Freya Ridings

Last week, her glamorous and shimmering new single, Weekends, entered the Official Singles Chart at Number 31, netting Freya her third UK Top 40 single, ...

And then with Castles, that was the first time I kind of intentionally tried to write a song that I wanted to be pop, I wanted it to be upbeat and uplifting. It was a different question to the one I thought he was going to ask. Steve [Mac] asked me if I had a disco song on the album, and I really didn't. I think that's one of the best, if not the best, song ever written. You either do ballads or bangers, but it's brave to jump out of that box, even if really, that box never existed in the first place I'm a massive fan of Steve, I was really nervous to be doing a session with him. I was so heartbroken and lonely, trying to make it look like I was having the best time of my life to my ex, I think we've all done that. I showed him the voice memo, I was actually really embarrased, but he was...that's so sad. I whispered [the refrain] into my iPhone, it was there for like, a year until I got into the studio with Steve Mac. I feel very lucky with the whole whirlwind of Weekends. I don't have a lover left to hold." It was so hard to wait.