Maisie Peters’ ‘Florescence’ Turns Acoustic With a Nashville Pulse

Maisie Peters has returned with a third album that sets aside the sharp edges of 2023’s The Good Witch. Florescence anchors itself in acoustic arrangements and country-adjacent songcraft, a direct line to the singer’s earliest work. Most of it was tracked in Nashville, and the geography matters. The record doesn’t chase grand reinvention so much as strip things back to let her writing carry the weight.

Lead single “Audrey Hepburn” landed last autumn and signaled the shift. It’s folk-leaning and conversational, closer in spirit to Peters’ 2017 debut single “Place We Were Made” than anything from her last project. Where The Good Witch built its drama around outsmarting heartbreak, these songs are less interested in winning. The quiet of “Say My Name in Your Sleep” replaces fury with a kind of acceptance that still holds a grudge, just without the need to act on it.

The album’s hook writing stays sharp. “You You You” moves through a chorus built from blocked exits and accumulated memory. Peters has described the album’s theme as a study in having thick skin while still getting caught off guard by things that cut through. That tension works in the details, not the volume.

“My Regards” arrived with a video featuring comedian Benito Skinner and lands somewhere between pop structure and country delivery. The song’s confidence doesn’t erase hurt; it just pulls it into clearer view. Across Florescence, Peters isn’t leaving romance behind. She’s just giving it a different set of instruments and a lot more room.