On Monday, British singer Maisie Peters fulfilled her childhood dream when she performed in front of 90,000 people as an opener for Taylor Swift . Maisie took to the stage before Taylor’s other support act, Paramore , on the seventh London date of her record-breaking Eras tour. When Maisie’s appearance was announced earlier this month, the 24-year-old star could not contain her joy as she wrote on Instagram: “Supporting taylor swift has been my dream since i was 12 years old and watched the love story music video for the first time.
” She added at the time: “It is such an honour to be part of something so special and iconic and i already know im gonna have the time of my life :’) thank u dr @taylorswift . SCREAM !!!!!” Then, on Sunday night, Maisie shared a video of herself being too excited to sleep ahead of the career high. This excitement continued to be palpable all through Monday, with Maisie documenting her rehearsal.
Sharing photos from the Eras tour stage, she wrote : “Eras i’ll see u at 4:55 if i don’t pass out from excitement before then 🫶🫶🫶🫶” And after the show, Maisie posted two photos of herself with Taylor alongside pictures of her performance, writing: “Long live 😭✨🤍 thank you @taylorswift for everything, forever <3” She added in a separate post : “I got to live my dream last night at the eras tour, and i don’t think i’ll ever get over it :’))))) seeing so many of u singing in the crowd made my heart BURST, and then getting to scream every lyric at my first ever taylor swift show after (!!!! can u believe it!!!) was literally the most magic i’ve ever experienced.” “It was exactly as i hoped it would be except better,” Maisie added. “I met my hero and i haven’t stopped smiling since.
IDK HOW IT GETS BETTER THAN THIS FR <3333” However, Maisie’s night was seemingly tarnished when she faced widespread mockery for a clip that she posted from her Eras tour performance. In the clip, Maisie has slightly altered the lyrics to one of her biggest songs, “Lost The Breakup,” to: “You say: ‘Wow, hey, it’s been forever, you want to get a drink, like, together?’/ I say: ‘I’m kinda busy, like, I’m with Taylor tonight!’/ No shit, I won the breakup .” The star captioned the video: “I just performed at the eras tour .
.. if that’s not winning the breakup idk what is,” also adding: “That was so surreal eras wow thank u sm i’ll never recover from how special that was :’)))))” However, the video did not land as anticipated, and Maisie’s vocals faced incredibly harsh criticism in the comments of her posts on both Instagram and TikTok .
Somebody else then posted the clip to X alongside the shady caption : “Is this serious?!? 😭😭😭,” where it quickly gained traction from people who were quick to join in with the ridicule. Others leaped to Maisie’s defense, pointing out that this particular part of her song isn’t actually sung in the recording, it is spoken dialogue. They also said it is understandable that Maisie may have been nervous performing in front of so many people as the opener for her favorite artist.
“Why is everyone so mean 😭” one person commented on Maisie’s Instagram post. “We have seen Maisie live before and she sounds amazing! 🫶🏼 She clearly must’ve been nervous and SO SHE DAMN SHOULD BE we would be too if we were singing in front of Taylor on her tour HELP! ❤️” “To all the people hating..
.did YOU just play the eras tour? no. you didn't.
SHE DID 🥰” somebody else added. And Maisie herself alluded to the backlash on her Instagram story, where she poignantly shared a screenshot of Taylor’s song “ Mean .” For context, Taylor is believed to have written this song in response to music critic Bob Lefsetz giving her February 2010 performance with Stevie Nicks a cruel review.
In the review, Lefsetz claimed that Taylor couldn’t sing and, in a quote that aged particularly badly, that the performance has “shortened her career.” Writing on her website after “Mean’s” release, Taylor said: “I get it that not everyone is going to like everything that you do, and I get that no matter what, you’re going to be criticized for something. But I also get that there are different kinds of ways to criticize someone.
There is constructive criticism. There’s professional criticism. And then, there’s just being mean.
” In the song, Taylor sings: “You can take me down/ With just one single blow/ But you don't know what you don't know/ Someday, I'll be living in a big old city/ And all you're ever gonna be is mean/ Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me/ And all you're ever gonna be is mean.” She later adds: “I can see you years from now in a bar/ Talking over a football game/ With that same big loud opinion/ But nobody's listening/ Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things/ Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing/ But all you are is mean.” Needless to say, it didn’t take long for Maisie’s followers to connect the song's meaning to her current situation, and many were left heartbroken that she had been made to feel this way.
“Maisie posting ‘mean’ to her story 24 hours after she had the biggest gig of her career because some of y’all are rancid cretins who can’t keep your mouths shut for 0.2 seconds is actually so upsetting,” one popular tweet reads . “Maisie should not have to post mean on her story a day after the best day of her career i hate all of you,” somebody else wrote .
Another added : “I saw this story and feel so bad for maisie because she achieved her dream of opening for taylor only to have haters ruin it. my heart hurts so bad for her.” Still, Maisie seemed keen to put any upset behind her, and immediately followed up her “Mean” screenshot with a selfie and a caption about her return to supporting Noah Kahan on his UK tour.
She wrote: “Anyway birmingham see u in half an hour!!! so excited to be back on the noah tour w u all, who’s gonna sing w me.” We love you, Maisie! ❤️ More on this.
