Jasmine Howard
On Friday 26th May, Maisie Peters released a song heart-breaking enough to evoke feelings of loss even in someone who has never been in a relationship before.
Storytelling
‘Two Weeks Ago’ encapsulates wishing you could go back to the good bits of a relationship after it ends. The gut-wrenching lyrics, “I wish it was two weeks ago”, couldn’t be more raw and honest. Instead of complicated metaphors to describe a tumultuous love affair, Maisie writes simple prose, listing all the things she wishes she could go back to a mere two weeks ago.
“The most relatable song I’ve ever heard? I’d say so.”
The rather stripped-back instrumental provides the perfect backdrop for such emotive lyrics. As if sparse piano chords weren’t sad enough, the introduction of the strings makes your stomach flip and your heart shatter.
Reality
For me, this song’s release couldn’t have been more perfectly timed. I experienced the end of my own relationship two weeks ago, so it’s almost like Maisie has arranged my thoughts and feelings and put them into a song.
The most relatable song I’ve ever heard? I’d say so. Two weeks ago, I didn’t see the end coming. Now, I’m sobbing to Maisie’s new song that explains how I feel better than I can.
“It’s being sat in your room at 3am thinking over all the good memories and wondering what you could have done differently.”
When you’re at the peak of a relationship, you don’t think you’ll ever stop making memories. You think there’ll be more days at the beach. You always talk about what you’d do next time you’re there. And when it ends, it kills you knowing that there’ll never be a next time. And that’s what Maisie puts across so beautifully.
We’re used to hearing breakup songs about the heat, the passion, the denial, and the revenge, but ‘Two Weeks Ago’ gives us a whole new perspective. It’s being sat in your room at 3am thinking over all the good memories and wondering what you could have done differently.
The vulnerable approach
This vulnerable approach is something that makes Maisie Peters such a talented and powerful singer-songwriter. The 22-year-old writes songs that make you believe they’ve come straight out of her personal diary.
“we’re all on the journey together”
As a girl who’s only one year older myself, I fell in love with Maisie’s songwriting because she sings the words every single girl in her early twenties understands. She’s not trying to be uber-famous and sing about cars and money. Instead, she puts normal every day emotions into catchy songs. The first loves, the heartbreaks, the almosts, and everything in between.
Listening to her songs is like having someone say, “it’s okay, I understand, and it will get better.” She’s only 22 and still figuring life out herself, just like we all are, and we’re all on the journey together.
To girls like us, heartbreak is the most painful thing in the whole world. Nothing could feel more like the world is ending. And Maisie Peters understands this.
‘The Good Witch’, Maisie’s second album, will be released on 16th June and if this song is anything to go by, it’s going to be personal, relatable, and a damn good listen!
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JasmineHoward
I'm a Fashion Design and Communications Graduate who currently works as a Students Union President. I run the Pop Babble podcast and I am an Entertainment Editor here at Empoword. My career goal is to be a fashion historian/journalist!