Lost the Breakup

"Lost the Breakup" is a song by English singer-songwriter Maisie Peters. It was released on 31 March 2023, through Gingerbread Man and Asylum Records, as the second single from her second album, The Good Witch (2023). "Lost the Breakup" explores Peters' emotional reaction to a hard breakup, with the realisation that she has won the breakup in the long run. She has said that before the release of The Good Witch, this was her most-played song and that she wants to perform it live for as long as she can. The song was well received by critics, who praised the lyricism and Peters' vocals, with the Official Charts Company billing it the "song of the year". "Lost the Breakup" charted in Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Background and release On 27 January 2023, Peters released "Body Better" as the lead single from her then-unreleased second album. Two weeks later, she announced that it would be titled The Good Witch, and released the track listing for the record. "Lost the Breakup" was included in the listing, and in March, she began posting snippets of the song onto TikTok. Weeks later, she announced that it would be released as the second single from The Good Witch on 31 March 2023. On the day of its release, she performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In April, she debuted a music video for the song filmed in Tokyo. Like the video for "Body Better", it was directed by Mia Barnes. Composition and lyrics "Lost the Breakup" is a pop song and uses guitar and drums as its main instruments. Peters wrote the song with Oscar Görres, who also produced it. They wrote the song in Stockholm, and at the time of writing, Peters knew it would be special and said that it was her most-played song from The Good Witch. She has since said that she wants to play the song live for as long as she can.