearful of my life because, this is my life. My music is all I know so for me I was definitely scared.
"I don't know if depressed is the right word but I was definitely scared.''
Ora also faced another setback at the time as her split from DJ Calvin Harris meant that he banned her from performing her hit single I Will Never Let You Down at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards as he produced the track for her.
''There are a lot of artists who go through the same s*** all of the time and just don't speak about it because they are scared or they are not allowed or contractually they can't," Ora said.
"I just think times are changing - if you are going through s*** then just speak about it.''
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