Londoner Freya Ridings is used to keeping it real. She began distributing her songs and performances digitally in 2017, winning a following for the pure-toned heartache in her voice and for recordings of her live performances. But her song "Lost Without You" broke the mold, bringing its enveloping sense of loss straight from her imagination. "I always write from personal experience," says Ridings — but this was an exception. "It's never actually happened, and it really affected me."

Freya Ridings On Sharing A Personal Experience She Never Had