{"id":63731,"date":"2026-08-17T00:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/63731"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:34:49","slug":"rita-ora-gets-emotional-singing-for-you-for-liam-payne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/63731","title":{"rendered":"Rita Ora gets emotional singing \u201cFor You\u201d for Liam Payne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>During her most recent live performance, Rita Ora was overcome by emotion during a homage to her late friend and collaborator, Liam Payne.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British singer and actress performed \u201cFor You\u201d on Friday, August 14, while headlining the BitterSweet Festival in Pozna\u0144, Poland. Amid the live performance of their 2018 duet, the \u201cYour Song\u201d vocalist urged the thousands of fans in attendance to sing the former One Direction star\u2019s part. She was clearly unprepared for what happened next, completely caught off guard by the crowd\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>The performance turned into a massive, karaoke-style memorial for Payne, who passed away at the age of 31. The audience sang along to the <em>Fifty Shades Freed<\/em> track as the lyrics displayed across the enormous screens. In fan-captured video, the \u201cPoison\u201d singer initially appeared taken aback by the sheer scale of the crowd\u2019s participation. As the audience continued singing the \u201cTeardrops\u201d artist\u2019s verses, her expression shifted to visible emotion as she struggled to contain her tears.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pl\">Najpierw niedowierzanie, potem WTF (ruch ust zdradza wszystko \ud83d\ude09), a potem \u0142zy wzruszenia \ud83e\udd79!<br \/>Trzeba przyzna\u0107, polska publiczno\u015b\u0107 potrafi doceni\u0107 artyst\u0119 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1\ud83d\udc4f<br \/>Rita Ora ju\u017c to wie po koncercie na <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BitterSweetFestival26?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BitterSweetFestival26<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BO0IsdZ3Ra\">pic.twitter.com\/BO0IsdZ3Ra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marcin \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b (@Marciin12) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Marciin12\/status\/2088643704810537337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Online viewers were quick to commend the Polish audience for delivering such a moving tribute alongside the 35-year-old Rita Ora.<\/p>\n<p>The poignant performance carried extra weight due to the singers\u2019 shared history with the song. Released in January 2018 as the lead single from the <em>Fifty Shades Freed<\/em> soundtrack, \u201cFor You\u201d became a massive worldwide hit and remained one of their most prominent collaborations after numerous joint stage appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Following Payne\u2019s passing in October 2024, Ora\u2019s relationship with the song changed completely. Shortly after his death, she broke down in tears while attempting to perform it in Japan, telling the crowd she couldn\u2019t bring herself to sing his parts. Since then, she has regularly honored Payne during her performances, making Friday night\u2019s show in Pozna\u0144 another touching tribute to their friendship and creative connection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/rita-ora-gets-emotional-singing-for-you-for-liam-payne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During her most recent live performance, Rita Ora was overcome by emotion during a homage to her late friend and collaborator, Liam Payne. The British singer and actress performed \u201cFor You\u201d on Friday, August 14, while headlining the BitterSweet Festival in Pozna\u0144, Poland. Amid the live performance of their 2018 duet, the \u201cYour Song\u201d vocalist urged the thousands of fans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":16,"label":"Pakistan"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-content\/uploads\/FotoJet-64-1-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"frkhokhar@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/author\/frkhokhargmail-com"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":16,"name":"Pakistan","slug":"pakistan","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":16,"taxonomy":"category","description":"All about Pakistan","parent":0,"count":2861,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":16,"category_count":2861,"category_description":"All about Pakistan","cat_name":"Pakistan","category_nicename":"pakistan","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63733,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63731\/revisions\/63733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}