Madison Beer

Madison in 2023

**Madison Elle Beer** (born March 5, 1999) is an American singer. Born in New York, she began posting covers to YouTube in early 2012. Beer gained substantial social media coverage when Kesha posted a link to one of her covers. She released her debut single, "hurting longing dancing", in 2021.

In late 2021, Beer released her debut album, *eternity*. The project was supported by the single "take a bite" featuring Jennie, which was certified Gold. The following year, Beer signed with RCA Records, later reissuing her debut studio album as, *eternity + friends* in 2022. The album was supported by the single "*love in brazil*", which gained traction on the media sharing app TikTok, leading to a top placement on the Camp Charts hosted by Meghan Trainor.

## Life and Career

### Early Life and Career Beginnings

Madison Elle Beer was born in Jericho, New York, on March 5, 1999. Her father, Robert Beer, is a real estate developer, and her mother, Tracie, worked as an interior designer before putting that aside to help navigate Madison's career. Beer appeared on the cover of *Child* magazine after winning a modeling competition at four years old. She has a younger brother named Ryder, and her parents divorced when she was young. Her family is Jewish, and she celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in 2012.

### 2021-2022: eternity

Her debut album *eternity* was released on December 1, 2021, which Beer co-wrote entirely and co-produced most of the record as well. The album received generally favorable critic reviews with Dani Blum of *Pitchfork* calling it "ambitious, intent on proving its own seriousness and doing so succesfully". *NME's* Hannah Mylrea was more favorable and gave it 4/5 stars. *Riff Magazine's* Mike DeWald gave the album a 10/10, saying "It may have been years in the making, but Madison Beer's first album is worth the wait for girl music fans." The album debuted at number two on the Billboard Top Albums Chart, and also peaked in the top of the Camp Albums Chart.

### 2023-Present: deliverance.

Beer has confirmed on an interview with the Zach Sang Show that she is working on a second album and 7 songs are currently written for it, saying "We have seven songs on the second album already, and we had four days of a writing camp." During the show, she also said that she would be aiming to do two albums in one year (eternity and her upcoming album) and was planning to release her upcoming album by the end of 2022. salt on the wound, the lead single from the album, was released on March 24th, 2023. On the Camp On event in March 18th, Madison said the album was finalized and would be announced on April 5th. The album was co-written with fellow PRETTYSOUR member and confident, Rina Sawayama. flowers for saturn pt.2 featuring Billie Eilish was announced April 2ndm with it's release following up soon after.

## Personal Life

Beer has stated in a March 2020 TikTok Livestream that she is bisexual and came out around 2016–2017, saying "'Are you bi[sexual]?' Yeah, I came out like, 4, 3 years ago I'd say. People always ask me that, and I'm like I've answered this question so many times. It's kinda weird." adding, "I am bi[sexual], always have been, it's nothing new." She's also previously stated that she has been in love with a woman.

Beer has struggled with mental health issues throughout her life, with herself saying that social media and the Internet had contributed to her issues, writing the song hurting longing dancing about the issues society causes her. She had previously tried to harm herself, and was diagnosed with Borderline personality disorder.

Beer also has stated that her inspirations in her music and songwriting are Lana Del Rey, Daft Punk, Ariana Grande. When questioned if she was inspired by Grande, a largely debated question on the internet, Beer responded "I mean, you know Ariana [Grande]'s been one of my favorite people ever for like, so much of my career and like, even just prior to my career, so I'm sure she's definitely influenced me, a lot." adding later, "But, I hate this narrative that's being pushed about me and her [Ariana Grande], you know, that it's kinda like this competition thing, like this is someone I idolize and someone I lookup to."

## Awards and Achievements

*Main article: Madison Beer/Awards*
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## Discography

*Main article: Madison Beer/Discography*
* *eternity* (2021)
* *deliverance.* (2023)

## Galleries

### Artwork Gallery

**Albums**

eternityeternity + friendsdeliverance.deliverance. (ace in the hole edition)
**Singles**

hurting longing dancingillicit dreamingtake a bitetake a bite (virgo's tendencies remix)love in brazilsalt on the woundsalt on the wound (death of the culture mix)flowers for saturn pt. 2flowers for saturn pt. 2 (a fleeting friendship mix)the maestrothe maestro (new beginnings remix)lightning breakslightning breaks (it all comes back around remix)