Trying to create a cutom query with pagination and page 2 breaking. Any help?

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This is what I have tried so far:

<?php /* Template Name: Archive-posts */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<main id="primary" class="site-main">

    <div class="page-header" id="page-header=news">
        <h1>Archive</h1>
    </div>

    <div class="archived">

        <div class="archive-grid">
            <!-- Query list of archive posts -->
            <?php
            $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
            $args = array(
                'post_type' => 'archive',
                'posts_per_page' => 12, // Change this to the number of posts you want to display per page
                'paged' => $paged,
                'meta_key' => 'event_date', // Specify the meta key
                'orderby' => 'meta_value', // Order by the meta value
                'order' => 'DESC', // Order in descending order
            );
            query_posts($args);
            if (have_posts()) :
                while (have_posts()) : the_post();
            ?>
                    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="archive-item">
                        <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
                        <?php
                        // Get the event_date custom field value
                        $event_date = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'event_date', true);
                        if ($event_date) {
                            // Convert the date to a more readable format
                            $formatted_date = date('F j, Y', strtotime($event_date));
                            echo '<div class="event-date">' . esc_html($formatted_date) . '</div>';
                        }
                        ?>
                    </a>
            <?php endwhile; ?>
        </div>
        <div class="pagination-news">
            <?php echo paginate_links(array('total' => $wp_query->max_num_pages)); ?>
        </div>
    <?php endif; ?>
    </div>
</main>

<?php wp_reset_postdata(); // Reset the post data ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

tried to fix following this question, but couldn't sort it: Custom post type pagination not working in index.php file