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 track feels almost startling in its simplicity, a deliberate step back to the folk-leaning songwriting that first built her career.
Co-produced with Ian Fitchuk and frequent collaborator Joe Rubel, the song feels like coming home after a long journey through chaos. The production breathes with space and intention.
Delicate guitar plucks frame Peters’ vocal delivery, which floats with a fragile quality that draws you in immediately.
Nothing fights for attention here: just voice, strings, and raw emotion. This restraint proves more powerful than any layered production could achieve.
Lyrically, Peters paints a portrait of love as sanctuary. She contrasts her previous restlessness with the grounding force of genuine connection, using imagery that feels both timeless and deeply personal.
The chorus yearns for countryside escapes over industry afterparties, for forests and fires over superficial glamour.
Peters explains the song explores “how love gave me an inner peace, calm, strength and confidence, a safe place and an escape from the mania of my life in the last few years.”
The Audrey Hepburn reference threads through the song with elegance, evoking old Hollywood grace while remaining grounded in everyday moments.
Peters finds beauty in being barefaced in the light, in morning coffee left by the bed, in choosing intimacy over accolades.
The accompanying music video captures this sentiment perfectly. The visuals evoke the opening scene of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, with Peters moving through a field that looks lifted from a woodland painting.
The atmosphere feels surreal yet natural, with soft light and unhurried movement. A subtle nod to Audrey Hepburn comes through in Peters’ neck scarf, a small but deliberate touch that ties the visual aesthetic to the song’s namesake.
The melody flows beautifully, wrapping around a story that’s raw, real, and quietly emotional.
Peters writes with the kind of honesty that makes you forget you’re listening to a pop song at all.
For longtime fans who discovered her through earlier acoustic work, “Audrey Hepburn” confirms she hasn’t lost touch with what made her special in the first place.
This track sets a promising tone for her upcoming third album, proving maturity doesn’t require complexity. Sometimes it just takes knowing exactly what to leave out.
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