Locket Madison Beer Review
- Jade McLeod
- Jan 17
- 3 min read
In a twist none of us were prepared for, what started as a small EP idea blossomed into Madison Beer’s full-length third album Locket, and it dropped today. This week saw the release of Locket by Madison Beer and we are excited to listen.
Locket Theme: With a feeling similar to the emails i can’t send intro, this is a beautiful opener. It feels like unlocking something private and sitting in the quiet before the story begins. “Everything that I could ever need is within me” is a beautiful lyric as well, and it sets the tone for an album that feels both intimate and self-aware, like she’s reminding herself of her own strength before diving into the ache.
Yes Baby: With a dark pop meets upbeat dance vibe this song hits. It’s sexy, it’s fun, and it makes you want to move. Madison’s confidence is loud in the best way, the beat is glossy and punchy, and the hook feels made for replaying until you know it by heart. It has that playful, fearless energy that makes you want to walk like you’re in a music video.
Angel Wings: Upbeat, but with a sting under the sparkle. Madison delivers it with a lightness that almost tricks you at first, then the emotion creeps in and suddenly you realise this is pop with real weight behind it. The contrast is what makes it work. It feels bright on the surface, but it still lands like a confession.
For The Night: This one shifts the atmosphere into late-night vulnerability. It feels like a soft spiral, the kind where you know you should be stronger, but you still want the person anyway, just for one more moment. Madison’s delivery here is pleading without being messy, and the understated production makes the lyrics hit harder.
Bad Enough: This track is pure heartbreak logic. That feeling of knowing something is wrong, but it still isn’t “bad enough” to finally let go. The chorus builds into something cathartic, the emotion feels big and real, and it’s the kind of song you put on when you want to feel understood instead of fixed.
Healthy Habit: Short, sharp, and brutally honest. It captures that self-awareness you get when you can literally name your pattern, but you’re still tempted to repeat it anyway. The way she frames it as a habit says everything. This is the sound of trying to break a cycle while still missing the comfort of it.
You’re Still Everything: The emotional centerpiece. Soft, stripped back, and devastating in the way only a simple melody can be when the lyrics do all the heavy lifting. It feels like she’s saying the quiet part out loud, and her vocal performance makes it impossible to look away. This one is going to ruin people in headphones.
Bittersweet: This is the post-breakup clarity moment where you’re not fully angry, not fully healed, just hovering somewhere in between. It has enough lift to feel like you can breathe again, but the sadness is still in the corners. It’s catchy, it’s honest, and it nails that complicated emotional aftertaste.
Complexity: Introspective and reflective, like she’s tracing the outline of her insecurities and naming what shaped them. The production stays restrained so her voice and the words stay front and centre. This one feels like a mirror song, the kind that makes you sit with yourself for a minute.
Make You Mine: The beat goes hard on this one and it brings the energy back up with confidence. It’s bold, addictive, and built to hit live. Madison sounds in control here, like she knows exactly what she’s doing, and the chorus is made to stick in your head long after the song ends.
Nothing at All: A quieter, heavier closer that feels like the final page of the journal. It lands with that reflective calm you get after you’ve cried it out and you’re left staring at the ceiling. There’s something brave about ending with restraint, letting the emotion sit without dressing it up.
Overall Locket feels like a collection of keepsakes, the kind you hold onto because they meant something, even when they hurt. It’s intimate, emotionally detailed, and still undeniably Madison, balancing dark pop edge with soft, confessional songwriting. The album moves between confidence and vulnerability without losing its identity, and by the end it feels like you’ve been let into a private world that’s polished enough to be pop, but personal enough to feel real.
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