''You Signed Up for This'' is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter

Maisie Peters Maisie Hannah Peters (born 28 May 2000) is an English singer-songwriter. After independently releasing two singles, she was signed to Atlantic Records, with whom she released two EPs and the second series soundtrack to the British comedy serie ...

, released on 27 August 2021 through Ed Sheeran's

Gingerbread Man Records Edward Christopher Sheeran (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently re ...

Background

Maisie Peters started her music career when she began uploading her own original songs to YouTube in 2015. Before the release of her first studio album, Peters previously released the extended plays ''Dressed Too Nice for a Jacket'' (2018) and ''It's Your Bed Babe, It's Your Funeral'' (2019) with Atlantic Records UK. Work on the album began in summer 2020 when Peters went away to live in a cottage where she began writing. " Psycho" was the final song to be finished from the album. The announcement of the album came alongside the news that Peters had signed to Ed Sheeran's label

on 15 June 2021. In a statement, Peters said that “Signing to Gingerbread is a dream come true” after she "grew up inspired and in awe of Ed".

Singles and promotion

"John Hughes Movie" was released as the lead single on 26 February 2021. Peters said that she took inspiration for the track from the John Hughes films that "encapsulate that foolish romantic energy of high school and everything that I, a small town English wannabe Molly Ringwald wanted to be, but was not". Peters cited '' Pretty in Pink'' and '' Sixteen Candles'' as the primary Hughes films from which she took inspiration. The second single " Psycho" was released on 2 July 2021. "Psycho" is one of three songs that Peters co-wrote with Sheeran. On 11 August 2021, "You Signed Up for This" and "Brooklyn" were released as a

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single.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, ''You Signed Up for This'' received an average score of 84 based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Aggregator

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gave it 6.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Track listing

Notes

* "Elvis Song" contains elements from " Always on My Mind", written by Wayne Thompson, Mark James, Johnny Christopher, which was covered by Elvis Presley in 1972. * indicates a main and vocal producer * signifies an additional

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Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals * Henrik Michaelsen – guitar, bass, drums, backup vocals * Andrew Haas – guitar, bass, drums, synthesiser, backup vocals * Ian Franzino – drums Production * Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer * Mark Stent – mixing engineer * Henrik Michaelsen – engineer * Ian Franzino – engineer

Charts

Release history

References

{{Maisie Peters 2021 debut albums Maisie Peters albums Albums produced by Fred Again Gingerbread Man Records albums