Marking the first collaboration between the artists, it was released as the second single from the album for digital download and streaming in various countries by Musical Freedom under exclusive license to PM:AM and Universal on 31 May 2019.

"Ritual" reached the number one position in Slovakia as well as the top 10 in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Scotland and Poland.

The official music video for the song, displaying Ora dancing in an alternating neon light setting, was premiered on Tiësto's YouTube channel on 20 June 2019.

[1][2] The song was released on the scheduled date for digital download and streaming in various countries by Musical Freedom under exclusive license to PM:AM and Universal as the second single from Tiësto's sixth studio album The London Sessions (2020).

Farrell Sweeney from Dancing Astronaut emphasised Ora's "captivating" vocals and the song's ability to blend a "driving instrumentals [...] that's fit for club floors and radio airwaves".

[10] Mike Wass of Idolator labelled the collaborative effort between the artists as "sexy" and foresaw it as "to destined rule clubs from Iceland to Ibiza".

[14] Peaking at number one in the Slovakia,[15] "Ritual" reached the top 20 in several other countries, including Belgium,[16][17] the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),[18] Croatia,[19] the Czech Republic,[20] Hungary,[21] Ireland,[22] Lebanon,[23] Lithuania,[24] the Netherlands, Russia and Scotland.

[11] Althea Legaspi from Rolling Stone complimented the video as having a "sultry" and "colorful" quality, and highlighted Ora's performance, commenting that "[she] hits choreographed cues with her grooving cohorts as she sings [...] about lust's lingering effects".