Last week, on 6th April, singer-songwriter Maisie Peters announced that she would be posting a daily video in which she performed a cover song to calm viewers down during this difficult time. After a week, Peters has covered a range of bands from The 1975 to Fleetwood Mac.

The idea behind ‘The Bed Covers’ is to, as the artist wrote in a social media post, “cover a song that is calm and soothing and makes me feel slightly more peaceful in what we can all agree is not the most calm and peaceful time”. Kicking the series off with Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’, Peters creates a relaxing atmosphere, usually filming at sunset in her bedroom with only a piano or guitar, and her voice. She also writes a lovely message to fans on each video explaining why she chose a particular song.

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Ok so I’ve decided to start a thing called the bed covers where every night I’m gonna cover a song that is calm and soothing and makes me feel slightly more peaceful in what we can all agree is not the most calm and peaceful time. Play it before u go to sleep or in the bath or in a difficult moment. I’m hoping it will help us both stop existential crisising for at least 59 seconds. Gonna start it off with one of the all time greatests, but pls leave any requests or ideas in the comments #thebedcovers

A post shared by Maisie Peters (@maisiehpeters) on Apr 6, 2020 at 1:31pm PDT

Requests are welcomed for the series, with fans most recently asking for ‘The Night We Met’ by Lord Huron. Peters gladly obliged, saying that she had forgotten how much she loved the song. “I forgot how much I adore this song. I had all and then most of u some and now none of u. Like what. Who writes that. Ugh. Keep requests coming,” she expressed.

The first cover came out only two weeks after the release of Peters’ new single ‘Daydreams‘, a song she worked on with Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Tashian about unrequited love. The song received an amazing reception from fans, and Peters managed to make a lyric video from her home while self-isolating. The singer also was able to connect with fans through Instagram Live, running a livestream concert on the day ‘Daydreams’ was released.

 

 

 

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Daydreams acoustic from the live last week which was so much fun even if I did leak loads of music and be a general embarrassment for 40 minutes hehe also my sister has just got home and wants us to do a live stream would u guys be up for that amount of chaos and if so what should we do pls leave your thoughts below

 

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This year, Maisie Peters was arranged as one of the supporting acts on Niall Horan’s ‘Nice To Meet Ya Tour’. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the tour was unfortunately cancelled and Horan said he would be releasing new music and running an entirely new tour in 2021. It is not confirmed yet if Peters will remain a guest.

Posting original music on YouTube in 2015, Peters gained popularity over the next few years, releasing two singles independently before signing with Atlantic Records. Her YouTube channel has now reached 77,000 subscribers from her self-described “emo girl pop”. With her record company, the artist has also put out two more singles including ‘Worst Of You’ which has over 62 million streams on Spotify, as well as two EPs. On YouTube, her most viewed video is ‘Stay Young’, a single release in 2019.