Madison beer solidifies her sound on third album ‘locket’
By Andrew Han
January 18, 2026
Beer’s rise to fame has been turbulent, to say the least. As one of the earliest artists to gain prominence through social media, Madison Beer has endured an unprecedented scale of criticism and public scrutiny. With her personal life as the center of attention, Beer is continuously underestimated as a serious artist, despite already having two emotionally nuanced studio albums under her belt.
She opens the album with “locket theme,” a beautiful ballad that highlights her powerful vocal abilities as she sings directly to her fans. She addresses her departure from social media platforms like Twitter where she would regularly interact with her fanbase, but ultimately had to delete due to the toxicity that came alongside it.
“Pain on a necklace, set it down, I’m weightless / Everything that I could ever need is within me,” Beer belts out alongside strong harmonies on the track. The motif of a locket is deeply personal to Beer, signifying something that was once beautiful but now carries painful memories. As she opens up her locket to the world, she is attempting to leave the pain of her past to move on.
In quick contrast to the opening track, “yes baby” is a fast EDM track which Beer uses to sing about the intense, sensual beginnings of a relationship. Beer has found success as she experiments with EDM in her sound. The first single from the album is an infectiously-fun dance track titled “make you mine,” which earned Beer her second Grammy nomination in the Best Dance Pop Recording category.
While her two previous albums were written from a place of deep pain and struggle, Beer’s lighthearted lyrics allows the songs to feel playful while still conveying vulnerability and sadness in the face of heartbreak.
Madison Beer blends her impressive vocal capacity with dark electronic beats to create a signature sound that finally feels entirely her own with the release of her third studio album “locket.”
It is evident that Beer has found an aesthetic that works best for her through her visuals created for this album’s rollout. Beer is at her strongest when putting her confidence and femininity on display, shown clearly through fiercely dark yet feminine looks. In the video for “make you mine,” Beer perfectly steps into Megan Fox’s role from “Jennifer’s Body,” embodying the confident and sexy succubus that leads men to their demise.
On “angel wings,” Beer copes with a breakup by comedically pretending that her ex-lover is dead. “When I talk about you, I’ll say ‘Rest in peace’ / I know that it’s sad, it’s such a tragedy,” she teases with an upbeat melody playing behind her. The dichotomy between the emotional ballads and the pulse-pounding EDM tracks allow Beer to accurately depict the chaos felt in a tumultuous relationship.
Beer allows herself to be at her most vulnerable on the emotional ballad “you’re still everything.” The track features soft and distorted vocals as a result of using autotune due to her inability to stop crying throughout the recording process as mentioned in a previous interview with iHeart Radio. “I only exist in the moments you’re talking to me / If we can’t be together, then I’ll just go back to sleep,” she sings softly and paints a picture of a one-sided love affair that is causing her emotional distress.
Later this year, Beer will embark on the locket tour where she will play iconic venues like the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York City where Beer will headline arena-sized venues for the very first time.
With the release of this album, Beer cements herself as an artist that everyone should have their eyes on as she continues to carve her own path in the music industry.