Interesting question George! I love the question! I think there was definitely a moment. I was watching - and this happened very much after I'd finished the album - the new Lewis Capaldi documentary. Have you seen it? He's such an incredible human being. I have so much respect for him. There were so many similarities in terms of [our journeys] and it didn't make me feel so alone. Ridings has dyslexia. [2] In November 2022, she married folk singer Ewan J. Phillips after getting engaged two and a half months earlier. [1] Career [ edit ] Ridings performing in Sydney, Australia in March 2020. She said: “I began writing a little bit before the pandemic, but it’s kind of an album of two halves. It’s kind of got the ‘I was quite bitter and sad and lonely and now I’m happy’ thing. So it’s the two parts of that, and it’s going to be called Blood Orange.” It’s been four years since the release of Freya Ridings' breakthrough, self-titled debut, which yielded the Love Island-boosted megahit ‘Lost Without You’.

You play shows, and you start off with like 10 people and then 20 people and then eventually you’re standing in front of like 40,000. It’s just an insane amount of people, and to feel- especially when you play songs they know- that wave of love, it just hits you in the chest, and it’s just out of this world.” I want people to come out of the other side," Freya explains, "[feeling like they've just watched] a rom-com. Because it is like a rom-com...where they get married at the end."For Freya Ridings: "Scottish Albums Chart: 26 July 2019 - 01 August 2019". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 18 August 2019. UK pop sensation Freya Ridings performs her global smash hit 'Castles' ". Sunrise. 9 March 2020 . Retrieved 1 January 2023. For Live at Omeara: "Scottish Albums Chart: 31 August 2018 – 6 September 2018". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 September 2018.

Major, Michael (12 January 2023). "Freya Ridings Releases New Single Weekends From Upcoming Album". Broadway World . Retrieved 4 May 2023. You Mean the World to Me": "Adult Contemporary: April 6, 2019". Billboard . Retrieved 2 April 2019. a b c "Freya Ridings: Meet the talented 'Lost Without You' singer-songwriter". Smooth Radio. 30 July 2018 . Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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In January 2023, Ridings released her first single in three years, "Weekends". [7] This was followed by the announcement that her second studio album, Blood Orange, would be released on 5 May 2023; this was subsequently brought forward to 28 April 2023 and would coincide with a number of album release parties at several venues around the UK. [8] Woods, Cat (28 April 2023). "The National borrow Taylor Swift, The Damned tear into Gary Glitter – the week's best albums". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023 . Retrieved 5 May 2023. a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Freya Ridings)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 9 July 2023. For "You Mean the World to Me": "Scottish Singles Chart: 8 March 2019 – 14 March 2019". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 March 2019. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 May 2023". The ARIA Report. No.1731. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 May 2023. p.25.

a b c d "BRIT Certified - bpi" (To access, enter the search parameter "Freya Ridings" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 7 December 2018. Freya Olivia Rose Ridings (born 18 April 1994) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ridings rose to prominence in 2017 with her ballad, " Lost Without You", which became a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. She followed this with the release of her debut extended play, You Mean the World to Me (2019). Her self-titled debut album was supported by the single " Castles", which would become her international breakthrough. Freya Ridings Releases New Single 'Face in the Crowd' ". Broadway World. 17 February 2023 . Retrieved 19 February 2023. It's such an honour. It's so surreal and I feel like it's going to be a very out of body experience. People are very impressed, my old primary school teachers have been coming up [and congratulating me]. It's very...like what the hell is going on? I'm such a huge fan of history. I love The Crown. I love Queen Victoria and all royal history. It's an amazing opportunity. I imagine you won't be singing Weekends or Castles for this one? MORE: Freya Ridings' Official Charts history in full The last time we spoke, you mentioned that you've been writing this album for a long time - how does it feel to have the (pardon the pun) fruits of your labour finally coming to pass?I'm not gonna lie, I'm excited, I'm anxious...I've been taking some ashwagandha gummies...I need to calm down! The last three and a half years of my life have been building up to this. It's been an incredible three months releasing all the singles and playing stuff like Graham Norton, and I'm going to play the Coronation! I'm just trying to take everything in and enjoy it.

a b c Young, Martyn (3 May 2023). "Freya Ridings – Blood Orange". Dork. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023 . Retrieved 5 May 2023. And that journey is actually Freya's own. The album tells the store of a painful breakup with an ex-boyfriend and all the heartbreak, insecurities and doubts you feel knowing you might never see the love of your life again. But like all good rom-coms, we have a happy ending; Freya reconnected with her partner, becoming engaged in the pandemic and marrying last year. At the end of Blood Orange, you feel like you know her intimately, having had a first hand experience of everything she's gone through. a b "FREYA RIDINGS > Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 August 2018. For "Love Is Fire": "Scottish Singles Chart: 31 January 2020 – 06 February 2020". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 February 2020. Katy Perry!!! I can't believe that. It is so wild. I used to be obsessed with her. Me 10 years ago, if you'd told me that...I would have lost my mind. Going to need you to insist she plays Teenage Dream, thank youLavin, Will (11 January 2020). "Lewis Capaldi, Charli XCX and Bruce Springsteen amongst artists nominated for 2020 BRIT Awards". NME . Retrieved 4 June 2023. For Blood Orange: "Scottish Albums Chart: 5 May 2023 – 11 May 2023". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 6 May 2023. The last time Ridings was at Latitude, she had just released her 2019 self-titled album and performed in one of the tents on the festival grounds. This time, she is gearing up to release a brand-new album and has bagged herself a spot on the mainstage.