This Runners-produced song is the first US single by 21-year-old British singer Rita Ora, who is of Kosovo-Albanian descent. During her early teens Ora attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, whose other notable alumni include Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls and Amy Winehouse. Ora was signed by Jay-Z to his Roc Nation label in 2009 after his A&R brought her stand out appeal to his attention and the following year she made a cameo appearance in the video for her boss's single, "Young Forever." When Ora visited Clear Channel with Hova to present music and videos from her debut release, the executives were so enthused by what they heard that they organised the song to be immediately premiered on DJ JJ's afternoon show on New York's top hit music station WHTZ (Z100).
A Roc Nation rep said the song was "loosely inspired" by the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1993 track "Party and Bulls--t," which is used as part of its hook. Jay was good friends with the late rapper, so it's no surprise to see the borrowing of some of his classic lines.
Ora explained in her official bio that this drinking anthem covers that moment when you "wake up in the morning and want to take another whisky shot."
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