Maisie Peters
5/27/202654 min
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Maisie Peters. The British singer-songwriter’s last album, 2023’s The Good Witch, was a “twisted” take on a breakup album, exploring the “fun and intrigue in being so hurt because it means you cared so much.” Her latest record, Florescence, takes a softer, brighter turn that’s grounded in hope as Peters embraces adulthood. Sitting down with Madden, Peters discusses her third full-length, being a nonidentical twin, and what it was like working with Marcus Mumford and Julia Michaels, who both appear on the LP.
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First 90 secondsJoel Madden· Host0:00
This episode is brought to you by Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte is a band I started when I was 16 with my brother, and it is the reason I'm sitting here today. Thank you, Good Charlotte. We're going on tour June 20th, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, California. And July 25th through August 30th, Good Charlotte and Avenged Sevenfold touring in the US, starting July 25th, Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri, and ending at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 30th. Tickets are on sale now. We will see you at the show. With painters, they just get to paint.
Maisie Peters· Guest0:37
Mm-hmm.
Joel Madden· Host0:38
With songwriters, we tell stories, and people- Mm ... wanna know, like, where that story come from.
Maisie Peters· Guest0:44
Mm. It's funny, I was in... I was writing yesterday, and I was in the studio, and somebody asked me, that I was writing with, "What does your boyfriend think about the songs that you make about..." We were writing a song about an ex, I guess. "What does he think about this?" And I was like, "Well, ob- obviously he supports me and wants me to buy a house in Tuscany, so it's just keen for however that happens."
Joel Madden· Host1:02
Yeah.
Maisie Peters· Guest1:03
[laughs] Um, but also, I was sort of making the point that I think he knows, he's watched me create enough to know that... And I kind of likened it to when I'm writing a song, I'm just writing a tiny book. Bad times, I don't wanna have bad.
Joel Madden· Host1:18
I like the record.
Maisie Peters· Guest1:20
Thank you so much. I have to say, I'm a fan of your band.
Joel Madden· Host1:22
Oh, really?
Maisie Peters· Guest1:23
Mm-hmm. I, when I was maybe starting out, you know when you become a