Rita Ora: Chris Brown's past doesn't concern me

Rita Ora didn't consider Chris Brown's history of domestic abuse when she collaborated with him because "it has nothing to do with her".

The singer teamed up with Chris on track Body on Me, releasing a steamy video to go with it. Many criticised her for working with star, who in 2009 attacked his then-girlfriend Rihanna, leaving her with a badly bruised face.

However, Rita didn't consider his past when the opportunity to make music with Chris came up.

"Honestly, it was so easy," she told Refinery 29 of the process. "It was unforced. He was next door recording at the same LA studio, and I walked in and said, 'Hey, there's this song I need you to hear, I want you to be involved in.' It was that simple. It was, like, artist to artist.

"I didn't think that far ahead (to the abuse). I'm just a fan of his music and I wanted to work as a musician with another musician, really. All that other stuff has nothing to do with me."

Rita also spoke about her new album, which is due out in 2016. She started writing while on tour in Europe, jotting down lyrics about loneliness and breakups – her one-year relationship with Calvin Harris ended in June 2014.

Being in the spotlight means everyone has an opinion on her love life, which can be difficult.

"I used to be obsessed with it," she says of reading gossip. "I would Google my name and blah, blah, blah. But see, even talking about it now makes it a topic of conversation. The gossip side doesn't affect what I do. The personal stuff of actually, like, being in a relationship is what affects me. I don't expect anybody to understand my relationships, because they're not in my position in that moment, in that relationship."