Locket (album)

Locket (stylized in all lowercase) is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Madison Beer. Released on January 16, 2026 through Epic Records and Sing It Loud, it serves as Beer's first studio release since her 2023 album, Silence Between Songs. The album was preceded by three singles: "Make You Mine", "Yes Baby", "Bittersweet". "Bad Enough" was released as the fourth single upon release of the album. Musically, it has been described as a pop and R&B record with elements of dance-pop, dark pop, and electro.

Locket was met with positive critical reception and was a commercial success. It debuted within the top ten in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the album debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, becoming Beer's first top-ten album in her home country.

To promote the album, Beer will embark on the Locket Tour (2026) across North America and Europe, with supporting acts from Isabel LaRosa, Thủy, and Lulu Simon.

Release and composition

Following her previous studio album, Silence Between Songs (2023), Beer announced the release date of her third studio album, Locket, on October 22, 2025, along with the album's artwork and pre-order information, including details about its physical formats, through her official website. About the album, she stated:

"After writing the album, it feels like each song lives within this metaphorical locket for safekeeping. Each album feels like an era and once the albums are out in the world, the chapter for me, usually with what I wrote about, is closed."

Musically, Locket has been described as a pop and R&B record with elements of dance-pop, dark pop, and electro.

Promotion

Singles

The album's lead single, "Make You Mine," was released on February 9, 2024. It achieved critical and commercial success, reaching the top 40 in several territories and earning Beer a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording, her second career nomination.

"Yes Baby" was released on September 19, 2025. According to Beer, the track was conceived as "the closing bracket in an unintentional trilogy," following the singles "Make You Mine" and "15 Minutes." A third single, "Bittersweet", was released on October 10, 2025, accompanied by a music video co-directed with Aerin Moreno, starring Sean Kaufman, which premiered on October 20, 2025. Alongside the album's release on January 16, Beer unveiled a music video of the fourth single "Bad Enough".

Performances

Beer was one of the musical performers at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2025 on October 15, where she performed live the album's three singles "Make You Mine", "Bittersweet" and "Yes Baby". On January 13, 2026, Beer officially announced the Locket Tour, with 32 shows across Europe and North America.

Critical reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Locket received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 from 7 critic scores.

Melvin Boateng of Clash described the album as an intimate and self-assured body of work shaped by memory and emotional reflection, praising its confidence, focus, and strong authorship that moves beyond expectations. Writing for Paste, Lydia Wei noted the record's blend of dark synth-pop, '90s R&B influences, and experimental electronic textures, calling it Beer's most focused and enjoyable project to date.

Track listing

Notes

• ^[p] denotes a primary and vocal producer.
• ^[a] denotes an additional producer.
• ^[v] denotes a vocal producer.
• "Healthy Habit" contains an excerpt from animated series Adventure Time.
• All song titles are stylized in lowercase.

Personnel

Credits were adapted from Tidal.

• Madison Beer – lead vocals, background vocals (all tracks); programming, keyboards (track 10)
• Mitch McCarthy – mixing
• Nathan Dantzler – mastering
• Leroy Clampitt – programming (1–7, 10), bass (1–4, 7, 9, 10), engineering (1, 2, 4–7, 9–11), synthesizer (1, 3), strings (1, 9, 11), background vocals (1), drums (2–4, 9, 10), keyboards (2, 5–7, 9–11), guitar (4, 7, 10), lap steel guitar (4, 7), percussion (10)
• Yi-Mei Templeman – cello (1, 9, 11), strings (1, 11)
• Matt Maltese – piano (1)
• Lucy Healey – background vocals (2, 4–7, 9), vocals (4, 5), piano (4), bass (5, 6), keyboards (5, 7)
• Peter Rycroft – bass, drums, keyboards (2, 9, 11); programming (2)
• Tim "One Love" Sommers – background vocals, drums, keyboards, synthesizer, engineering (3, 8); bass, programming, vocals (3), guitar (8)
• Naebird – engineering assistance (3, 8); brass, strings (8)
• Ben Barter – drums (5)
• Jasper Harris – bass, keyboards, programming (6)

Charts

Release history