British rising star Freya Ridings cites Florence Welch and Adele as her biggest inspiration, and she’s on the way to follow in their footsteps. Her self-titled debut album is finally here, and it sounds like she’s destined for great things.
Ridings already won us over with her soulful singles “Lost Without You” and “You Mean the World to Me”, but the wait for her first album was pretty long. After several pushbacks, it finally hit the shelves on July 19th, and it perfectly captured the feelings of loneliness and melancholia that this artist dealt while writing it.
“The universal theme of this album, specifically because it was written over such a long period of time, is actually loneliness, which I know sounds a bit sad, but I feel like growing up I was so isolated that this was the only time that I could kind of be myself,” said Freya Ridings in an interview with Reuters.
The young artist always drew inspiration from female songwriters, who weren’t scared to dive deep and bare their soul. Seeing people like Adele and Florence Welch succeed gave her inspiration to keep going, and she’s hoping to do the same for the younger generation of artists.
“Having strong female lyric-writing role models while growing up meant so much to me. It’s something I’m so passionate about now, showing young girls that they can absolutely write their own songs,” explained Ridings while chatting with Irish Times.
