No, we're doing a cheeky cover. It's a beautiful song. We have an orchestra and a choir. I think it's going to be a real moment. I'm a huge proponent of the Prince's Trust and how many young people they help. My mum was in a theatre group when she was younger and the Prince's Trust help fund it, like there are so many elements of my life that have been affected in a positive way by it. I think it's going to be a really, really beautiful moment. And you will of course be on the same bill as the Queen...of Pop, Katy Perry 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.

For "You Mean the World to Me": "Scottish Singles Chart: 8 March 2019 – 14 March 2019". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 March 2019.a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Freya Ridings)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 9 July 2023.

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 you You Mean the World to Me": "Adult Contemporary: April 6, 2019". Billboard . Retrieved 2 April 2019. For Live at Omeara: "Scottish Albums Chart: 31 August 2018 – 6 September 2018". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 September 2018.I didn't do that [on Freya's debut album]. This time I'm just really trying to enjoy it. We've booked a tour and we're playing Glastonbury, so it does feel like you wait for a bus and then 10 turn up at once. Did you feel like you didn't take everything in on the first album? 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."

Exactly. You get these pinch me moments, almost like you're in a movie and they're kind of gone. The pandemic really taught me [to appreciate my life more] because I finally got the time to really sit down and think about [everything I'd experienced]. And that was extraordinary! You never know if you're going to get to do this again. With this album, there had to be no regrets. I put everything I've got into it. I really connected to you saying last time that you are so many different versions of yourself throughout your 20s - the album definitely reflects that 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.From the album, she released the third single called "Can I Jump?" on March 24, 2023". PM Studio. 24 March 2023 . Retrieved 26 March 2023. For "Lost Without You": "Scottish Singles Chart: 28 September 2018 – 4 October 2018". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 29 September 2018. One of the things she missed the most about performing live was the buzz of the audience, as she explained to Jayne: “It’s truly surreal. I feel like those moments are kind of the closest I’ve ever felt to being in a film.

I didn't want to do that. I wanted to say the things I didn't know that I'd be allowed to say, to mention my biggest fears. It definitely helped me grow as a person. There's a lot of therapy, a lot of internal growing done while making ths album. I can't even believe I'm the same person I was when I started making it. What was the impetus for you to go on this journey - like you said, you were quite hesitant at the start On 29 June 2019 Ridings played a set on the John Peel Stage at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival, [3] [4] after the festival founder Michael Eavis personally attended one of her concerts in Bristol. [5] I think from, like, 24 to 28, there's a huge jump. My first album, that was just such a massive learning curve even learning how to make an album. This time, I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and that feels a bit brave. It would have been very easy to just copy and paste [everything that worked before] and do the same things emotionally and lyrically. UK pop sensation Freya Ridings performs her global smash hit 'Castles' ". Sunrise. 9 March 2020 . Retrieved 1 January 2023. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 May 2023". The ARIA Report. No.1731. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 May 2023. p.25.

Freya says, “It’s an album of two halves, 18 months of me being really heartbroken and alone and then 18 months of being the happiest I’ve ever been. So it’s those two halves, the bitter and the sweet, and the transition from one to the other, and allowing yourself to go through that.” She added: “I’ve actually brought my family with me, it’s the first festival they’ve ever come to, and I’m just so excited. 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.” 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’.