Freya Ridings is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and human being. Her debut album became an international "breakthrough".
After the lived days of a difficult childhood, ten years at the microphone in the pubs of English and provincial cities, the girl achieved significant success.
Freya Ridings up to popularity
Today, Freya Ridings is the most popular name, thundering from all over the islands of Great Britain. However, in the past, the days of the charming girl with fiery hair were not so bright. Her childhood was marked by systemic school humiliations - students teased the future singer, mocking her because of dyslexia, crooked teeth and red hair.
Freya Ridings was born on April 19, 1994 in North London to a British-Norwegian family, the author of many hits and performer of her own songs. The singer has an older brother. Now he, along with his mother, attends each of her concerts, being on duty at all the performances of his beloved sister.
Since childhood, Freya has been learning to play the guitar. The girl watched the performances of her father (Richard Ridings), a popular voice actor, whom viewers knew as the voice of Papa Pig from the animated series Peppa Pig.
The very first musical instrument of the future star was the viola. However, the girl quickly gave up, unable to cope with her abilities. It is very difficult to perform difficult melody in combination with your own singing on the viola, a professional musician can tell about this. So Freya changed it to a piano.
Teachers refused the young star - dyslexia interfered with the singer's work, not allowing her to read notes and memorize material. Each teacher "attributed" all the failures to the disease, considering the girl incapable of a normal musical education.
The fighting character helped the singer - systemic humiliation and denial of training became a catalyst for unrealistic activity. The girl struggled with her illness, working on music day and night, for days on end.
In addition to problems with music, Freya endured regular bullying at school. The students bullied the girl for the strange hair color, overweight, dyslexia and crooked teeth. She later said that this state of affairs made her withdraw into herself and the piano.
She sat down at the instrument, not leaving the room for hours. Such rehearsals had a healing effect on the girl's psyche - she felt better and began to gain her first successes.
First performances
The first stage on which the singer performed was the platform of the Open Microphone Night event. The event was held in one of the bars in London, and the girl visited it at the age of 12. For the next decade, the singer made a living performing in various parts of the city. She honed her skills and gained the most valuable experience of her life.
The rise of Freya Ridings' career
Freya Ridings released her debut live album Live at St Pancras Old Church in 2017. St. Pancras Church is the oldest symbol of British Christianity. The monumental building, located in Kamedna, became the venue for the legendary photo shoot of The Beatles (for The White).
It was in this temple that Sam Smith gave concerts before he became a musical discovery and a world-class star. Performing on this stage, the singer made her way to real success. After a concert in St. Pancras, the girl went on her first headlining tour of the UK.
In November 2017, the artist released Lost Without You, which peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Simultaneously with the release of the track, the singer took part in the television show Love Island. Such an elegant career maneuver helped the girl find new listeners - now she was known throughout the country.
The track Lost Without You and several records (Ridings label) pushed the group Florence and the Machine from the Game of Thrones series from the top of the British version of Shazam.
The story of the legendary TV series, known to viewers under the name "Game of Thrones", was continued in 2020. The girl released the single You Mean The World To Me. The music video for this song was the directorial debut of actress Lena Headey. In addition, another star of the HBO series, Maisie Williams, took part in the video for one of the most famous ballads Freya Ridings.
The singer's musical idols are Adele and Florence Welch. According to the girl, she admires the honesty of the songs of these performers and tries to imitate them in everything. During the recording of Welch's self-titled debut album, Freya was in the next room of the studio and sent her a compliment in the form of a piece of paper placed near the door to the room.
This act perfectly characterizes the singer as a little shy, modest, but very positive and mischievous person. It is this type that appears before the listener of the tracks released under the Freya Ridings label.
