Like any good pop diva, Rita Ora has spread herself out.

For the past six years, churning out electronic dance-pop chart toppers has only been Ora’s side gig. Between judging reality shows, a brief foray into acting and a very public battle with ex-record label Roc Nation, Ora finally released her eagerly anticipated second album Phoenix last year.

And she was a diva in her element on Saturday night. Belting out classic sugary pop in a voluminous mushroom-cloud blouse, Ora carefully corralled a surprisingly diverse crowd.

She kicked off with a hark back to her acting career with her Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack contribution For You, following it up with a series of shiny, up-tempo floor-fillers including Your Song and the Charli XCX collaboration Doing It.

Ora is the queen of the basic bop and she owns it. Phoenix is ultimate dance-pop escapism: at moments it hints at deeper waters but the joy is in the froth. A blunt candour strengthens her lyrics, though the base material is the essential fodder of fame, love lost and love found.

But the crowd wasn’t there for lyrical dexterity. They asked for bangers and Ora was thrilled to deliver. Her blend of fantastical lyrics, mild electronica and surprisingly gritty drops was at its finest in Anywhere. Never Let You Down was fun and infectious.

In the controversial Girls she twerked with a rainbow flag in honour of Mardi Gras. Dark synths and double-time drumming ushered in a darker tone but there was a sense that someone turned the smoke machine one notch too far.

The loose theme of Ora as a phoenix who rises from the ashes to glory was present but never full-frontal. Her voice, which can seem thin in higher registers, rose above occasionally cacophonous multi-layered arrangements to shine on its own.

Phoenix isn’t so much studded with stars as propped up by them but Ora delivers on her collaborations without it feeling lacking: even on Black Widow, which kept its dark, violent dynamism even without powerhouses like Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande.

In a sea of overproduced electric dance-pop chart-toppers, Ora’s got her hand in a lot of pies and it shows: she is a true entertainer.