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Madison Beer Performs "Unbreakable" & Talks Justin Bieber

Madison Beer Performs "Unbreakable" & Talks Justin Bieber

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Teen singing sensation Madison Beer is in the YH Studio to perform a gorgeous stripped-down version of her second single, "Unbreakable", and also tell us all about being discovered by Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun, both of whom she remains close with! She also comments on all those Christina Aguilera comparisons, plus she talks about her experiences moving to L.A. and what we can expect from her much-anticipated debut album!

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Madison Beer

Do you feel like you just can't take no more? Broken heart all your pieces on the floor. Like you're running out of breath, trying to find yourself before you blow away in the night. Every word you ever said, every way you ever felt. I know it's hard but baby tonight.

Young Hollywood

I'm here with Madison Beer. How are you, girl?

Madison Beer

Good. How are you?

Young Hollywood

Good to see you.

Madison Beer

Good to see you too.

Young Hollywood

You're an incredible singer.

Madison Beer

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

I don't know if people have said Christina Aguilera have made the comparison with your voice before.

Madison Beer

Yes, I've heard it before.

Young Hollywood

Sort of in your lower, I would say, which is incredible.

Madison Beer

Definitely. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Um Thank you so much. Have you met her?

Madison Beer

I have, once.

Young Hollywood

You have?

Madison Beer

Yes, very quickly once.

Young Hollywood

Wow.

Madison Beer

Yes.

Young Hollywood

How was that?

Madison Beer

It was cool.

Young Hollywood

Was it?

Madison Beer

Yeah, it was cool. I saw her backstage at The Voice when she was on that show.

Young Hollywood

Right. Pretty much everybody knows now how you know, you were discovered on YouTube, the whole Justin Bieber connection, the Scooter Braun connection.

Madison Beer

We gonna run through that that we've never been burned. We gonna laugh out loud, never been hurt. We gonna shout it out.

Young Hollywood

How is your relationship like working with somebody like Scooter? What's that day-to-day collaboration like?

Madison Beer

Well, um it definitely is it's like really surreal for me because I grew up like loving Justin and then looking up to him a lot. So, for now him to be like my mentor is incredible. So, um I've gotten super, super close with him and he's like my big brother now.

Young Hollywood

With both with both of them?

Madison Beer

With both of them like Justin is of course like closer my age and like you can relate to more but then um so he's like my big brother but Scooter's also Scooter's

Young Hollywood

Did you just call Scooter old?

Madison Beer

Okay. But Justin and I are more on the level, you know. But um yeah, Scooter's one of the nicest guys ever and he actually just got married.

Young Hollywood

He just got married. I know you Instagrammed a picture of that.

Madison Beer

Yes. We're gonna scream on rooftops, get it in the rain. We'll open up our hearts. Forget the pain and they can call us crazy, freaking insane.

Young Hollywood

But I mean you just moved to LA, didn't you from New York?

Madison Beer

Yes, I did. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

How is the difference? Cuz I used to live in New York. I know it's a huge difference New York and LA.

Madison Beer

It is, it's a big difference. It's definitely like it's a it's completely different. The people are a lot different. Everyone's a lot more like relaxed and everyone's much more like let's go with the flow. Okay. Like oh, there's the yellow light up there. I'll just slow down and like stop at the red. Like in New York everyone's just like let's go. We have places to be, things to do, people to see. Like let's do this. Let's do this. You know, I'm not old enough to drive.

Young Hollywood

So you're a backseat driver.

Madison Beer

I know, but I'm definitely the backseat driver that's like bugging out and I'm just like, oh my god, can you go a little faster, please? Um, dad, I wouldn't give her her driver's license anytime soon. I can see with the what's gonna happen when that, you know.

Young Hollywood

Let's talk about Unbreakable, your new single. I know you're working on an album. You've described it sort of as a cross between a little Taylor Swift, a little Alicia Keys.

Madison Beer

Yeah. We're unbreakable. We're unbreakable.

Young Hollywood

You're unbreakable. You're unbreakable. Empty streets, faces you don't know. Are those two role models of yours? Are they influences? Both of them, too?

Madison Beer

I'd not Taylor, but I've met Alicia at the at a Ralph Lauren fashion show because she also has like a thing going on with them.

Young Hollywood

So your involvement with them is is

Madison Beer

Yes. To a literacy? Yeah, well, um it's not only the literacy program it's pretty much just I'm um I'm like the brand ambassador, which kind of means like I go to the fashion shows and I get to meet the kids and they help me promote all my songs but recently I was involved in the literacy program that they have which kind of just explains the importance to kids about reading and like what like really the importance is of reading all the time and like books and all that stuff. So we got to I got to sit down and read with, um actually, Alicia's son. I got to read him like pages of Matilda and stuff and, you know, it was it was a lot of fun.

Young Hollywood

So, let's talk about the single. How did the single come about? I know there's you have a great team behind you on this on this song.

Madison Beer

Yeah. Um, basically the single the single came about because I um I really wanted to do a song that was like very inspirational. It just ended up coming out exactly how I wanted it to and the whole message behind it I think is really, really great. In a crowd. Trying to stand out. Trying to glow.

Young Hollywood

So no matter where you are it's like you're in the dark and just can't find your way through the night. What does the message mean to you? Like what does unbreak unbreakable mean?

Madison Beer

Well, pretty much Unbreakable like even the word Unbreakable it it just pretty much means just like you need to just always remember who you are and like stay true to yourself and it's just like whatever you're going through, everything gets better in time and time heals things and you need to be unbreakable and be strong, um even if it is really hard at times. So, that's just a message that I like to give to everybody. You're unbreakable.

Young Hollywood

Did I hear you're going to be singing at the U. S. Open?

Madison Beer

Yes.

Young Hollywood

I'm hugely into tennis. I'm excited for you. Um, have you sang in like in that sort of like environment before, like kind of like a I don't know what you call it a stadium or a stage.

Madison Beer

Yeah. All I've ever been on a stage was at my birthday when Justin called me on stage in London. Only time I've ever been on stage.

Young Hollywood

Really?

Madison Beer

So excited. And that I wasn't even doing anything. I just ran on and I was nervous.

Young Hollywood

Did you know he was gonna call you on?

Madison Beer

Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. It was the craziest thing. I just opened these two curtains and all of a sudden I'm like, wait, I'm on stage now? I'm like and there's like and you know when you're on stage people don't realize you can't see anything. Like you can't see. So like you literally cuz there's lights all over people like, you know. So I couldn't I could barely see the crowd and then they're like let's turn on the house lights and the house lights went on and it looked like there was like millions of people. It was like

Young Hollywood

Or there probably were I was Justin.

Madison Beer

Yeah, I was like, what is that feeling like the first time you step on a stage and it's that environment. What is that feeling like? You can't explain it. It's crazy. You know it's just like everything that I ever dreamed of like in that moment. I was just like like wow. You know, and they all sang me Happy Birthday to me and it was just so cute and

Young Hollywood

All right, I wanna do like a little mini game with you. I want it's called 1-2-3- So the first question is one fashion item every girl should have.

Madison Beer

Converse. I think that's like a must-have.

Young Hollywood

Definitely a must-have. Okay. Two people who have never collaborated that you'd like to see collaborate.

Madison Beer

I thought Ariana Ariana Um. Oh, me and Rihanna.

Young Hollywood

Hear that? Re-read? Do you hear that? Okay. Three things you would bring on a desert island.

Madison Beer

Like music. Okay. So I would bring my phone because that's what has my music on. So that's one. My music, headphones, and a comforter, like a blanket.

Young Hollywood

Very practical girl. So what would you like to tease everybody about your album coming up and

Madison Beer

It's gonna be it's gonna be it's gonna be really cool. And everything's gonna have a meaning to it. You know, every song's gonna be something special. So I'm really excited for everybody to hear.

Young Hollywood

What's been your favorite song to cover so far?

Madison Beer

Ah, I love covering things on the piano. I like when I can play a song and cover it. I'm trying to do a cover of like Latch like the acoustic version. Have you heard that? The version? So good. So good.

Young Hollywood

I liked your John Legend cover.

Madison Beer

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

I thought that was fantastic.

Madison Beer

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

You're absolutely adorable.

Madison Beer

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

I don't know if you like being called adorable when you're 15. You probably don't wanna be called adorable.

Madison Beer

I don't know. I like that. It's cute.

Young Hollywood

But you are and big things.

Madison Beer

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Are coming and I'm so excited and when you win your first Oscar you gotta thank me.

Madison Beer

Oh, of course. You're the first person.

Young Hollywood

Your Grammy up. I'm already thinking ahead of the Grammy. I'm already at the Oscar level here. You're so awesome. Thanks for coming in and congrats on all your success and have fun at the U. S. Open.

Madison Beer

Thank you. Thanks. Thanks.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Madison Beer

    Artist featured in the video, performing and discussing her career.

  • Taylor Swift

    Mentioned by the interviewer as a potential influence.

  • Justin Bieber

    Discovered Madison Beer, acts as her mentor, and is her 'big brother'.

  • Scooter Braun

    Discovered Madison Beer, helps manage her career, recently got married.

  • Christina Aguilera

    Mentioned for vocal comparisons to Madison Beer; Madison met her once.

  • Alicia Keys

    Mentioned as a musical influence by Madison Beer; Madison met her at a fashion show.

  • Ralph Lauren

    Brand Madison Beer is an ambassador for, involved in their literacy program.

  • Matilda

    Book Madison Beer read to Alicia Keys's son as part of a literacy program.

  • Ariana Grande

    Mentioned by Madison Beer as someone she'd like to see collaborate with Rihanna.

  • Rihanna

    Mentioned by Madison Beer as someone she'd like to see collaborate with Ariana Grande.

  • John Legend

    Mentioned by the interviewer, Madison Beer did a cover of his song.

FAQ

What is Madison Beer's second single?+
Madison Beer's second single is "Unbreakable".
Who discovered Madison Beer?+
Madison Beer was discovered by Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun on YouTube.
Who does Madison Beer compare her voice to?+
Madison Beer's voice has been compared to Christina Aguilera, especially in her lower register.
What is the message behind Madison Beer's song "Unbreakable"?+
The message behind "Unbreakable" is to always remember who you are, stay true to yourself, and be strong through difficulties, as everything gets better in time.
Is Madison Beer working on a debut album?+
Yes, Madison Beer is working on her much-anticipated debut album, which she describes as having a special meaning for every song.
What is Madison Beer's role with Ralph Lauren?+
Madison Beer is a brand ambassador for Ralph Lauren and has been involved in their literacy program, reading to children.
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