Ask & You Shall Receive
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| "Ask & You Shall Receive" | ||||
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| Single by Rita Ora | ||||
| Released | 31 May 2024 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
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| Producer | German | |||
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"Ask & You Shall Receive" is a song by British singer Rita Ora. BMG released it on 31 May 2024. The single was written by Rachel Keen and Oliver Peterhof, and produced by the latter. "Ask & You Shall Receive" was promoted by a music video directed by Dano Cerny.
Prior to releasing "Ask & You Shall Receive", Rita Ora released singles in collaboration with Gryffin and Keith Urban, respectively, in 2024.[1] The song is her first release under BMG Rights Management and is set to be included on her upcoming studio album.[2] BMG released it on 31 May 2024 for digital download and streaming.[3]
Composition and reception
"Ask & You Shall Receive" was written by Rachel Keen (Raye) and Oliver Peterhof (German), and produced by the latter.[3][4] Raye sent Ora the song via email and Ora "loved it".[5] George Griffiths of the Official Charts Company wrote that the lyric "I've got this feeling that's refreshing my life" is sung by Ora "over a bouncy, funk bassline" and that the single "chugs along with a house-inspired beat, buoyed by its euphoric chorus".[6] According to Tayo Odutola of Earmilk, "Ask & You Shall Receive" is "bolstered by a prevalent bass-driven groove and rousing guitar licks that rise to a crescendo on the chorus".[4] Time Out's Chiara Wilkinson described the single as an upbeat dance-pop song.[7]
Griffiths said that "Ask & You Shall Receive" is a "funky summer tune".[8] Odutola deemed it "a vibrant and uplifting jam".[4] Wonderland called the song an "infectious floor filler infused with summer vibes and carpe diem spirit".[9]
Music video
A music video directed by Dano Cerny was released alongside the single. The visual was shot in a 24-hour laundromat in Los Angeles and is inspired by a 1985 Levi's 501 commercial which featured singer Nick Kamen. In it, Ora "take[s] over" the establishment by smashing it with a bat and taking its money. Her husband, filmmaker Taika Waititi, appears in the music video as a laundromat attendant. According to Ora, the laundromat featured in the visual is the same one that appeared in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).[10][11]
