Maisie Peters is an English singer-songwriter. Peters began singing around age eight, performing in choirs. She wrote her first song at age nine and began writing songs regularly at the age of 12, after borrowing her friend’s guitar for a school project. She attended Steyning Grammar School, where she won the 2015 annual talent show with a performance of her own composition “Electric”. At age 15, she began busking on the streets of Brighton and uploading original songs to YouTube. She also did acting with Ariel Company Theatre.
At age 15 in 2016, Peters performed her first recorded show, performing several original songs on The Ayala Show. In August of 2017, Peters independently released her debut single, “Place We Were Made”. Four months later, she released her second single, “Birthday”. The songs gained attention in indie-pop circles and “Place We Were Made” was named BBC Introducing’s song of the week early 2018. Following this attention, Peters signed with Altantic Records UK. Under Atlantic, she released various singles, notably “Worst Of You”, as well as two EPs; Dressed Too Nice for a Jacket and It’s Your Bed Babe, It’s Your Funeral.
In 2020, Peters contributed the song “Smile” to the soundtrack album for the film Birds of Prey. She was also announced as the opening act for Niall Horan’s Nice to Meet Ya Tour on tour dates in Europe. However, these concerts were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Peters released work for another soundtrack in 2021, this time for the Apple TV+ original series Trying. She wrote and performed all songs, with a feature by fellow British recording artist James Bay on the song “Funeral”. Around this time, Peters created an online book club via Instagram.
In June 2021, Peters left Atlantic Records and signed with Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records. Under this label, she released her debut album You Signed Up for This in August 2021. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Uk Albums Chart and was the top selling album in UK independent record stores for that week. With the first two singles of the record, “John Hughes Movie” and “Psycho”, Peters achieved her first entries on the UK Singles Chart. Peters embarked on her first headlining tour in 2022, touring the United States. Later that year, she joined Sheeran’s tour as an opening act. While touring, she released singles “Cate’s Brother”, “Blonde”, “Good Enough” and “Not Another Rockstar”. Peters later announced she would tour the United Kingdom in April of 2023.
In January 2023, Peters released “Body Better”, the lead single from her second album, calling it one of her “most honest songs ever”. Following this, in February, Peters announced the release of her second album, The Good Witch, alongside its track list, which was released in June, describing it as her own “twisted version of a breakup album”. With this album, Peters became the youngest solo British female artist in almost a decade to chart number one on the UK Charts, after Ella Henderson in 2014. She released a deluxe version in October 2023, which included six additional tracks. Peters won the first ever Rolling Stone UK Breakthrough Award in 2023.
