Just because the strident crunch of Freya Ridings' recent singles conjures up images of a medieval army riding into battle, that doesn't mean she's a warrior queen blessed with bottomless self-confidence. If anything, the recording sessions initially found the singer-songwriter at an all-time low, floored by nerves. "I was questioning and doubting myself more than I ever had," she tells BBC News. "I was actually having panic attacks in the studio... but I was determined to write my way out of it." The crisis of confidence began with her previous album, Blood Orange. Ridings had been thrust into the limelight with her Brit Award-nominated debut in 2017, celebrated for her rich, pure-toned vocals on ballads like Lost Without You and the summery pop masterpiece Castles. But while that record was largely written at home and recorded with her friend Ollie Green, Ridings says she was pressured into working with a host of A-list producers for the follow-up. "I hated it," she says.…