Peters' second studio album, The Good Witch, was released in 2023.[1] The genres featured in the album were predominantly pop-oriented, however, she was hopeful that people would notice the maturity developed in her songwriting between The Good Witch and her debut album, You Signed Up for This (2021).[2] A commercial success, it became her first album to chart at number one on the UK Album Charts. Peters also became the youngest solo British female artist in almost a decade to chart number one on the UK Charts, after Ella Henderson in 2014.[3] She then won the inaugural Rolling Stone UK Breakthrough Award that same year.[4]
Alongside numerous tours, Peters opened for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium on 19 August 2024.[5] Peters was then set to support Kelsea Ballerini on her North American arena tour, but pulled out. She cited prioritising her mental health as one of the main reasons for doing so, as well as wanting to complete her third album to the best of her ability.[6] During her break from touring, Peters reckoned she had written at least 60 songs for Florescence.[7]
Promotion and release
In May 2025, Peters launched the podcastTwinhood alongside her twin sister, Ellen Peters.[8] She began teasing new music on Twinhood and later announced the release of single "Audrey Hepburn" on an episode.[9] The song was released on 9 October 2025, alongside a surprise double A-side single, "You You You".[10] The two songs are lyrically and sonically vastly different, but Peters thought of them as connected. Wanting listeners to experience the two songs at the same time, she released them as together. She promoted their release with Before the Bloom, three intimate live shows: two in London and one in New York City.[11] "Say My Name in Your Sleep" was released as the third single on 19 November 2025.[12] She performed the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in December of that year.[13] It was followed by "My Regards" on 6 February 2026.[14]
Peters announced Florescence on 28 January 2026. It was announced through a trailer directed by Amelia Dimoldenberg, starring Peters and Georgia Groome; Groome donned an olive costume as an homage to one of her scenes in the 2006 cult classic film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.[15] Peters donned a daisy costume in the trailer, as a reference to the album's title meaning "the process of flowering / of developing richly and fully".[16] Alongside the trailer and announcement of the release date for 15 May 2026, she announced that the Before the Bloom tour had been extended, with European, Australian and American legs.[17] The tour will run from March to April 2026.[18] Dimoldenberg returned to her director position to direct a music video for "My Regards", the fourth single from the album.[19] It starred Peters and Benito Skinner as love interests and pays homage to the 1992 film The Bodyguard.[20]
Composition
On the essence of Florescence, Peters said that the tracks "depict a blossoming" of herself from the ages of 23 to 25, as well as "a blossoming of a true, real love that anchors both [her] and this record".[21] Having risen to notability for songs about pettiness and being scorned, she reminded herself during the writing process of Florescence that she is "a hopeful and forgiving person" and no longer holds as much resentment towards people.[7] She felt it to be a true representation of healing and finding hope, peace and strength, not only in someone else, but also in herself. Florescence was primarily written and recorded in Nashville and features Peters making her debut as a co-producer.[21]
Peters co-wrote and co-produced "Audrey Hepburn", the second track on the album, with frequent collaborator Joe Rubel, as well as Ian Fitchuk supporting on the production. Showcasing Peters' "more stripped-back style of songwriting", the lyrical content explores the strength and peace that real love has brought to her. It also features her romantic interest likening her to film and fashion icon Audrey Hepburn.[9] The following track, "Say My Name in Your Sleep", saw the first of Peters' collaborative efforts with singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford on the album. She co-wrote the folk-pop song with Mumford at Real World Studios in "deep winter" with "something magical and spooky in the air there", which she believed had translated into the sound of the track.[21]Gretta Ray also provided backing vocals. The lyrics explore constantly looking back on a past relationship, while also being mature enough to know it was not a right fit and wishing them the best.[22] It was loosely inspired by the 1938 novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier,[23] with CelebMix noting the "mature, literary-leaning sound" of the track.[24]
"My Regards" is the eighth track on the album and is a country pop song.[25] Prior to writing for Florescence, Peters felt that she had not ventured into the tongue-in-cheek or sexy elements of her writing. She became inspired by country "stand by your man songs" but wanted to modernise the narrative rather than portray herself as a "simpering love interest".[26] She instead wrote it from the perspective of a fierce woman protecting her romantic partner.[26] "You You You", the ninth song of Florescence, dissects an obsession with a relationship that ended.[27] The production of the song is simple, featuring a vocoder and an acoustic sound, which various critics likened to her early discography.[28]
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