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10 Reasons Singer-Songwriter Maisie Peters Should Be All Over Your Radar
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If you haven’t heard of Maisie Peters, oh boy, get excited. Listening to the English singer-songwriter’s music is like spilling tea with your best girlfriend; she writes about everything from youth to friendship to love (and heartbreak) in her songs, making her an icon for young girls just trying to navigate life. Her two EPs, Dressed Too Nice For a Jacket and It’s Your Bed Babe, It’s Your Funeral are made up of killer storytelling and catchy beats that you can dance to – or have an existential crisis in your car to. Either works!
She starting posting original songs on Youtube at 15, gracing the internet with her music and her bubbly energy, and her career has taken off since then. Now, at 20 years old, she has toured all over and has developed a considerable fan base that just keeps growing. Here’s everything you need to know about Peters.
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She's the Self-Described "First Lady of Emo Girl Pop"
Peters has described her musical genre as emo girl pop, and has even written photo captions like “First Lady of emo girl pop reporting for duty.”
The Music Origins Project wrote that emo girl pop could be understood as “sad girl songs,” which is fitting because Peters released a single called “Sad Girl Summer” back in July.
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She Also Likes Rap Music
Although she doesn’t make rap music herself, when confronted with the question of who she would want to collaborate with, she added on to her immediate answer of “Taylor Swift” to say that she would love to work on a rap song with somebody because she loves the genre.
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She Had a Cameo in the UK Series Trying
Trying, the first original series from the UK on Apple TV, is about a couple in London trying to have a baby. Peters plays a busker in the streets, singing her original song, “Favorite Ex,” “which is very full circle and fitting,” she said in an Instagram post, “considering I literally used to be a busker playing for couples walking down canals.”
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Her Hidden Talent Is Speaking Quickly
Obviously, singing and songwriting is her unhidden talent. But when asked if she had a secret talent or hobby, she said that she is able to talk very, very fast. Apparently, when people hand her menus, she can breeze through them faster than anyone else.
“I’m not a very talented person, so that’s the end,” she joked. “Everyone moves onto the next one.”