Madison Beer gets “bored” performing some of her old songs live.
The 26-year-old star “cherishes” being able to sing and singled out Nothing Matters But You as one of her favourites to belt out in front of an audience because she has to push herself vocally, but candidly admitted her enthusiasm for that track isn’t how she feels about all her set.
She told Rolling Stone magazine: “[Singing] is my gift and the thing I cherish the most. I should be feeling that way about every song.
“I won’t name names. I don’t want to be mean to any other songs, but there’s a couple songs that I would perform and honestly be so bored and feel like I literally can’t do anything, like I’m just essentially sleeping.”
After winning praise for her live vocals, Madison was determined to challenge herself in the studio when it came to recording her upcoming third album Locket, which is due for release in January.
She said: “There’s one song that is very vocally challenging.
“When I recorded this one song and I still had Twitter, I tweeted ‘Oh my God, I literally don’t know if I’m gonna be able to speak for a week.’ That was a feeling that I really enjoyed with this album.
“I really liked my desire to push myself and see what I was capable of. So I hope people like the vocals on this project because we spent a lot of time doing it.”
The bittersweet hitmaker admitted performing live has helped her gain perspective and shut out her critics.
She said:“I get a good amount of hate on the internet and I think that that all becomes irrelevant when you’re looking out at a sold-out crowd.
“That has been a very, very helpful tool for me in my life. How could I let a tweet destroy my day when I’m performing for 5,000 people who bought tickets and know the music?”
While Madison hasn’t yet shared the tracklisting for Locket, she admitted she had the album’s title in mind for a long time.
She said: “I was in my Notes app for weeks on end just writing words I related to.
“I just kept on gravitating towards [Locket] every single time I would read the list.”