In 2015, she started uploading her original songs onto her YouTube channel, gathering hundreds of thousands of views. In 2017, she released her first single Place We Were Made, which has amassed nearly 42 million plays on Spotify as of August 2021. She followed up later that year with the similarly stripped-down piano ballad 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 Atlantic Records UK. Under their banner, she released various singles and two EPs, Dressed Too Nice for a Jacket and It's Your Bed Babe, It's Your Funeral. Both Feels Like This and Favourite Ex appeared on Love Island in 2019.
In 2020, Peters contributed the song Smile to the soundtrack album Birds of Prey: The Album, for the film Birds of Prey (2020). She was also announced as the opening act for Niall Horan 's Nice to Meet Ya Tour on tourdates in Europe. However, these concerts were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Peters released work for another soundtrack in 2021, this time for Trying: Season 2 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack). She wrote and performed all songs, with a feature by fellow British recording artist James Bay on the song Funeral.
On the 15th of 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 on 27 August 2021. The album debuted at number 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 garnered her first notations on the British charts.
Peters embarked on her first headlining tour in 2022, touring the United States. Later that year, she joined Ed Sheeran 's +–=÷x Tour as opening act. While touring she released singles Cate's Brother, Blonde, Good Enough and Not Another Rockstar. She cited various (pop) rock bands as influences in her new music. Peters has announced she will tour Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand in 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, she announced her second album The Good Witch, alongside its tracklist, to be released on 23 June 2023, describing it as her own "twisted version of a breakup album". To promote the album, fifteen weeks before the release, Peters began posting weekly tarot cards designed around each track on the album in company of a description of the song. On 31 March, the second single of the album, Lost The Breakup, was released. Peters also announced dates for her North American tour ,The Good Witch Tour, with support from Grace Enger and dates for her UK tour, The Road to Wembley Tour. On 26 May 2023, the third single of the album, Two Weeks Ago, was released
Place We Were Made
Maisie Peters Lyrics
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Ordering drinks with your brother's ID
Pretending we like someone's girlfriends band
Put on our boots, carry our heels
Stumbling home over the field
Gin from a bottle stolen from her dad
You smoke to choke the feeling
All we talk about is leaving
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
I know every streetlight
And maybe the colours will fade
This is the place we were made
By the late nights and fires on the beach
Made by the small town secrets we'd keep
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
Painting our face, straighten my hair
Wait for the bus, take us somewhere
Anywhere, as far away from home
We're playing poker down in a shed
Talking 'bout boys, now we call ex
Freezing cold and we don't even know
You smoke to choke the feeling
'Til the walls don't need the ceiling
All we talk about is leaving
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
I know every streetlight
And maybe the colours will fade
This is the place we were made
By the late nights and fires on the beach
Made by the small town secrets we'd keep
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
I know every streetlight
And maybe the colours will fade
This is the place we were made
By the late nights and the fires on the beach
Made by the small town secrets we'd keep
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
The song "Place We Were Made" by Maisie Peters is a nostalgic and reflective tune about a small town and the memories that were made there. In the first verse, the singer describes a typical Saturday night in this small town, where she and her friends use someone's fake ID to order drinks and pretend to enjoy a girlfriend's band. They stumble home over a field, drinking gin that they had stolen from someone's dad. The second verse talks about more memories made in this town, like painting faces and straightening hair, playing poker with friends, and talking about ex-boyfriends in a chilly shed. The chorus asserts that no matter how far away they may be, this small town will always be their home, the place where they were made by late nights and fires on the beach, and small town secrets they would keep.
The song is a powerful ode to the power of small towns, where friends and family come together to form memories that shape who they are. The singer talks about experiences that most young people go through: sneaking drinks underage, hanging out with friends in sheds, and talking about exes. The nostalgic tone of the song is further accentuated by the gentle strum of the guitar and the subtle percussion. It is clear that this place holds a special place in the singer's heart, and she will always carry it with her wherever she goes.
Line by Line Meaning
Saturday night, living the dream
We were trying to live our dream on that Saturday night
Ordering drinks with your brother's ID
We were doing things that we weren't allowed to do, like ordering drinks with someone else's ID
Pretending we like someone's girlfriends band
We were pretending to like something that we didn't, just to fit in
Put on our boots, carry our heels
We swapped out our high heels for some boots, so we could walk back home easier
Stumbling home over the field
We were stumbling home, not walking straight, and we had to cross a field to get there
Gin from a bottle stolen from her dad
We drank gin that we had stolen from someone's dad
You smoke to choke the feeling
We smoked to forget about our problems
'Til the walls don't need the ceiling
We kept smoking until the walls started to spin and we didn't even need a ceiling anymore
All we talk about is leaving
We talked about how much we wanted to leave this place and go somewhere else
All that I know is
The only thing I am sure of is
No matter how far away
Even if we go far away from here
This is the place we were made
This is the place where we have our roots
I know every streetlight
I remember every single streetlight in this town
And maybe the colours will fade
Even if the colors fade away
This is the place we were made
This is where we grew up and became who we are
By the late nights and fires on the beach
We were shaped by our late nights and by sitting around fires on the beach
Made by the small town secrets we'd keep
The secrets we kept in this small town made us who we are today
Painting our face, straighten my hair
We were doing our hair and makeup, getting ready to leave
Wait for the bus, take us somewhere
We were waiting for the bus to take us somewhere, anywhere else
Anywhere, as far away from home
We wanted to go as far away as possible from our hometown
We're playing poker down in a shed
We were playing poker in an old shed somewhere
Talking 'bout boys, now we call ex
We were talking about boys we used to date, who are now our exes
Freezing cold and we don't even know
We were so cold, we couldn't feel our fingers or toes
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Bradford Lawrence Ellis, Jez Ashurst, Maisie Hannah Peters
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Saturday night, living the dream
Ordering drinks with your brother's ID
Pretending we like someone's girlfriends band
Put on our boots, carry our heels
Stumbling home over the field
Gin from a bottle stolen from her dad
[Pre-Chorus]
You smoke to choke the feeling
'Til the walls don't meet the ceiling
All we talk about is leaving
[Chorus]
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
I know every streetlight
And maybe the colours will fade
This is the place we were made
By the late nights and fires on the beach
Made by the small town secrets we'd keep
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
[Verse 2]
Painting our face, straighten my hair
Wait for the bus, take us somewhere
Anywhere, as far away from home
We're playing poker down in a shed
Talking about boys, now we call ex
Freezing cold and we don't even know
[Pre-Chorus]
You smoke to choke the feeling
'Til the walls don't meet the ceiling
All we talk about is leaving
[Chorus]
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
I know every streetlight
And maybe the colours will fade
This is the place we were made
By the late nights and fires on the beach
Made by the small town secrets we'd keep
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
I know every streetlight
And maybe the colours will fade
This is the place we were made
By the late nights and the fires on the beach
Made by the small town secrets we'd keep
All that I know is
No matter how far away
This is the place we were made
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"PLACE WE WERE MADE" TRACK INFO
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also I'M PLAYING SHOWS THIS SEPTEMBER/ OCT AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE U GUYS THERE!!!!
Cambridge - http://www.wegottickets.com/greenmind/event/413313
Banbury - https://www.facebook.com/events/169291400296214/
Bristol - http://www.seetickets.com/event/maisie-peters/cafe-kino/1139465
Perranporth - https://www.facebook.com/events/111464829572909/?
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Brighton - http://www.seetickets.com/event/maisie-peters/komedia-studio/1135116
Southampton - http://www.seetickets.com/event/maisie-peters/heartbreakers/1139466
Kent - https://www.twforum.co.uk/events/2017-10-06-forum-basement-maisie-peters-the-forum
pls pls pls come and hear my new music and old music and say hi! <3
@jessseddon1339
Maisie Peters please come to Nottingham or Leicester at some point!! I need to hear you live 😍😍❤️❤️❤️
@raeannelawtie
come to leeds or lincoln at some point too ❤️❤️
@maleehaali2674
Have you uploaded the song 'fair' or something, that you sang at the Gleam festival this year? i only heard a few seconds of it from a vlog but i cant seem to forget it
@daisylouise81
Maisie Peters your voice is just heaven....you are perfect
@SeniorMusic
MANCHESTER/LEEDS PLS
@nemesiiiis
i can't describe my feelings every time i hear this song
@edengallagher1044
Ack same
@RichardHunterGreenwich
This made me cry. God bless you.
@TassieJake
Let me try for you...
'Stability' ☺️ it's what I feel