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'''Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke''', known professionally as '''Maisi''', is a musician and social media personality from [[south-east London]]. She is best known for cofounding [[Loud LDN]], a collective of women and non-binary musicians, though has released several singles, and has gone viral on [[TikTok]] for her attempts to address her boyfriend's restrictive eating. Her mother is [[Jo Brand]].
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'''Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke''', known professionally as '''Maisi''', is a British musician and social media personality from [[south-east London]]. The daughter of [[Jo Brand]], she co-founded [[Loud LDN]], a collective of women and non-binary musicians, and has released several singles, one EP, supported [[Piri & Tommy]] on their [[Froge.tour]] and Micheal Aldag on his 2024 UK Tour. Her attempts at addressing her boyfriend's restrictive eating went viral on [[TikTok]]. She also runs her own club night, the Cxnty School Disco and has DJed all over the country.

==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke<ref>{{Cite web |title=YELLOW LINE |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/913260665 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=[[ASCAP]]}}</ref> was born in [[King's College Hospital]]<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/577092.jo-hates-jazz/|title=Jo hates jazz|date=10 March 2005|website=This Is Local London}}</ref> to comedian [[Jo Brand]] and Bernie Bourke, both former [[psychiatric nurse]]s.<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/richard-osmans-house-games-jo-21772267|title=Jo Brand's adorable 24-year marriage and social media star daughter|first=Sylvie|last=Wilkinson|date=5 October 2021|website=MyLondon}}</ref> She grew up in [[south-east London]]<ref name="shift">{{cite web |date=30 January 2023 |title=_shift talks: Where are the women? |url=https://www.shiftlondon.org/news/_shift-talks-where-are-the-women-brits-2023/ |access-date=7 May 2023 |publisher=Shift London}}</ref> and has a younger sister,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sherwin |first=Adam |date=2024-04-19 |title=Jo Brand on how not to get cancelled: My TikTok star daughter tells me what to do |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/radio/jo-brand-interview-cancelled-tiktok-daughter-3011085 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Eliza.<ref name="auto7" /> She started writing songs when she was eleven<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/celebs-tv/times-jo-brand-joined-tiktok-7097138|title=Jo Brand joins her TikTok famous daughter for some surprise cameos|first=Sam|last=Honey|date=18 May 2022|website=KentLive}}</ref> and initially wanted to be a songwriter,<ref name="shift" /> however after attending the London branch of [[British and Irish Modern Music Institute]],<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.bimm.co.uk/maisi-yellow-line|title=Maisi - Yellow Line|date=28 March 2022|website=BIMM Blog}}</ref> she found herself surrounded by others interested in performing and realised she also wanted to perform.<ref name="shift" /> In the first week of the course in 2019, she met Alfie Richer,<ref name="auto6" /> an Essex-based musician who performs as Essex Blonde;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-21 |title=Matty Whelan at Half Moon - Putney, London on 21 Apr 2024 |url=https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2024-04-21-matty-whelan-half-moon-putney#:~:text=Essex%20Blonde%20is%20the%20alter,music%20for%20the%20internet%20age. |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=The Half Moon Putney}}</ref> she later started dating him.<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web |last1=Black |first1=Leo |last2=Blackburne |first2=Elaine |date=20 January 2023 |title=Musician's bid to change 'chicken nugget and fries' diet of boyfriend |url=https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/real-life/musician-desperate-change-diet-boyfriend-8054827 |website=HullLive}}</ref> Maisi describes her music as "under the genre of electro-pop but I also enjoy intertwining various elements of dance and hyper-pop into my work too".<ref name="slanky.co.uk">https://www.slanky.co.uk/one-for-the-future-you-choose/maisi-2001</ref>
===Early life===
Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke<ref>{{Cite web |title=YELLOW LINE |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/913260665 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=[[ASCAP]]}}</ref> was born in [[King's College Hospital]]<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/577092.jo-hates-jazz/|title=Jo hates jazz|date=March 10, 2005|website=This Is Local London}}</ref> to comedian [[Jo Brand]] and Bernie Bourke, both former [[psychiatric nurse]]s,<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/richard-osmans-house-games-jo-21772267|title=Jo Brand’s adorable 24-year marriage and social media star daughter|first=Sylvie|last=Wilkinson|date=October 5, 2021|website=MyLondon}}</ref> and grew up in [[south-east London]].<ref name="shift"/> She has one sister, Eliza, also born in King's College Hospital;<ref name="auto7"/> all four are [[vegetarian]]s.<ref name="auto4"/> Maisi realised she wanted to go into music after her parents gave her [[Lily Allen]]'s "[[It's Not Me, It's You]]" as an eighth birthday present;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celebmix.com/263175-2/|title=Rising star Maisi drops pop earworm 'Over & Over Again'|first=Toby|last=Bryant|date=March 27, 2023|website=CelebMix}}</ref> the first song she learned to play on the piano was Allen's "[[The Fear]]".<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fredperry.com/subculture/articles/maisi|title=Maisi &#124; Fred Perry UK|website=www.fredperry.com}}</ref> She initially wanted to be a songwriter,<ref name="shift" /> and started writing songs when she was eleven.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/celebs-tv/times-jo-brand-joined-tiktok-7097138|title=Jo Brand joins her TikTok famous daughter for some surprise cameos|first=Sam|last=Honey|date=May 18, 2022|website=KentLive}}</ref> She underwent a goth phase as a teenager after listening to [[Lorde]]'s ''[[Pure Heroine]]'',<ref name="auto3" /> and attended the London branch of [[British and Irish Modern Music Institute]],<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.bimm.co.uk/maisi-yellow-line|title=Maisi - Yellow Line|date=March 28, 2022|website=BIMM Blog}}</ref> where she found herself surrounded by others interested in performing, and realised she also wanted to perform.<ref name="shift" /> In the first week of the course in 2019, she met Alfie Richer, who she later started dating.<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web |last1=Black |first1=Leo |last2=Blackburne |first2=Elaine |date=January 20, 2023 |title=Musician's bid to change 'chicken nugget and fries' diet of boyfriend |url=https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/real-life/musician-desperate-change-diet-boyfriend-8054827 |website=HullLive}}</ref>
===Music career===
On 11 June 2021, Bourke released "Guess I'm In Love",<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/7aldgASM0QRSQNHTdfBV7W/discography/all|title=Spotify – Mobile Web Player|website=Spotify}}</ref> for which a music video was released;<ref name="auto3"/> [[Kent and Sussex Courier]] reported in May 2022 that the song had been streamed "nearly 60,000 times".<ref name="auto5"/> On 25 February 2022, she released "Yellow Line",<ref name="auto2"/> a reference to [[road markings]], and explores the regret Bourke felt after only saying a quick goodbye to Richer at a train platform on [[23 March 2020 Downing Street address|23 March 2020]] on the grounds the pair were meeting in London the next day; at the time, Bourke lived in London and Richer in Essex, and the pair were prohibited from seeing each other by the territory's [[The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020|Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020]].<ref name="auto"/> The song's sound was inspired by [[Baby Queen]]'s EP ''Medicine'', which she had discovered shortly before recording the track, and several [[Charli XCX]] tracks.<ref name="auto3"/> As of May 2022, the song has been streamed "over 50,000" times.<ref name="auto5"/>


In May 2022, she met fellow musician Coupdekat for brunch,<ref name="shift">{{cite web|url=https://www.shiftlondon.org/news/_shift-talks-where-are-the-women-brits-2023/|title=_shift talks: Where are the women?|date=30 January 2023 |publisher=Shift London|access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref> having discovered her via [[TikTok]].<ref name="nme">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338|title="We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective|date=19 December 2022|publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=15 January 2023|archive-date=15 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115185851/https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338|url-status=live}}</ref> There, they discussed the loneliness of being a woman in the music industry and how they were often pitted against each other.<ref name="shift"/> This prompted the pair to set up a group chat<ref name="nme"/> on WhatsApp<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/caity-baser-i-want-to-become-the-most-successful-singer-in-the-world-28118/|title=Caity Baser: 'I want to become the most successful singer in the world'|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|date=29 March 2023 |access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref> called Ladies Making Noise in London for the women and non-binary musicians they knew at that time.<ref name="nme"/> Initially starting with ten musicians including [[Piri]]<ref name="nme"/> and Matilda Cole,<ref name="evi">{{cite web|url=https://www.shiftlondon.org/news/loud-ldn-x-spotify-the-collaboration-to-tune-into/|title=Loud LDN X Spotify: The collaboration to tune to|publisher=Shift London|accessdate=6 June 2023}}</ref> the adding of other members caused the member list to grow to forty people, prompting them to set up an [[Instagram]] page, [[Loud LDN]].<ref name="shift"/> Coupdekat used a June 2023 interview to note that the chat had "120 members", and that it had moved to [[Discord]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-24 |title=Q&A: Coupdekat Talks London Music Scene, New EP & Collective Loud LDN |url=https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-coupdekat |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=THE LUNA COLLECTIVE |language=en-US}}</ref> On 28 June 2022, she released the single "Quick Fixes",<ref name="auto2"/> a song about [[beauty standards]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maldon.nub.news/news/local-news/musician-maisi-on-her-new-single-her-mum-jo-brand-and-her-plans-to-take-on-the-maldon-mud-race-again-in-2023-139339|title=Musician Maisi on her new single, her mum Jo Brand, and her plans to take on the Maldon Mud Race again in 2023|date=June 27, 2022|website=Maldon Nub News}}</ref> and on 10 May 2022, she released "123". On 24 March 2023, she released "Over & Over Again",<ref name="auto2"/> and on 28 April 2023, she featured on Omar+'s "Revenge".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2pge8y6SvNSZyopPZaTNoo|title=Revenge|date=April 28, 2023|via=open.spotify.com}}</ref>
In January 2022, after seeing that [[Piri]] had moved from [[Manchester]] to [[London]], Bourke reached out to her as she felt she would benefit from having local friends.<ref name=":3" /> After discovering [[Coupdekat]] via [[TikTok]],<ref name="nme">{{cite web |date=19 December 2022 |title="We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115185851/https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> she met her for brunch, where they discussed the loneliness of being a woman in the music industry and how they were often pitted against each other.<ref name="shift" /> This prompted the pair to set up a group chat<ref name="nme" /> on WhatsApp<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/caity-baser-i-want-to-become-the-most-successful-singer-in-the-world-28118/|title=Caity Baser: 'I want to become the most successful singer in the world'|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|date=29 March 2023 |access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref> called Ladies Making Noise in London for the women and non-binary musicians they knew at that time.<ref name="nme" /> Initially starting with ten musicians including Piri<ref name="nme" /> and [[Matilda Cole]],<ref name="evi">{{cite web|url=https://www.shiftlondon.org/news/loud-ldn-x-spotify-the-collaboration-to-tune-into/|title=Loud LDN X Spotify: The collaboration to tune to|date=11 May 2023 |publisher=Shift London|accessdate=6 June 2023}}</ref> the adding of other members caused the member list to grow to forty people, prompting them to set up an [[Instagram]] page, [[Loud LDN]].<ref name="shift" /> Coupdekat used a June 2023 interview to note that the chat had "120 members", and that it had moved to [[Discord]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2023 |title=Q&A: Coupdekat Talks London Music Scene, New EP & Collective Loud LDN |url=https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-coupdekat |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=THE LUNA COLLECTIVE |language=en-US}}</ref> As of summer 2024, Coupdekat seems to be less involved in the collective and Maisi now runs LOUD LDN with Martha Jean.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/loudldn_/?hl=en</ref>

By May 2022, she had released two songs, "Guess I'm In Love" and "Yellow Line"; that month, [[Kent and Sussex Courier]] reported that they had been streamed "nearly 60,000" and "over 50,000" times respectively.<ref name="auto5" /> "Yellow Line" was a reference to [[road markings]] and explored the regret Bourke felt after only saying a quick goodbye to Richer at a train platform on [[23 March 2020 Downing Street address|23 March 2020]], the day before the pair were prohibited from seeing each other by the territory's [[The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020|Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020]].<ref name="auto" />

In June 2022, she released the single "Quick Fixes", a song about [[Cosmetics advertising|cosmetic adverts]] she had seen online for expensive skin care, diets, health food, and [[Injectable filler|facial fillers]], and was her attempt at conveying their superfluity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maldon.nub.news/news/local-news/musician-maisi-on-her-new-single-her-mum-jo-brand-and-her-plans-to-take-on-the-maldon-mud-race-again-in-2023-139339|title=Musician Maisi on her new single, her mum Jo Brand, and her plans to take on the Maldon Mud Race again in 2023|date=27 June 2022|website=Maldon Nub News}}</ref> On 8 November 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holden |first=Finlay |date=21 September 2022 |title=piri & tommy have announced their debut project, 'froge.mp3' |url=https://readdork.com/news/piri-tommy-announce-debut-project-froge-mp3/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> she supported [[Piri & Tommy]] on the [[Scala (club)|Scala]] leg of their [[Froge.tour]].<ref name=":3" /> By August 2023, she had released "123", which had seen use in over 3,000 [[TikTok]] videos.<ref name=":3" /> That month, she and Piri released "Head",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=25 August 2023 |title=Maisi and piri have teamed up for a new single, 'head' |url=https://readdork.com/news/maisi-piri-single-head/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}</ref> a [[drum and bass]] song written about their feelings about success going to artists' heads, and which was promoted with a video directed, produced, and edited by Maisi.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Piri shares new collaboration with Maisi • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/piri-shares-new-collaboration-with-maisi/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=www.withguitars.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> That November, she supported Piri on her "Extra Hot" tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blissett |first=Ben |date=8 November 2023 |title=Gig Review: Piri at Rescue Rooms - Leftlion - Nottingham Culture |url=https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2023/11/gig-review-piri-at-rescue-rooms/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=[[LeftLion]] |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109104341/https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2023/11/gig-review-piri-at-rescue-rooms/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2024 Maisi released her first EP "GIRL!!!". Followed by a remix version of the EP a month later.<ref name="slanky.co.uk"/>

For the launch of the EP, Maisi created her own club night, the Cxnty School Disco. A club night playing 2000s party songs + Charli XCX and friends.<ref>https://ra.co/events/1951532</ref> After a TikTok of Maisi's went viral, the club night sold out in 2 hours.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/C9dOaUCOH2s/?img_index=1</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Bourke maintains a [[TikTok]] account, "yoitsmaisi", on which Brand sometimes features.<ref name="auto5"/> She went viral in January 2023 after a video of her attempting to diversify Richer's meals beyond chicken nuggets and chips was viewed over 1,000,000 times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/real-life/musician-desperate-change-diet-boyfriend-8054827|title=Musician's bid to change 'chicken nugget and fries' diet of boyfriend|date=January 20, 2023|via=www.derbytelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> As of that April, she has 142,000 followers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zagv/tiktok-viral-birthday-party-london|title=He Invited Everyone on TikTok to His Birthday Party. Would Anyone Show Up?|first1=Ryan S.|last1=Gladwin|first2=Aiyush|last2=Pachnanda|date=April 4, 2023}}</ref> Bourke has named [[Amy Winehouse]] as a "massive songwriting and artistic inspiration", specifically how candid her lyrics were, and how she was as a person.<ref name="auto3"/> She has also cited lyrical inspiration from Lily Allen and Baby Queen, and musical inspiration from [[Charli XCX]], Baby Queen, [[Dylan (musician)|Dylan]], and [[Mimi Webb]].<ref name="auto"/>
[[File:Piri & Maisi performing in London, 2024.png|thumb|right|[[Piri]] & Maisi performing their song "Head" in London, 2024]]Bourke maintains a [[TikTok]] account, "yoitsmaisi", on which Brand<ref name="auto5"/> and Piri sometimes feature.<ref name=":3" /> She went viral in January 2023<ref name=":2" /> after a video from her "Teaching My BF to Eat" TikTok series,<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 July 2023 |title=Artist {{!}} Maisi |url=https://www.latitudefestival.com/artists/maisi/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |website=Latitude Festival |language=en-GB}}</ref> in which she attempted to diversify Richer's meals beyond chicken nuggets and chips, was viewed over 1,000,000 times;<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/real-life/musician-desperate-change-diet-boyfriend-8054827|title=Musician's bid to change 'chicken nugget and fries' diet of boyfriend|newspaper=Hulllive |date=20 January 2023|via=www.derbytelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> the series attracted coverage from the [[Daily Mail]], [[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]] and the [[Daily Mirror]]. By August 2023, her restrictive eating series had been viewed over 20,000,000 times,<ref name=":3" /> and by April 2024, she had 160,000 followers.<ref name=":1" /> In 2022, she and Richer ran that year's [[Maldon mud race]] for [[Macmillan Cancer Support]], following the deaths from cancer of her uncle and [[Sean Lock]];<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://maldon.nub.news/news/local-news/jo-brands-daughter-maisie-bourke-on-her-maldon-mud-race-experience-i-absolutely-loved-it-im-going-to-apply-again-next-year-130505|title=Jo Brand's daughter Maisie Bourke on her Maldon Mud Race experience: "I absolutely loved it - I'm going to apply again next year!"|date=26 April 2022|website=Maldon Nub News}}</ref> Maldon Nub noted in May 2023 that they had raised "more than £2,200".<ref name=":0" /> The pair ran the race again in 2023; on both occasions, the race was started by Brand,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://maldon.nub.news/news/local-news/maldon-mud-race-2023-comedian-jo-brand-to-return-as-daughter-maisie-takes-on-challenge-once-again-183297|title=Maldon Mud Race 2023: Comedian Jo Brand to return as daughter Maisie takes on challenge once again|date=9 May 2023|website=Maldon Nub News}}</ref> who had attempted to run the race with Lock in 2010.<ref name="auto1" />

Bourke has cited lyrical inspiration from Lily Allen and Baby Queen, and musical inspiration from [[Charli XCX]], Baby Queen, [[Dylan (musician)|Dylan]], and [[Mimi Webb]].<ref name="auto" /> In a February 2022 interview with [[Fred Perry (clothing label)|Fred Perry]], she named [[Amy Winehouse]] as a "massive songwriting and artistic inspiration", specifically how candid her lyrics were, and how she was as a person. She also stated that she had taken inspiration from the [[Lorde]] lyric "''They'll hang us in the Louvre, down the back, but who cares-still the Louvre''" from "[[The Louvre (song)|The Louvre]]", and that goth culture had influenced her "a bit" when she was younger, as she had wanted to mimic Lorde after hearing her album ''[[Pure Heroine]].''<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |title=Maisi {{pipe}} Fred Perry UK |url=https://www.fredperry.com/subculture/articles/maisi |website=www.fredperry.com}}</ref> "Yellow Line" was inspired by [[Baby Queen]]'s EP ''Medicine'', which she had discovered shortly before recording the track, as well as several [[Charli XCX]] tracks.<ref name="auto3" />

== Discography ==
===EPs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Details
|-
! scope="row" |''Act Your Age''<br />{{small|(Maisie Bourke)}}
|
* Released: 22 March 2019<ref>{{Citation |title=Act Your Age |date=2019-03-22 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2W78vDd3vvaRzyBDxifI0F |access-date=2024-08-09 |language=en}}</ref>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]], [[Streaming media|streaming]]
|-
! scope="row" |''Girl!&excl;!''<br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
|
* Released: 9 August 2024<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |title=Maisi - Discography |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/7aldgASM0QRSQNHTdfBV7W/discography/all |website=Spotify}}</ref>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: Digital download, streaming
|-
! scope="row" |''Girl!&excl;! (But Make It...)''<br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
|
* Released: 30 August 2024<ref name="auto2"/>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: Digital download, streaming
|}

=== Singles ===
==== As lead artist ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:19em;" |Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;" |Year
|-
! scope="row" |"Big Boy"<ref>{{Citation |title=Big Boy |date=2018-02-19 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0cfvPAonjBXeMeQ0aKbfvL |access-date=2024-08-09 |language=en}}</ref><br />{{small|(Maisie Bourke)}}
| rowspan="3" |2018
|-
! scope="row" |"Don't Let Him"<ref>{{Citation |title=Don't Let Him |date=2018-06-14 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4aKaL8pUTuUhXfcoyzFmvR |access-date=2024-08-09 |language=en}}</ref><br />{{small|(Maisie Bourke)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"Cheap"<ref>{{Citation |title=Cheap |date=2018-12-07 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2aaBPEmUVx0CtXCzRrgNps |access-date=2024-08-09 |language=en}}</ref><br />{{small|(Maisie Bourke)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"Guess I'm In Love"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
| 2021
|-
! scope="row" |"Yellow Line"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
| rowspan="3" |2022
|-
! scope="row" |"Quick Fixes"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"123"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"Over & Over Again"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
| rowspan="3" |2023
|-
! scope="row" |"Head" {{Small|(with [[Piri]])}}<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"[[About You Now]]"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"Selfish"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
| rowspan="4" |2024
|-
! scope="row" |"So Shy"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"So Shy (But Make It A Duet)"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi, Essex Blonde)}}
|-
! scope="row" |"Not My Type (But Make It Hyperpop)"<ref name="auto2" /><br />{{small|(Maisi, The Truth)}}
|}

==== As featured artist ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:19em;" |Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;" |Year
|-
! scope="row" |"Revenge"<ref name="auto2" /><br/>{{small|(Omar+ feat. Maisi)}}
| 2023
|-
! scope="row" |"Go Away"<ref name="auto2" /><br/>{{small|(020whitton feat. Maisi)}}
| rowspan="2" |2024
|-
! scope="row" |"I Know You"<ref name="auto2" /><br/>{{small|(Moreofthem feat. Maisi)}}
|}

==Music videos==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+{{sronly|List of music videos, showing year released}}
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Year
!Ref.
|-
! scope="row"| "Guess I'm In Love"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
| 2021
|<ref name="YouTube">{{Cite web |title=Music Videos |url=https://www.youtube.com/@maisimaisimaisi/videos |access-date=9 August 2024 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Yellow Line"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
| rowspan=3 | 2022
|<ref name="YouTube" />
|-
! scope="row"| "Quick Fixes"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
|<ref name="YouTube" />
|-
! scope="row"| "123"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
|<ref name="YouTube" />
|-
! scope="row"| "Over & Over Again"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
| rowspan=3 | 2023
|<ref name="YouTube" />
|-
! scope="row"| "Head"<br /><small>(Maisi & Piri)</small>
|<ref name="YouTube" />
|-
! scope="row"| "About You Now"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
|<ref name="YouTube" />
|-
! scope="row"| "Selfish"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
| rowspan=3 | 2024
|<ref name="YouTube"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "So Shy"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
|<ref name="YouTube"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Not My Type"<br /><small>(Maisi)</small>
|<ref name="YouTube"/>
|}


In 2022, she and Richer ran that year's [[Maldon mud race]] for [[Macmillan Cancer Support]], following the deaths from cancer of her uncle Bill and [[Sean Lock]];<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://maldon.nub.news/news/local-news/jo-brands-daughter-maisie-bourke-on-her-maldon-mud-race-experience-i-absolutely-loved-it-im-going-to-apply-again-next-year-130505|title=Jo Brand’s daughter Maisie Bourke on her Maldon Mud Race experience: “I absolutely loved it - I’m going to apply again next year!”|date=April 26, 2022|website=Maldon Nub News}}</ref> Maldon Nub noted in May 2023 that they had raised "more than £2,200".<ref name=":0" /> Brand had attempted to run the race with Lock in 2010, though ended up having to be dragged out of the mud.<ref name="auto1"/> Bourke and Richer came last after Richer wore a thick tracksuit; they were even overtaken by Joel Hicks, who ran the race naked, and who the organisers had made start after everyone else.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fn72sz|title=Sonia Watson - The Maldon Mud Race returns for 2023 - BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The pair ran the race again in 2023; on both occasions, the race was started by Brand.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://maldon.nub.news/news/local-news/maldon-mud-race-2023-comedian-jo-brand-to-return-as-daughter-maisie-takes-on-challenge-once-again-183297|title=Maldon Mud Race 2023: Comedian Jo Brand to return as daughter Maisie takes on challenge once again|date=May 9, 2023|website=Maldon Nub News}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Musicians from the London Borough of Southwark]]
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[[Category:People from Camberwell]]

Latest revision as of 17:47, 17 October 2024

For other uses, see Maisi (disambiguation).

Maisi
Maisi performing in London, 2024
Background information
Birth nameMaisie Harriet Brand Bourke
BornSouth-east London
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • social media personality
Member ofLoud LDN

Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke, known professionally as Maisi, is a British musician and social media personality from south-east London. The daughter of Jo Brand, she co-founded Loud LDN, a collective of women and non-binary musicians, and has released several singles, one EP, supported Piri & Tommy on their Froge.tour and Micheal Aldag on his 2024 UK Tour. Her attempts at addressing her boyfriend's restrictive eating went viral on TikTok. She also runs her own club night, the Cxnty School Disco and has DJed all over the country.

Life and career

[edit]

Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke[1] was born in King's College Hospital[2] to comedian Jo Brand and Bernie Bourke, both former psychiatric nurses.[3] She grew up in south-east London[4] and has a younger sister,[5] Eliza.[2] She started writing songs when she was eleven[6] and initially wanted to be a songwriter,[4] however after attending the London branch of British and Irish Modern Music Institute,[7] she found herself surrounded by others interested in performing and realised she also wanted to perform.[4] In the first week of the course in 2019, she met Alfie Richer,[8] an Essex-based musician who performs as Essex Blonde;[9] she later started dating him.[8] Maisi describes her music as "under the genre of electro-pop but I also enjoy intertwining various elements of dance and hyper-pop into my work too".[10]

In January 2022, after seeing that Piri had moved from Manchester to London, Bourke reached out to her as she felt she would benefit from having local friends.[11] After discovering Coupdekat via TikTok,[12] she met her for brunch, where they discussed the loneliness of being a woman in the music industry and how they were often pitted against each other.[4] This prompted the pair to set up a group chat[12] on WhatsApp[13] called Ladies Making Noise in London for the women and non-binary musicians they knew at that time.[12] Initially starting with ten musicians including Piri[12] and Matilda Cole,[14] the adding of other members caused the member list to grow to forty people, prompting them to set up an Instagram page, Loud LDN.[4] Coupdekat used a June 2023 interview to note that the chat had "120 members", and that it had moved to Discord.[15] As of summer 2024, Coupdekat seems to be less involved in the collective and Maisi now runs LOUD LDN with Martha Jean.[16]

By May 2022, she had released two songs, "Guess I'm In Love" and "Yellow Line"; that month, Kent and Sussex Courier reported that they had been streamed "nearly 60,000" and "over 50,000" times respectively.[6] "Yellow Line" was a reference to road markings and explored the regret Bourke felt after only saying a quick goodbye to Richer at a train platform on 23 March 2020, the day before the pair were prohibited from seeing each other by the territory's Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020.[7]

In June 2022, she released the single "Quick Fixes", a song about cosmetic adverts she had seen online for expensive skin care, diets, health food, and facial fillers, and was her attempt at conveying their superfluity.[17] On 8 November 2022,[18] she supported Piri & Tommy on the Scala leg of their Froge.tour.[11] By August 2023, she had released "123", which had seen use in over 3,000 TikTok videos.[11] That month, she and Piri released "Head",[19] a drum and bass song written about their feelings about success going to artists' heads, and which was promoted with a video directed, produced, and edited by Maisi.[11] That November, she supported Piri on her "Extra Hot" tour.[20]

In August 2024 Maisi released her first EP "GIRL!!!". Followed by a remix version of the EP a month later.[10]

For the launch of the EP, Maisi created her own club night, the Cxnty School Disco. A club night playing 2000s party songs + Charli XCX and friends.[21] After a TikTok of Maisi's went viral, the club night sold out in 2 hours.[22]

Personal life

[edit]
Piri & Maisi performing their song "Head" in London, 2024

Bourke maintains a TikTok account, "yoitsmaisi", on which Brand[6] and Piri sometimes feature.[11] She went viral in January 2023[23] after a video from her "Teaching My BF to Eat" TikTok series,[24] in which she attempted to diversify Richer's meals beyond chicken nuggets and chips, was viewed over 1,000,000 times;[23] the series attracted coverage from the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Daily Mirror. By August 2023, her restrictive eating series had been viewed over 20,000,000 times,[11] and by April 2024, she had 160,000 followers.[5] In 2022, she and Richer ran that year's Maldon mud race for Macmillan Cancer Support, following the deaths from cancer of her uncle and Sean Lock;[25] Maldon Nub noted in May 2023 that they had raised "more than £2,200".[26] The pair ran the race again in 2023; on both occasions, the race was started by Brand,[26] who had attempted to run the race with Lock in 2010.[25]

Bourke has cited lyrical inspiration from Lily Allen and Baby Queen, and musical inspiration from Charli XCX, Baby Queen, Dylan, and Mimi Webb.[7] In a February 2022 interview with Fred Perry, she named Amy Winehouse as a "massive songwriting and artistic inspiration", specifically how candid her lyrics were, and how she was as a person. She also stated that she had taken inspiration from the Lorde lyric "They'll hang us in the Louvre, down the back, but who cares-still the Louvre" from "The Louvre", and that goth culture had influenced her "a bit" when she was younger, as she had wanted to mimic Lorde after hearing her album Pure Heroine.[27] "Yellow Line" was inspired by Baby Queen's EP Medicine, which she had discovered shortly before recording the track, as well as several Charli XCX tracks.[27]

Discography

[edit]

EPs

[edit]
Title Details
Act Your Age
(Maisie Bourke)
Girl!!!
(Maisi)
  • Released: 9 August 2024[29]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Girl!!! (But Make It...)
(Maisi)
  • Released: 30 August 2024[29]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

[edit]

As lead artist

[edit]
Title Year
"Big Boy"[30]
(Maisie Bourke) 		2018
"Don't Let Him"[31]
(Maisie Bourke)
"Cheap"[32]
(Maisie Bourke)
"Guess I'm In Love"[29]
(Maisi) 		2021
"Yellow Line"[29]
(Maisi) 		2022
"Quick Fixes"[29]
(Maisi)
"123"[29]
(Maisi)
"Over & Over Again"[29]
(Maisi) 		2023
"Head" (with Piri)[29]
(Maisi)
"About You Now"[29]
(Maisi)
"Selfish"[29]
(Maisi) 		2024
"So Shy"[29]
(Maisi)
"So Shy (But Make It A Duet)"[29]
(Maisi, Essex Blonde)
"Not My Type (But Make It Hyperpop)"[29]
(Maisi, The Truth)
[edit]
Title Year
"Revenge"[29]
(Omar+ feat. Maisi) 		2023
"Go Away"[29]
(020whitton feat. Maisi) 		2024
"I Know You"[29]
(Moreofthem feat. Maisi)

Music videos

[edit]
List of music videos, showing year released
Title Year Ref.
"Guess I'm In Love"
(Maisi) 		2021 [33]
"Yellow Line"
(Maisi) 		2022 [33]
"Quick Fixes"
(Maisi) 		[33]
"123"
(Maisi) 		[33]
"Over & Over Again"
(Maisi) 		2023 [33]
"Head"
(Maisi & Piri) 		[33]
"About You Now"
(Maisi) 		[33]
"Selfish"
(Maisi) 		2024 [33]
"So Shy"
(Maisi) 		[33]
"Not My Type"
(Maisi) 		[33]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "YELLOW LINE". ASCAP. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jo hates jazz". This Is Local London. 10 March 2005.
  3. ^ Wilkinson, Sylvie (5 October 2021). "Jo Brand's adorable 24-year marriage and social media star daughter". MyLondon.
  4. ^ a b c d e "_shift talks: Where are the women?". Shift London. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b Sherwin, Adam (19 April 2024). "Jo Brand on how not to get cancelled: My TikTok star daughter tells me what to do". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Honey, Sam (18 May 2022). "Jo Brand joins her TikTok famous daughter for some surprise cameos". KentLive.
  7. ^ a b c "Maisi - Yellow Line". BIMM Blog. 28 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b Black, Leo; Blackburne, Elaine (20 January 2023). "Musician's bid to change 'chicken nugget and fries' diet of boyfriend". HullLive.
  9. ^ "Matty Whelan at Half Moon - Putney, London on 21 Apr 2024". The Half Moon Putney. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b https://www.slanky.co.uk/one-for-the-future-you-choose/maisi-2001
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Piri shares new collaboration with Maisi • WithGuitars". www.withguitars.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d ""We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective". NME. 19 December 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Caity Baser: 'I want to become the most successful singer in the world'". Rolling Stone. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Loud LDN X Spotify: The collaboration to tune to". Shift London. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Q&A: Coupdekat Talks London Music Scene, New EP & Collective Loud LDN". THE LUNA COLLECTIVE. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  16. ^ https://www.instagram.com/loudldn_/?hl=en
  17. ^ "Musician Maisi on her new single, her mum Jo Brand, and her plans to take on the Maldon Mud Race again in 2023". Maldon Nub News. 27 June 2022.
  18. ^ Holden, Finlay (21 September 2022). "piri & tommy have announced their debut project, 'froge.mp3'". Dork. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  19. ^ Taylor, Sam (25 August 2023). "Maisi and piri have teamed up for a new single, 'head'". Dork. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  20. ^ Blissett, Ben (8 November 2023). "Gig Review: Piri at Rescue Rooms - Leftlion - Nottingham Culture". LeftLion. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  21. ^ https://ra.co/events/1951532
  22. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/C9dOaUCOH2s/?img_index=1
  23. ^ a b "Musician's bid to change 'chicken nugget and fries' diet of boyfriend". Hulllive. 20 January 2023 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
  24. ^ "Artist | Maisi". Latitude Festival. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  25. ^ a b "Jo Brand's daughter Maisie Bourke on her Maldon Mud Race experience: "I absolutely loved it - I'm going to apply again next year!"". Maldon Nub News. 26 April 2022.
  26. ^ a b "Maldon Mud Race 2023: Comedian Jo Brand to return as daughter Maisie takes on challenge once again". Maldon Nub News. 9 May 2023.
  27. ^ a b "Maisi | Fred Perry UK". www.fredperry.com.
  28. ^ Act Your Age, 22 March 2019, retrieved 9 August 2024
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Maisi - Discography". Spotify.
  30. ^ Big Boy, 19 February 2018, retrieved 9 August 2024
  31. ^ Don't Let Him, 14 June 2018, retrieved 9 August 2024
  32. ^ Cheap, 7 December 2018, retrieved 9 August 2024
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Music Videos". YouTube. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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