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Rita Ora covers Frank Ocean’s ‘Swim Good’ for BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge [Video]

Andy Bustard August 11, 2012 Cover Versions, Soul/R&B/Alt Comments

One Direction weren’t the only ones to recieve a Rita Ora makeover at BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge recently. In addition to her cover of the boy band’s “What Makes You Beautiful”, the Roc Nation-signed songstress, supported by a live band and backing singers, delivered a superb acoustic rendition of the face of contemporary R&B Frank Ocean‘s “Swim Good”, taken from his 2011 breakout mixtape, nostalgia, ULTRA.

You can check out the performance below, with proper footage this time ’round. Ms. Ora’s debut album, aptly-titled ORA, is due out August 27th.

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