Madison Beer’s third album is the moment a carefully cultivated presence attempts to fully exhale and speak plainly. After years of high‑gloss singles and uneven pivots, this record finds the Long Islander sounding more coherent, if still occasionally conflicted, while attempting self‑definition in a pop environment where a clear identity is crucial.
It’s no grand artistic thesis, but a set of sharply rendered moments where voice, vulnerability and production seem to snap into place. The result is absolutely, unerringly, completely...fine.
The main single, Bittersweet, is a plush, softly thrumming post‑breakup anthem that frames Beer not as the ingénue curated (originally via Justin Bieber, no less) into stardom, but as someone genuinely bruised and unwilling to perform the clean version of grief.
Her chorus — half accusation, half self‑diagnosis — lands with a diaristic sting, elevated by warm, vapour‑soft synth pads that cushion the blow.
The album’s kinetic edge is carried by Yes Baby, a twitchy electro-pop treadmill-runner that places her airy monotone against a club‑ready pulse. It isn’t the revelation its rollout promised, but when it hits, it feels like Beer weaponising restraint — letting the beat do the swaggering thing while she ghost-walks through the verses. All things considered, it is a little forgettable.
More impressive is Angel Wings, a languid, 90s‑leaning R&B drift where Beer finally allows her voice to stretch. It’s tender, stylish, and just sharp enough lyrically to register as more than a prettied‑up breakup vignette. There’s a clarity here, throwback melodic and directly emotional, that the rest of her catalogue has only hinted at.
‘Locket’ is not the bold reinvention some expected, nor the concept piece its framing implies. But, at its best, it captures Beer stepping closer to the artistic presence she’s been circling: emotionally articulate, vocally assured, and moving away, ever so slowly, from glossy sheen.
Madison Beer Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Sat May 30 2026 - LONDON O2 Arena
Sun May 31 2026 - MANCHESTER Co-op Live
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