10 Reasons Singer-Songwriter Maisie Peters Should Be All Over Your Radar

Taylor Swift, one of Peters's biggest inspirations, has written positive comments on two videos of Peter singing covers of Swift's songs, "Enchanted" and "Betty." In an interview with The Independent, Peters said, "Me and my sister were just shrieking around the house. I didn't know what to do with myself afterwards, I was just pacing and screaming. It was so exciting."

She was first inspired to make music after seeing Swift's music video for "Love Story," according to an interview with Beyond the Stage Magazine. From then on, she started writing songs on a guitar she borrowed from a friend.

In an interview with FaceCulture, Peters said that she always loved reading as a child, especially stories about female friendship, love, and loss from writers like Louisa May Alcott. She started writing lots of her own stories, but didn't start writing songs until she was 13.
Peters said her songs are very lyric-driven, and very focused on stories, setting the scene, and place.

"To write a really good pop song," she said, "I think it's a massive challenge. Because you have to be so concise and get this universal feeling across in so little words in so little time."

As she is a lover of storytelling, it's no surprise that she started her own book club. And according to its bio on Instagram (@mpbookclub), it's the best book club in town!

She made her first post in April 2020, where she had everyone introduce themselves and state their favorite book in the comments. Her favorites were The Great Gatsby, The Secret History, and Memoirs of a Geisha.

The books are selected each month according to a specific theme, such as self acceptance, science and the self, race dynamics and emotional labor, and "Where do we get the idea for what is a successful life?" The most recent book she's reading is Poor by Caleb Femi.

Peters's song "Feels Like This" was featured on an episode of the hit reality television show!

Ellen Peters, Maisie's twin sister, goes to university in Nottingham, England. The two of them were quarantining together this past summer, and they made a series of Youtube videos called "Maisie & Ellen Save Your Sad Girl Summer" in which they answered relationship questions and gave advice to viewers who emailed them asking for help. "Sad Girl Summer" is in reference to Peters's song of the same name.

Peters, who is from West Sussex, England, has gotten to travel so much for her career at such a young age. She said in a video made by Pop Flash that her favorite places she has visited in the world have been Stockholm, Paris, and London.