Madison Beer sits down with Aaliyah Harry for an honest conversation about mental health, being a woman in the music industry and the pressure to reach perfection.

Not many people can say they became a viral sensation at the tender age of 12-years-old. ‘I just got my braces off and was like I want to film a YouTube cover,’ Madison Beer tells me over a zoom call, donned in sweats. The video she recorded singing Etta James’ At Last caught the attention of Justin Bieber who praised her voice on Twitter.

From that moment, Madison’s world completely changed. She reminisces on that life changing day, ‘What 12-year-old can even imagine that? It was pretty insane. A lot of it’s a blur, if I’m being honest.’ Madison reveals she still has a great relationship with Bieber today. ‘He’s been really supportive,’ she adds.

From the outside looking in – you could say Madison has it all. A successful music career, worldwide tours, 32 million Instagram followers and a legion of fans. But through her music, Madison shows vulnerability. Being thrust into the glaring spotlight before she was even a teenager had a lasting effect. She admits, ‘I got a lot of hate from social media really quickly and that experience still effects me. Being told from a really young age that everything you are and do is wrong in some way. It’s confusing and I’m still undoing a lot of that damage.’