Maisie Peters has recalled doing a whole tour with vocal polyps.
In 2023, the singer-songwriter embarked on The Good Witch Tour in support of her second album. The trek included a 12-week North American run followed by dates across the U.K. and Europe.
Speaking to Cosmopolitan, Maisie revealed the major tour was overshadowed after she was diagnosed with vocal polyps, growths on the vocal cords, and faced the possibility of surgery.
“I did the whole (The Good Witch) tour with these vocal polyps and was in vocal therapy for three months,” she said. “I couldn’t sing or drink or eat certain foods, and I never really shared anything publicly.”
The Lost The Breakup hitmaker admitted the condition had a huge impact on her.
“It was very stressful and anxiety-inducing – every day I was waking up and thinking, ‘I can’t sing. How can I play to 3,000 people tonight? I can’t hit my notes,'” she told the publication. “Also, ‘Will I ever get better? Will I ever sound the same?'”
Maisie said she recovered “pretty much entirely” and avoided surgery, but the experience pushed her to prioritise her health. It ultimately led her to pull out of Kelsea Ballerini’s North American tour in January 2025.
“For so many years, I was pushing and pushing and pushing, and at the end of that year, my body – even before my head – realised, like, ‘I can’t do it anymore,'” she shared.
However, she admitted the decision went against her personality.
“I was the girl that said yes to everything – to every tour, to every album, to every meet and greet,” the singer stated. “That was my personality. It took my brain a while to realise I was not in a healthy place to be doing that. I had to stop.”
Maisie is currently on her Before The Bloom tour, which kicked off in Sydney, Australia on 2 March.
