Madison Beer Talks Career Evolution in Candid New Interview

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Madison Beer is pulling back the curtain on her early rise to fame, revealing the mistreatment she endured at the hands of her former management and label during her teenage years in the industry.

In promoting her forthcoming third studio album, the singer stopped by Cosmopolitan for their May cover story to comment on some inside details of her career.

Beer began her career at 12 and worked closely with Justin Bieber’s management and label, Island Records. While it appeared the star was living the dream, she told a different story.

At 16, just years after Bieber shared her cover of Etta James’ “At Last” to his millions of followers on social media, the singer lost her entire team in one day.

Beer was also told that she had been let go from her label, lawyer, and manager because she hadn’t been successful. She revealed a disturbing concern about her teenage self, stating, “There was a conversation around me when I was 14, I remember people being like, ‘She’s too sexy’ and ‘We can’t sell the s*x because she’s so young, so we’d have to wait.'”

She commented, “I was 16, and my label was like, ‘Good luck.” And I’m like, ‘You guys just stole years of my childhood that I’ll never get back…’ The lack of caring about my childhood was so disturbing. I was like, ‘Wow, y’all really don’t give a f***.'”

The “Reckless” singer continued, “I can’t go to college because I’ve been homeschooled. I have a high school degree and nothing else because of my career. My whole family uprooted and moved to Los Angeles with no connections. I have no friends. Are you guys kidding me?”

Her career stalled for several years afterward, and in 2018, she released an extended play titled As She Pleases. Following another break, Beer signed with Epic Records and was able to release her debut concept album, Life Support, which focused heavily on mental health, public scrutiny, and her battle with depression.

Her second album, Silence Between Songs, received a Grammy nomination and was supported by a tour that pushed her to continue pursuing music when she realized its impact on her fans.

She revealed, “I love my fans, but the experience [Life Support Tour] as a whole was just too much. I was going through a lot and trying to perform and meet 150 or 200 people a night. I was questioning my career.”

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She recalled meeting a fan who used one of her songs as their ringtone. “I was like, ‘How did we just run into each other on the street? I’m going to cry my eyes out,'” the artist stated.

She finalized, “Those are the moments, honestly, more so than getting nominated for a Grammy…I wouldn’t have gotten that without everything that came before it, including the fans who support me.”

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While specific details on her third studio album are under wraps, she has remained strong-willed and left a message for fans: “You’ve got to stand up for yourself, or people will just take advantage, and you’ll end up as a shadow of yourself.”

You can read Madison Beer’s full feature here.