Maisie Peters and Julia Michaels have teamed up for new track 'Kingmaker'
The duet takes inspiration from Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novel.
Maisie Peters have released 'Kingmaker', a collaborative track with six-time Grammy nominee Julia Michaels. The song draws loose inspiration from Hilary Mantel's historical novel Wolf Hall and arrives as Peters wraps up the final stretch of her sold-out global 'Before The Bloom' theatre tour.
Speaking about the track, Maisie explains: "Kingmaker is a song about power dynamics, chiefly about being a woman and feeling like you've offered your time, wisdom, talent, and belief to someone who has then taken advantage of it. It's about the sting of uplifting someone, only to find out they didn't deserve you in the first place; about giving a man the benefit of the doubt and having it thrown in your face."
On the collaborative process, she adds: "I loved writing this song with Julia, as I think we have both had the experience of achieving success and witnessing the impact that has on the romantic relationships in our lives - on the egos of the men who say they want a strong woman, until it 'makes them bitter.' We recorded this song very intentionally as a duet, going line for line instead of verse for verse, so it could really be heard as a conversation between two friends sympathising with each other, which really is exactly what the writing process was like. Julia is a hero of mine - her songwriting has undoubtedly been one of, if not the biggest, influences on my own writing, and it is one of the greatest honours of my career to have a song out with her. She has become not only a trusted collaborator but also a real friend, and I really am so excited for this song to be out in the world."
Michaels added: "Working with Maisie is a dream. Her lyricism is so colorful and vibrant. When you write with her you feel completely immersed in her world. You feel like you've lived it yourself."
'Kingmaker' will sit alongside a second collaboration, 'If You Let Me' with Marcus Mumford, on Peters' third studio album 'Florescence', arriving on 15th May. Two-time Grammy winner Ian Fitchuk co-produced the record.
Beyond the album, Peters has been confirmed for the New Music Stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend on 24th May and will also appear at Reading & Leeds alongside Charli XCX, Dave, ADÉLA and SOMBR.
Speaking about the track, Maisie explains: "Kingmaker is a song about power dynamics, chiefly about being a woman and feeling like you've offered your time, wisdom, talent, and belief to someone who has then taken advantage of it. It's about the sting of uplifting someone, only to find out they didn't deserve you in the first place; about giving a man the benefit of the doubt and having it thrown in your face."
On the collaborative process, she adds: "I loved writing this song with Julia, as I think we have both had the experience of achieving success and witnessing the impact that has on the romantic relationships in our lives - on the egos of the men who say they want a strong woman, until it 'makes them bitter.' We recorded this song very intentionally as a duet, going line for line instead of verse for verse, so it could really be heard as a conversation between two friends sympathising with each other, which really is exactly what the writing process was like. Julia is a hero of mine - her songwriting has undoubtedly been one of, if not the biggest, influences on my own writing, and it is one of the greatest honours of my career to have a song out with her. She has become not only a trusted collaborator but also a real friend, and I really am so excited for this song to be out in the world."
Michaels added: "Working with Maisie is a dream. Her lyricism is so colorful and vibrant. When you write with her you feel completely immersed in her world. You feel like you've lived it yourself."
'Kingmaker' will sit alongside a second collaboration, 'If You Let Me' with Marcus Mumford, on Peters' third studio album 'Florescence', arriving on 15th May. Two-time Grammy winner Ian Fitchuk co-produced the record.
Beyond the album, Peters has been confirmed for the New Music Stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend on 24th May and will also appear at Reading & Leeds alongside Charli XCX, Dave, ADÉLA and SOMBR.
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