It highlights the push-and-pull of wanting to leave to protect oneself from future heartbreak while simultaneously wanting to stay.
Lines like "I could sabotage this and still be justified" illustrate the raw, often "embarrassing" honesty of relationship anxiety. Production & Collaboration Maisie Peters - Maybe Don't [feat. JP Saxe] [Official Video]
Maisie Peters - Maybe Don't [feat. JP Saxe] [Official Video] It highlights the push-and-pull of wanting to leave
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The track is described as more of a conversation than a standard song, inspired by the artists' mutual experiences of being "afraid of good things".
The lyrics focus on the fear that a relationship is "too good to be true". Maisie has referred to this feeling as being a "professional good thing ruiner".
"Maybe Don't" is a collaborative pop track by British singer-songwriter Maisie Peters and Canadian artist JP Saxe, released in late 2020. The song explores the anxiety of being in a healthy relationship and the self-sabotaging urge to run away before things go wrong. Watch the official music video directed by Alex Nicholson: