Singer-songwriter, Freya Ridings held an event on the 20th October in London at The Lower Third, to tease her upcoming projects, which you should have marked in your calendar.
Ridings is known for songs such as “Castles”, “Lost Without You”, and a recent feature on the Arcane soundtrack “, I Can’t Hear It Now”. She held the event to show some new songs she has upcoming, including an early listen to the song, “Wicker Woman” coming out on the 31st October 2025.
The show was very intimate, many in attendance, but in a small venue, so you sensed the intimate connection between audience and artist. Every song that was played was led with a short speech, which would emphasise the importance and heart that went into each song. The set was short, as it was only to give a glimpse of what was to come, but even then, it felt full, giving an array of songs of different styles to get fans excited for her new releases.
The night started with the title track of the album “Wicker Woman”, a song that has a lot of passion behind it. It ties in to the genre of folk music and entices you in as you listen to the song build before hitting the chorus with a brilliant amalgamation of vocals, percussion and guitar. Ridings’ vocals carried strongly, belting with such emotion that it puts you in a trance
My personal favourite one of the night has to be “I have always loved you”. A beautiful ballad conveying the emotions of feeling love for someone so intensely, whilst being unable to have that person due to secretly being in love with them. A feeling so many can relate to, and the use of the violin in the song being played live on stage made it all the more gutwrenching.
“Dancing in the Kitchen” was also a highlight. Ridings had previously teased a short part of the demo, which fans loved. It was inspired by advice given by her mother (who was in attendance that night), and Ridings performed the song with her band with herself on ukulele. She even had the audience join in at the end of the song, which was very fun.
She finished the evening with some of her more popular songs, which was a lovely bow on a beautiful evening of new and enjoyable music for fans (and new listeners) to look forward to.
