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It\u2019s a Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, and all is normal on the road but for one pop star tuning in to a Zoom call.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are old now, dude,\u201d Madison Beer, who just turned 26 years old back in March, says with a laugh.<\/p>\n

She places her phone off to the passenger seat to avoid an accident. She explains that, understandably, she does not make her own schedule \u2014 hence the circumstances of her taking an interview behind the wheel. The last year has been busy for the musical sensation, with the rollout of her new album, \u201clocket,\u201d in full swing.<\/p>\n

Beer, who struck fame at 13 years old for her YouTube song covers<\/u><\/a>, began receiving strong recognition and critical acclaim for her original music by 2018, with the release of \u201cAs She Pleases.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, it would be 2021\u2019s \u201cSilence Between Songs\u201d that snatched her first Grammy nomination in the immersive album category. She\u2019s got another opportunity to win at this year\u2019s ceremony Feb. 1, with her hit single \u201cMake You Mine\u201d getting a nomination for dance pop recording.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocket,\u201d released Jan. 16, is certainly another glittering opportunity at success for Beer, who, despite having droves of talent and a cult-like following, has yet to strike the same cultural chord as some of her Gen Z peers. <\/p>\n

She\u2019s spent the last two years \u201ccracking at this thing,\u201d whose rollout formally began with \u201cyes baby,\u201d an exciting single wrought with hues of electronic influence. That was followed by a synth-pop tune in \u201cbittersweet\u201d and \u201cbad enough,\u201d which leaned back into typical pop production. Fans can catch her latest release live in 2026 when she embarks on tour, stopping at the Kia Forum on June 24.<\/p>\n

She spoke with The Times about how \u201clocket\u201d came to be, from its early concept stages to finally hitting shelves.<\/p>\n

Where do you think you\u2019ve evolved the most as an artist since your last release in \u201cSilence Between Songs?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve hopefully grown in every aspect. I learned a lot from \u201cSilence Between Songs,\u201d in the sense that people really connected to the songs that I was really vulnerable and honest on. It made me be like, \u201cOK, even if a song\u2019s not a hit and not a song that has so many streams, that doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s not impactful to many people.\u201d And that was inspiring to me.<\/p>\n

Does it ever feel odd that the songs you wrote for yourself and about your own experiences are ones that fans can connect to so strongly?<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s honestly my favorite part about doing this because, you write something that you\u2019re like, \u201cOh, no one\u2019s gonna get what I\u2019m even referring to or talking about,\u201d and then you sing that song to a crowd of thousands of people, and everyone knows the words, and they\u2019re all crying to it and relating to it. It\u2019s nuts.<\/p>\n

With \u201cyes baby,\u201d the song leans heavily into a \u201chyper pop\u201d sound, which is going around. Were you inspired by anyone when making this song, or was it more of your own creation?<\/b><\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t really a rhyme or reason. I think I felt like it was kind of still coming off the steam of \u201cmake you mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

It feels like it started with \u201cmake you mine\u201d for me, and I definitely think that was solely just because I wanted to make something fun for tour, really, because my last album was a bit slower and more acoustic.<\/p>\n

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Beer first rose to fame in the early 2010s, notably for her YouTube cover of \u201cAt Last.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Morgan Maher)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

Having grown up in the 2010s, do you feel like you drew a lot of inspiration from that decade when working on these songs?<\/b><\/p>\n

For sure. Honestly, Gwen Stefani was a huge reference for that song [\u201cangel wings\u201d]. I wanted something that felt nostalgic in a way, with a little bit of an R&B touch to it.<\/p>\n

But, honestly, I feel like what you\u2019re saying is very representative of the whole project. I think that the whole album has a sprinkle of 2011 on it.<\/p>\n

A lot of those sounds from that era are worth reviving, but do you think some are better off left in the past?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure there are some songs I can think of from then that I say, \u201cMaybe we don\u2019t need to revive that one.\u201d But honestly, there\u2019s so much goodness.<\/p>\n

I think pre-social media, pre-TikTok, pre-all that stuff, people approached making music differently. There was maybe a little bit more experimentation. There\u2019s like a feeling that you get that I would love to harness in some way.<\/p>\n

What did your writing process look like for this album?<\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s honestly all over the place. Obviously, considering that it\u2019s been a pretty long time, I think that it\u2019s pretty all over the place. But mainly, I usually just go in, I focus on chords and stuff, and then I write the lyrics.<\/p>\n

Well \u2026 no. Then I do melodies, and then I do lyrics. That\u2019s usually the order of my operation.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so crazy watching some of that footage back, and you can see my gears turning, being like, \u201cWhat is the lyric?\u201d And then I obviously know what the lyric ended up being. It\u2019s really cool to have that footage. I\u2019m excited that we pressed record on those cameras, because I\u2019ve never done that before.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never like filmed my process. I\u2019m usually pretty focused, so the thought of setting up a camera and pressing record, it felt like I wouldn\u2019t capture an authentic moment, but we honestly just had it running for hours and hours and hours.<\/p>\n

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The official album cover for \u201clocket.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Epic Records)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

You said that at one point, this was almost a concept album from the perspective of a robot. What pushed you toward<\/b> that and, subsequently, away from it?<\/b><\/p>\n

All my projects have started with an idea that then doesn\u2019t come to fruition, and it\u2019s more so just what kick-starts the creative process for me, being like, \u201cOK, this conceptually is cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

I liked the idea of some robotic thing \u2026 when I first started it, it didn\u2019t really get that far, but I thought, \u201cHow can I make it interesting?\u201d For me, it\u2019s kind of easier to tell stories or write songs from the perspective of a character versus from the perspective of me, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n

But then once I start creating it, and I feel open enough and able to be honest enough to do it, then it\u2019s whatever. You know, I\u2019m not really hesitant to share things, and I don\u2019t need a character to hide behind.<\/p>\n

Was there anything you struggled with on this album, in particular?<\/b><\/p>\n

I think that my own internal pressures were stressing me out. I was like, \u201cOK, I need to deliver something that\u2019s better than my last album.\u201d And that ended up not being productive. I realized very quickly that putting that pressure on myself is like shooting yourself in the foot, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

Once I let go of that, I said, \u201cNo, I can just do something that feels good to me, and it doesn\u2019t have to be for charts or streams.\u201d Then, it felt a lot more freeing, and I was able to write without any restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

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