About this episode
Maisie Peters discusses her new album and the experiences that shaped her songwriting in a conversation with Bree Player.
British pop star Maisie Peters first came to Australia supporting her friend (and boss), Ed Sheeran. Since then, she’s released one of the most beloved breakup albums in modern pop, toured with Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, gone viral for reasons both good and brutal, and built a fiercely devoted fanbase drawn to her razor-sharp songwriting about love, heartbreak and, yes, “mid men”. Now, Maisie is back with a new album, Fluorescence — a record that feels softer, happier and more grounded than the chaos of The Good Witch . In this conversation with No Filter Executive Producer Bree Player, Maisie opens up about the “mid men” who inspired her biggest songs, the online backlash that followed her viral Eras Tour moment, what it was like recovering from serious vocal issues behind the scenes, and how falling in love changed the way she writes music. They also talk about songwriting as emotional archaeology, growing up online, why happiness is actually harder to write about than heartbreak, and the surprisingly healthy reality of being in a relationship while still performing songs about exes night after night. Plus: Ed Sheeran as a boss, secret…
People in this episode
Host: Bree Player
Guest: Maisie Peters
Topics covered
- music
- songwriting
- breakup albums
- emotional experiences
- online backlash
- relationships
Keywords
- Maisie Peters
- Ed Sheeran
- Taylor Swift
- breakup album
- songwriting
- vocal issues
- mid men
- Eras Tour
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Fluorescence, The Good Witch
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