Album: Blood Orange by Freya Ridings (2023)
Format: Album

Artist Background: Freya Rose Ridings (born 19 April 1994) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2017 single "Lost Without You", which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Singer Songwriter movement.

Related Artists: Ella Henderson, Birdy, London Grammar, Gabrielle Aplin

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Singer Songwriter movement.

Tags: 2020s, Album


For much of Freya Ridings’ second album Blood Orange, the London singer-songwriter is on the lookout. “I still pray somehow that I’ll see you someday/And I will hear you say, ‘Darling, you’re not getting away,’” she sings on second track “Bite Me”, while on the piano-led and string-laden “Face in the Crowd”, she hopes she’ll see her past love in the audience at a show. There are plenty more similarly relatable moments on Blood Orange, an album crafted in lockdown with Ridings deep in heartbreak and then, later, deep in love again. There’s the fear Ridings’ ex has already moved on with another person (“Someone New”), the realisation she might be better off without him (“Happier Alone”), her decision to let go of her anger (“Bitter”) and the tentative joy of letting love in again (“Can I Jump?”). 

Perhaps it’s the intensity of all of those feelings, but Blood Orange feels bolder and more immediate than her self-titled 2019 debut. There’s big disco energy on standout track “Weekends”, on which Ridings shimmies to the sound of her own crushing loneliness, and theatrical pop (“Blood Orange” and “Wither on the Vine”, both of which recall Florence + the Machine), as well as acoustic moments and intimate piano ballads. Blood Orange was crafted with some of the UK’s premier songwriters and producers (including KAMILLE, Steve Mac and Lostboy) plus another name: Ewan J Phillips, the folk singer-songwriter who is, in fact, the subject of all of these songs (and who worked on a handful of them with Ridings during lockdown). By the album’s close, Ridings is no longer just hoping to spot him somewhere; they’ve gone all in again. “I feel love, right here, right now, so clear,” sings Ridings—who married Phillips in 2022—on the cathartic closing track. “All my doubts and fears are gone when you’re near/I feel love.”

Album: Live At St Pancras Old Church by Freya Ridings (2017)
Genre: Singer Songwriter | Mood: Gentle
Format: Live

Artist Background: Freya Rose Ridings (born 19 April 1994) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2017 single "Lost Without You", which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Singer Songwriter movement.

Related Artists: Ella Henderson, Birdy, London Grammar, Gabrielle Aplin

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Singer Songwriter movement.

Tags: Singer Songwriter, Gentle, 2010s, Live


Album: Freya Ridings by Freya Ridings (2019)
Genre: Singer Songwriter
Format: Album

Description: "Freya Ridings"  is the debut full length studio album by English singer-songwriter Freya Ridings, released on 19th July 2019 through Good Soldier Songs and AWAL. It includes the singles "Lost Without You", which reached the UK top ten. It was named one of nine albums to look forward to in 2019 by Smooth Radio.

Artist Background: Freya Rose Ridings (born 19 April 1994) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2017 single "Lost Without You", which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Singer Songwriter movement.

Related Artists: Ella Henderson, Birdy, London Grammar, Gabrielle Aplin

Music Scene: Part of the London, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Singer Songwriter movement.

Tags: Singer Songwriter, 2010s, Album

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"Freya Ridings"  is the debut full length studio album by English singer-songwriter Freya Ridings, released on 19th July 2019 through Good Soldier Songs and AWAL. It includes the singles "Lost Without You", which reached the UK top ten. It was named one of nine albums to look forward to in 2019 by Smooth Radio.

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