UFreya Ridings ungumculi wesiNgisi, umbhali wezinsimbi eziningi kanye nomuntu. I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yaba "impumelelo" yamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngemva kwezinsuku zokuphila zobuntwana obunzima, iminyaka eyishumi kumbhobho ezindaweni zokushicilela zamaNgisi nezifundazwe, intombazane yazuza impumelelo enkulu.
I-Freya Ridings ifinyelela ekudumeni
Namuhla, iFreya Ridings yigama elidume kakhulu, eliduma kuzo zonke iziqhingi zaseGreat Britain. Kodwa-ke, esikhathini esidlule, izinsuku zentombazane ebukekayo enezinwele ezivuthayo azizange zikhanye kangako. Ukukhula kwakhe kwaphawulwa ukululazeka kwesikole okuhlelekile - abafundi bagcona umculi wesikhathi esizayo, bemhleka usulu ngenxa ye-dyslexia, amazinyo ayisigwegwe nezinwele ezibomvu.
UFreya Ridings wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 19, 1994 eNyakatho London emndenini waseBrithani-Norwegian, umbhali wamahithi amaningi kanye nomculi wezingoma zakhe. Lo mculi unomfowabo omdala. Manje yena, kanye nomama wakhe, bahlanganyela ngalinye lamakhonsathi akhe, besemsebenzini kukho konke okudlalwa udadewabo othandekayo.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, uFreya ubefunda ukudlala isiginci. Le ntombazane ibuke ukudlala kukayise (Richard Ridings), umlingisi wezwi odumile, ababukeli ababemazi njengezwi likaPapa Pig ochungechungeni olupopayi iPeppa Pig.
Insimbi yokuqala yomculo yenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo kwakuyi-viola. Nokho, le ntombazane yasheshe yayeka, ingakwazi ukubhekana namakhono ayo. Kunzima kakhulu ukwenza umculo onzima ngokuhambisana nokucula kwakho ku-viola, umculi oqeqeshiwe angasho ngalokhu. Ngakho uFreya wayishintsha yaba upiyano.
Othisha benqaba inkanyezi encane - i-dyslexia iphazamise umsebenzi womculi, imvimbela ekufundeni amanothi kanye nezinto ezikhumbula ngekhanda. Uthisha ngamunye "wathi" konke ukwehluleka kwesifo, ecabangela intombazane engakwazi imfundo evamile yomculo.
Umlingisi wokulwa usize umculi - ukuhlazeka kwesistimu nokuphika ukuqeqeshwa kwaba yimbangela yomsebenzi ongenangqondo. Le ntombazanyana yazabalaza ngokugula kwayo, isebenza emculweni ubusuku nemini, izinsuku zilandelana.
Ngaphezu kwezinkinga zomculo, uFreya wakhuthazelela ukuxhashazwa njalo esikoleni. Abafundi baxhashaze intombazane ngenxa yombala ongajwayelekile wezinwele, ukukhuluphala ngokweqile, i-dyslexia namazinyo agwegwile. Kamuva uthe lesi simo simenze wahoxa kuyena nopiyano.
Wahlala phansi ensimbini, akazange aphume ekamelweni amahora amaningi. Ukuzilolonga okunjalo kwaba nomphumela wokuphulukisa kwengqondo yentombazane - wazizwa engcono futhi waqala ukuzuza impumelelo yakhe yokuqala.
Ukuvela kokuqala
Isiteji sokuqala umculi acula kuso kwakuyinkundla yomcimbi we-Open Microphone Night. Lo mcimbi ububanjelwe kwenye yezindawo zokucima ukoma eLondon, intombazane yawuvakashela ineminyaka engu-12. Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela, lo mculi wayeziphilisa ngokucula ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zedolobha. Wacija amakhono akhe futhi wazuza okuhlangenwe nakho okubaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe.
Ukukhuphuka komsebenzi kaFreya Ridings
UFreya Ridings ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ebukhoma ethi Live at St Pancras Old Church ngo-2017. I-St. Pancras Church iwuphawu oludala kakhulu lobuKristu baseBrithani. Isakhiwo esiyisikhumbuzo, esiseKamedna, saba indawo yokuthwebula izithombe ezidumile zeThe Beatles (yeThe White).
Kuleli thempeli lapho u-Sam Smith anikeza khona amakhonsathi ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumdlali wezomculo kanye nesihlabani somhlaba. Edlala kulesi siteji, umculi wenza indlela yakhe empumelelweni yangempela. Ngemva kwekhonsathi e-St. Pancras, intombazane yahamba uhambo lwayo lokuqala oluhamba phambili e-UK.
NgoNovemba 2017, umculi wakhulula i-Lost Without You, eyafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 9 ku-UK Singles Chart. Ngesikhathi esifanayo nokukhululwa kwengoma, umculi wabamba iqhaza kuhlelo lwethelevishini i-Love Island. Umsebenzi onjalo omuhle wasiza intombazane ukuthola izilaleli ezintsha - manje yaziwa ezweni lonke.
Ingoma ethi Lost Without You namarekhodi ambalwa (ilebula le-Ridings) iphushe iqembu elithi Florence kanye Nomshini ochungechungeni lwe-Game of Thrones kusukela phezulu kwenguqulo yaseBrithani ye-Shazam.
Indaba yochungechunge lwe-TV oluyinganekwane, eyaziwa ngababukeli ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Game of Thrones", yaqhubeka ngo-2020. Le ntombazane ikhiphe ingoma ethi You Mean The World To Me. Ividiyo yomculo yale ngoma yayiyi-directory debut yomlingisi u-Lena Headey. Ngaphezu kwalokho, enye inkanyezi yochungechunge lwe-HBO, uMaisie Williams, yabamba iqhaza kuvidiyo ye-ballads edume kakhulu iFreya Ridings.
Izithixo zomculo zomculi u-Adele noFlorence Welch. Ngokusho kwale ntombazane, ikhonze ukwethembeka kwezingoma zalaba baculi futhi izama ukubalingisa kukho konke. Ngesikhathi kuqoshwa i-albhamu yokuqala ka-Welch, uFreya wayesegumbini elilandelayo lestudiyo futhi wamthumelela izincomo ngendlela yephepha elibekwe eduze komnyango wegumbi.
Lesi senzo sibonisa ngokuphelele umculi njengomuntu onamahloni, onesizotha, kodwa omuhle kakhulu futhi ononya. Yilolu hlobo oluvela ngaphambi komlaleli wezingoma ezikhishwe ngaphansi kwelebula iFreya Ridings.
