Freya Ridings - Freya Ridings

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The minimalism of Ridings’ chilly piano balladry could have been bracingly different – if it wasn’t so dull

London songwriter Freya Ridings found success thanks to Love Island, which played her song Lost Without You over some emotional moments in the last series.

It’s hard to think of an artist further from Mallorca’s teeny bikinis, burnished tans and brash emoting: Ridings specialises in chilly, pained piano balladry, and her debut album plays like a 12-part audition to bag herself this year’s John Lewis Christmas ad.