Audacy Check In: Madison Beer

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Madison Beer joins us inside the Hard Rock Hotel to talk about her upcoming album, the Victoria Secret Fashion Show, and more during an Audacy Check In.

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00:00I feel like I started to really find the true energy.

00:05I don't know exactly when it was, but sometimes things just start to flow

00:08and you're just in that flow state of like, yes, I'm doing this and it feels really good.

00:17We're at the Odyssey Sound Space at the Hard Rock Hotel, New York

00:20for our check-in with Madison Beer.

00:24What's up?

00:25What's up?

00:25So you dropped a single last month, Yes Baby,

00:29and then you dropped a new single this month, Bittersweet.

00:32Are you selecting the singles?

00:35How involved are you with the rollout this time?

00:37What's going on?

00:38Oh, it's all me, baby.

00:39Oh, good.

00:39It's all me.

00:40So why did you select these two?

00:41Why were you like, these are the first ones?

00:42No, I have a lot of input though.

00:43I do.

00:44I get opinions from everybody, but sometimes too many opinions overwhelm me.

00:47So these felt like in my gut what I wanted to do.

00:51And I feel like Yes Baby was a good song to sort of re-engage people ideally

00:55and get them excited and also kind of close, not close out forever,

01:01but like close out the dance stuff a little bit and now introduce the real sound of this album

01:05and what you could really expect.

01:07And so Bittersweet really represents sonically what the albums feels like.

01:11Got you.

01:11So in the recording process for the album,

01:13did you complete these songs like early on or were they towards the end?

01:17Bittersweet was towards the end.

01:18Yes Baby was towards the beginning.

01:20Okay, cool.

01:21Yeah, they're all over.

01:22Because I have this theory.

01:23I feel like sometimes, you know, you get sick of the earlier recordings and then.

01:27Yeah, but I try not to.

01:29You do get like a little, your brain can be like, oh, I'm over it.

01:32But then I'm like, you haven't heard it.

01:34So I can't go into it with that.

01:36I have to remember how I felt when I first heard it, you know.

01:38So I can't let that affect me because that is very true though.

01:40You do get really sick of things.

01:42Then you warp your perspective because you're like, wait, it's not that good anymore,

01:44but it's not that good anymore because you've heard it 5 billion times.

01:47Right.

01:48Versus I have to remember how I first felt.

01:49So does, do you find like sad Madison Beer writing more or happy Madison Beer?

01:56They're both driving this ship this time around.

02:00They both are coexisting now, which is what I'm really excited about.

02:03Their coexistence.

02:04Where did you find your pocket when writing this album?

02:08When did you feel like you really hit a stride?

02:11I feel like I started to really find the true energy.

02:16A couple months ago, probably six months ago.

02:19I don't know exactly when it was, but sometimes things just start to flow and you're just in

02:23that flow state of like, yes, I'm doing this and it feels really good.

02:27So I don't know when it was exactly, but Bittersweet was the last of it.

02:30So you're going to now hear like the coming, coming soon.

02:34You will hear the rest of it.

02:36Cool.

02:36I'm painting you this picture.

02:37Are there any specific artists you were listening to while working on this album that like,

02:44you know, new or old that you might hear like some of the influences there?

02:49I listened to so much music, honestly, that it's hard to say what specifically I was listening

02:54to.

02:55I was listening to a lot of Daft Punk.

02:57I was listening to a lot of old Gwen Stefani.

02:58I was listening to a lot of Ariana Grande.

03:00I was listening to a lot of Tame Impala.

03:02It's like, honestly, so all over the place.

03:05A lot of Bruno Major.

03:06There's, there's, yeah, there's, there's references that I'm pulling from truly all

03:12the depths of my soul.

03:13A pop punk rock album.

03:14There you go.

03:15You've talked about your mental health journey and therapy so much.

03:20Yeah.

03:20Does your therapist, does your therapist listen to your music?

03:24Are they ever like, hey, we got to really talk about this song right here?

03:27No, no.

03:28It's so separate.

03:29It's literally so separate.

03:30She has nothing to do with like the artist life and she, yeah, no, there's nothing to

03:34do with it.

03:35But yeah, she, she, she also just, she knows that obviously that I'm a musician and she

03:39loves that it's my outlet, but no, there's no, there's no crossover.

03:43We keep them separate.

03:44She's not like at front row at the concerts or anything.

03:46She's invited to be, but I'm not sure she wants to be there.

03:49I got to talk about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

03:52You crushed it.

03:53It was awesome.

03:54Can you tell me any like backstage moment that happened that was really special to you?

04:00Um, I got to meet so many of just the OG angels, which was so cool and amazing.

04:05And, um, they were all so sweet to me and I was like, you guys know who I am?

04:09I was, it was crazy.

04:10So just, it's, it's also a huge room and it's such a whirlwind and everyone's changing and

04:15taking off makeup.

04:15It's such, it's so fast as soon as the show is done, everyone's jetting out of there,

04:20but it was so cool.

04:21I mean, I can't really believe that I did that.

04:24There's been so many iconic performers that have done it.

04:26So I just feel very honored to be a part.

04:27Had you met any of the other performers?

04:29I met Adriana Lehman, the performers.

04:30Oh yeah.

04:31Yeah.

04:31The performers I had never met.

04:33No, I had never met any of them before.

04:35Oh wow.

04:35Cool.

04:35It was Carol G, Missy Elliott and twice.

04:37I'd never met them.

04:38I was at an event once with twice, but we didn't cross paths and yeah, but, but I, yeah, I

04:42didn't meet, I've never met any of them, but they were all so sweet.

04:44Everyone was so great to work with.

04:46I loved watching everybody.

04:47It was also a pleasure for me because my performance was first.

04:50So I got to just sit and watch everybody else and be done.

04:52So it was lovely.

04:53I thought it was a really, really great time.

04:55And did you meet Carrie Bradshaw?

04:57No.

04:58Oh, I know.

04:59I wish I could.

04:59She was there.

05:00I know.

05:00I didn't even see her.

05:02I didn't even see her.

05:03I heard she was there after.

05:04And I was like, thanks for telling me guys.

05:06Oh man.

05:07I know.

05:07Well, listen, I'll get my moment.

05:09Yes.

05:09Yes, absolutely.

05:10I'm manifesting it for you.

05:11We're so excited for everything you have going on.

05:14Thank you so much.

05:14The songs are great.

05:16And you know, I'm sure the album is just going to be a home run.

05:19So thank you for taking out the time.

05:19Thank you so much.

05:20I appreciate that.

05:21Thanks.

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