Madison Beer Opens Up On Her Latest Album ‘Locket’
The moment Madison Beer’s music invades your senses, you’re immediately transported into dreamy-pop and high-energy EDM landscapes full of deliciously sweet vocals and catchy beats. Floating from track to track on her new album, Locket, her voice seamlessly transitions from something soft and sweet into a dangerous, siren-like seduction call that only pulls you further into her world. It’s positively addictive. Diving underneath each song’s surface, you’ll find a raw exposure of emotions. Beer has described the project as an accumulation of personal moments made into songs and kept safe inside a metaphorical locket, now out for the world to dissect.
She opens the album with “locket theme,” a song that perfectly explains the project’s purpose. Revisiting emotionally charged memories, each song documents honest moments of vulnerability with hopes of finally closing painful chapters after their release: “Pain on a necklace, set it down, I'm weightless.” Track two is a unique rave hit titled “yes baby.” The song is one of a kind as it’s the only time any confidence she portrays seems real and empowered: “Basically a God, you pray to me.” The album’s first single, another EDM, rave hit titled “make you mine,” has her smooth vocals begging.
“angel wings” is a bedroom pop hit with R&B influences and an immediately memorable chorus. The production brings a light atmosphere to heavier lyrics, before it breaks down into darker, distorted instrumentals near the end, mirroring the song’s cynical messaging: “Dead to me (me) / How else do I answer when they check on me? / When I talk about you I’ll say “Rest in peace” (peace).” Through this song, she fakes the confidence of having moved on from a person.
“for the night” instantly flips the energy felt in “yes baby.” The power dynamic dramatically shifts and the confidence she once held, is now diminished: “You can take advantage of my weakness (You can take advantage) / At least for the night, for the night.” The need for any sort of attention continues on into track five, “bad enough”: “I know that it seems easy / That I like that he needs me / my friends all say my standards are too low / But it’s not bad enough to let my baby go.”
Track six, “healthy habit,” follows the same pattern as “bad enough” as the song circles around the same issue with acute self-awareness, but a lack of motivation to change: “Sometimes (Sometimes) I tell (I tell) myself (myself you were the best / Sometimes (Sometimes) I forget why (I forget) I ever left / And I wonder if it’s worth doing again.” Its lyrical honesty is disarming while the light production makes the romanticization feel innocent. The irony-soaked title is all too real.
“you’re still everything” is a standout moment on the album in terms of emotional vulnerability. The intimacy of her sensitivity and sincerity is fragile, while the autotune placed over her vocals at certain points of the song seem like an attempt at becoming robotic and detaching herself from the difficult emotions felt in the song: “I only exist in the moments you’re talking to me.”
While track eight is titled “bittersweet,” track nine, “complexity,” is where bittersweet clarity is felt most: “But how can I expect you to love me / When you don’t even love yourself? / How can I expect you to want me / When you want nothing for yourself?” This electronic-pop hit is a song of realization without outright blame, just acceptance.
Beer closes out the album with “nothing at all,” a song that showcases the personal growth she’s undergone because of the self-analysis practiced throughout this album. Through this song, one thing is clear, moving on is bittersweet: “I’m afraid of getting better / I’m afraid it gets too good / ‘Cause it can’t last forever / Even though I wish it could.”
While Madison Beer’s music can be fun and flirty at times, her true artistry shines in the songs that hold a level of introspection and emotional intelligence far above what most artists are currently sharing with us. Her dedication to engaging in sonic experimentation and pushing the boundaries of pop production is especially clear on this project.
Madison Beer recently announced a 2026 tour THE LOCKET TOUR with special guests Isabel LaRosa, thuy, and Lulu Simon.
Find Madison Beer’s upcoming tour dates here and listen to Locket below.
