The Wanted: Justin Bieber & Rita Ora Collabs Didn’t Make The Album

Sam Lansky | August 12, 2013 12:09 pm

Shame! The boys of The Wanted had been gearing up for some big collaborations on their upcoming LP Word Of Mouth, dropping in September, but it sounds like they’re keeping the focus on them and them alone: In a new interview, band crooner Siva Kaneswaran explained that even though songs with Justin Bieber and Rita Ora were cut, they may never see the light of day.

As Siva explained, when asked about the tracks with Bieber and Ora: “We wrote with Justin and Rita, but for all of us, we’ve always said that if a song was right to release, we’d release it. They’re great songs, but in regards to our sound right now and the album, they weren’t right. We still have them and we can still use them and put them out at the right time.”

In his estimation, though, the album is shaping up to be something special: “By God we’re sweating it because after all this work, we know this is the best album we can come up with. I think every song is a hit, but it depends on what everyone else thinks.”

In related news, Scooter Braun is very rich.

[via Digital Spy]