[2][3] Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd[4][5][6] was born in Värnamo on 15 October 1984, the daughter of a Swedish father and a half Finnish mother, both of whom were musicians.

She received a scholarship for the most promising singer and a spot in a musical called Brödupploppet that was played 76 times at Exercishuset in Gothenburg.

When she met Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg in a club in Gothenburg, he requested that she record vocals for a song with his band Dreamland, titled "Fade Away".

It was around this time that symphonic metal band Nightwish took interest in Ryd as a replacement for their previous singer Tarja Turunen, although she was ultimately not chosen for the role.

[12] On September 28, 2012, whilst supporting Nightwish's North American leg of the Imaginaerum World Tour with Kamelot, Ryd and fellow Kamelot touring vocalist Alissa White-Gluz of The Agonist joined symphonic metal band Nightwish for a one-time concert in Denver when their lead vocalist Anette Olzon was hospitalized.

These consisted of guest vocals for Swedish rock band Takida's fourth album The Burning Heart[8] and Renegade Five's September 2011 EP Life Is Already Fading.

In 2012, Ryd performed guest vocals on the debut single "Evolution" by the musical project Dreamstate set up by Takida guitarist Tomas Wallin.

[17] In 2013, Ryd performed vocals in the album The Land of New Hope, from a new metal opera project by Timo Tolkki called Avalon, in which she is the main character.

In the end of 2013, Ryd took part in the Raskasta Joulua project, incorporating the sound of metal to Christmas carols.

She sang the song "Julen är här" as a duet with Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica.

She appeared on the album Raknarok Juletide with the song "Christmas Is Here", which is the English version of "Julen är här", also with Tony Kakko on vocals.

She also appeared on the follow-up album, Raskasta Joulua 2, where she sang on a cover of Carola Häggkvist's "Himlen i min famn".

The album also features Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), and Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear).

She is featured on Docker's Guild album called The Heisenberg Diaries – Book A: Sounds of Future Past, released on January 21, 2016, where she sings the sci-fi soundtrack tunes "Never Ending Story" and "Suspension" (from the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century movie soundtrack) in duet with Douglas R. Docker.

Ryd is featured on "Lucky Star" from the 2020 self-titled debut album of Amahiru, a musical project led by Frédéric Leclercq and Saki.