Two years after The Good Witch topped UK charts with its polished pop sheen, Maisie Peters returns with “Audrey Hepburn,” and it sounds nothing like that album.
The acoustic guitar that opens the observe feels nearly startling in its simplicity, a deliberate step again to the folk-leaning songwriting that first constructed her profession.
Co-produced with Ian Fitchuk and frequent collaborator Joe Rubel, the music seems like coming dwelling after a protracted journey by means of chaos. The manufacturing breathes with house and intention.
Delicate guitar plucks body Peters’ vocal supply, which floats with a fragile high quality that attracts you in instantly.
Nothing fights for consideration right here: simply voice, strings, and uncooked emotion. This restraint proves extra highly effective than any layered manufacturing may obtain.
Lyrically, Peters paints a portrait of affection as sanctuary. She contrasts her earlier restlessness with the grounding drive of real connection, utilizing imagery that feels each timeless and deeply private.
The refrain yearns for countryside escapes over business afterparties, for forests and fires over superficial glamour.
Peters explains the music explores “how love gave me an internal peace, calm, power and confidence, a secure place and an escape from the mania of my life in the previous couple of years.”
The Audrey Hepburn reference threads by means of the music with magnificence, evoking previous Hollywood grace whereas remaining grounded in on a regular basis moments.
Peters finds magnificence in being barefaced within the gentle, in morning espresso left by the mattress, in selecting intimacy over accolades.
The accompanying music video captures this sentiment completely. The visuals evoke the opening scene of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, with Peters transferring by means of a subject that appears lifted from a woodland portray.
The ambiance feels surreal but pure, with gentle gentle and unhurried motion. A refined nod to Audrey Hepburn comes by means of in Peters’ neck scarf, a small however deliberate contact that ties the visible aesthetic to the music’s namesake.
The melody flows fantastically, wrapping round a narrative that’s uncooked, actual, and quietly emotional.
Peters writes with the form of honesty that makes you neglect you’re listening to a pop music in any respect.
For longtime followers who found her by means of earlier acoustic work, “Audrey Hepburn” confirms she hasn’t misplaced contact with what made her particular within the first place.
This observe units a promising tone for her upcoming third album, proving maturity doesn’t require complexity. Generally it simply takes realizing precisely what to depart out.
