Madison Beer reveals how iconic British bands inspired her latest music
Her album 'Silence Between Songs' is out now
Madison Beer has just released her latest album 'Silence Between Songs', and she opened up to us about how it was listening to a number of very iconic bands, particularly British ones, that led her to producing this fantastic album.
Speaking to us as part of our For The Record series, Madison explained: "I was in a very serious Beatles, Beach Boys, obsession... still in it currently, but that's what I was listening to mostly, (there) was a lot of music from that time period, and I think it inspired me in so many ways.
"And yeah, I love those sort of bands, The Zombies... I mean there's endless people I can name, Queen, they're a clear influence on 'King of Everything'."
The singer went on open up about some of the songs on the album, revealing: "The hardest song to write was probably 'At Your Worst', because we were teetering with the topic of what we were actually writing about. I loved writing that song, but it was probably the most difficult to put together."
She went on to say: "There are songs that almost made it, that didn't. We had probably a 17 song album and we cut it down to 14, so... but I mean, 'I Wonder', 'Sweet Relief' and 'At Your Worst' were the latest additions, so those were the last ones."
Why did Madison change the cover art for the album?
Fans of Madison will notice that the album art she now uses is not what she launched with, and she explained why.
"The album cover is an ongoing thing in my fanbase," Madison explained. "We talk about it and we joke about it. We had another cover art that I launched with, that I announced with, and I knew that wasn't going to be the final cover art, it was just something that I had to get up to announce it."
The original cover art is shown above, and as Madison explained: "No hate to that cover art, it is adorable and it's on vinyl, so we still love it, but I always knew that I saw this album cover, specifically in a nature setting.
"I didn't see it on a set in a music video, you know with full glam on, and stuff. I saw it much more like in a field, a cornfield specifically, and we got the shot that I had always dreamed of, so it just feels very representative. I feel like the album feels very honest and true to me and I felt like being in nature that inspired so much of this album, felt like the right thing to do."
How did she choose the album title?
We love the name of Madison's second album, 'Silence Between Songs', but we wanted to know how she came up with such an unusual name, the singer explained: "Picking a title for an album is always sort of difficult.
"I mean picking the title for 'Life Support' there were so many other options that we were throwing around, and then you kind of get to the point where you've kind of got to pick something.
"But 'Silence Between Songs' felt representative of everything, because I feel like that was really what it all meant. Like I feel like it all are about the times that I was still, or the times that I was able to be present in like the quiet, or whatever that means, so, yeah, I don't know, it just felt right to me, I really like it."
When will Madison be releasing new music?
Madison released her album 'Silence Between Songs' in September 2023, but she's already talking about more new music. The singer told us: "Right now I'm listening to music that I haven't released yet, which will hopefully come out before my tour."
With her tour set to start early next year, it sounds like we won't have to wait too long for some more new music!
Take a look through some fantastic albums out in 2023:
RAYE - 'My 21st Century Blues'
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P!nk - 'Trustfall'
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Mimi Webb
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BRIT Award nominee Mimi Webb released her debut album 'Amelia' in March 2023. When she announced her album in 2022 she said: 'This album is the best version of me & I want you all to accept vulnerability without judgement while you listen to this record. This is an album about Mimi Webb but also about Amelia and I can't wait for you to meet her 🥹 Amelia is out March 3 ✨ Pre-save/order at the link in my bio 💋'. (sic)
Miley Cyrus - 'Endless Summer Vacation'
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Jonas Brothers - 'The Album'
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Ellie Goulding - 'Higher Than Heaven'
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Freya Ridings - 'Blood Orange'
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Ed Sheeran
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Lewis Capaldi - 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent'
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Lewis Capaldi has released his second album 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent'. The album includes his huge comeback single 'Forget Me' and his follow-up 'Pointless'.
Niall Horan
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Niall Horan released his third solo album 'The Show' in June 2023.
Kim Petras - 'Feed The Beast'
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Post Malone - 'Austin'
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Olivia Rodrigo
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Kylie Minogue
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Ed Sheeran
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Ed announced his seventh album, the first not to be named after a mathematical symbol. It is called 'Autumn Variations'. He has also announced he will be releasing a live version of this album, recorded in fans' homes, it was released in 2023.
Joel Corry - 'Another Friday Night
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Joel Corry announced he will be releasing his debut album called 'Another Friday Night' on 6th October 2023. The album features his bangers from the last few years as well as new material.
Lost Frequencies
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Tate McRae - 'Think Later'
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Tate McRae's second album 'Think Later' will be released in December 2023, featuring her hit 'Greedy'. It will be supported by a tour in 2024.
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