Written by Lucy Fudge
Making her triumphant return in October, pop starlet Maisie Peters hasn’t been shy about her excitement for 2026. Her third album ‘Florescence’ is set to release on May 15th, and she has reassured fans that the wait will be worthwhile with a string of singles, from ‘Audrey Hepburn’ and ‘You You You’, to ‘Say My Name In Your Sleep’, and now ‘My Regards’.
Straying from the soft folk-pop vibe that we’ve heard from the album so far, ‘My Regards’ is the audacious return of Peters’ more unhinged side. While previous tracks of this sort, such as ‘Psycho’ and ‘BSC’, appear to be sung by a “crazy ex-girlfriend”, ‘My Regards’ is instead driven by Peters’ instinct to protect her partner, inserting herself into the role of the bodyguard, referring to the 1992 movie of the same title, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.
From the outset, Peters’ subverts the classic love song, her self-aware infatuation ruling throughout. The twangy acoustic guitars are joined almost immediately by her gentle yet decisive vocals singing, “Girl gone reckless, this love’s got me possessive / Like if you lay a hand on him, we’re both getting arrested”, diving straight into the deep end of her obsession.
She remains true to her pop roots, though the track has a country edge, with a tempo perfect for line-dancing and a catchy chorus which seamlessly blends her pride in her partner and pity for those who can’t have him: “God bless all of those other eyes / They can look but they can’t ever touch”. Her obsession spirals through the bridge, the rhythmic repetition building up to the final chorus of the song, which comes to a gentle yet abrupt stop after one final refrain of “And everybody’s calling me, but my phone don’t work in his, phone don’t work in his”.
In an Instagram caption, Peters describes the accompanying music video as a “grand budapest hotel mr bean the bodyguard inspired fever dream”, a vision that only the silliest, most eccentric (and occasionally delusional) person could create, so it makes sense that they brought in the one and only Amelia Dimoldenberg to direct the video.
Set in a stunning 18th-century mansion, Maisie Peters embodies her role as the protector in a stylishly tailored suit and sunglasses, shielding heartthrob Benito Skinner from his hoard of crazed fans. Featuring a heroic Peters, a handsome “damsel in distress”, and organised line-dancing, the video is a perfect concoction of everything that makes Maisie Peters’ silly side so enjoyable and relatable.
From the all-consuming anguish of a breakup to the tender transformation that comes with being in love, Maisie Peters has shown many different sides of herself so far on this album, and ‘My Regards’ is an upbeat and humorously vulnerable addition to the list.
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