Freya Ridings - You Mean The World To Me
LCM Song Of The Day: ‘You Mean The World To Me’ - Freya Ridings
We love this emotionally charged latest single from London based singer-songwriter and one of the UK latest breakout artists, Freya Ridings. It’s a song about struggling to show the one closest to you just how much you love them and taken from her self titled debut album set for release on May 31st. The video stars Maisie Williams and was directed by Lena Hedley who both star in the HBO hit series ‘Games Of Thrones’
If you would like to see Freya live in London, she is headlining at The Roundhouse on the 11th March.
Lena comments “I had such an emotional response to Freya’s voice and the song. We had a few versions of this video, some were considered too dark, I think we achieved a version that allows us to see Freya in a raw emotional performance. And the family element is what the song is all about.”
Produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele / Sia / Liam Gallagher / Pink) and mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Adele / Amy Winehouse), the stunning new ballad ‘You Mean The World To Me’ was originally written by Freya in her front room about a time when her mum was unwell.
Freya explains “When I heard that Lena Headey and Maisie Williams wanted to work on the music video for the new single I was beyond humbled. This is a hugely personal and emotional song for me – I’m just in awe of the emotionally intelligent strong women that worked on it, which also reflects the woman it was originally written about – my mum”.
Freya has just embarked on her biggest sold-out headline tour to date with over 14,000 tickets sold – it kicked off in Cork last night and includes a date at London’s Roundhouse on 11th March 2019. Plus, Freya has been confirmed to play at all the big festivals this Summer, including Isle Of Wight, Latitude and Wilderness.
Freya’s talents have already been recognised by a variety of influential fans; a collaboration with British fashion designer Richard Quinn at London Fashion Week this month; a performance in the US on The Late Late Show with James Corden at the beginning of the year; TV appearances in the UK on Sports Personality of the Year, Stand Up To Cancer and Top of the Pops; and an invitation to feature on the MJ Cole track ‘Waking Up’. Freya’s single ‘Lost Without You’ was added to BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and Capital FM playlist, played by Heart, Smooth FM and Bauer network and she was the No.1 artist in the Independent singles chart in 2018.