A pop singer who made her film and recording debuts in 2013 at the age of 14, Madison Beer remained in the public eye for much of the rest of the 2010s with a series of singles, onscreen appearances, collaborations with the likes of Cody Simpson and Offset, and the Billboard 200-charting EP As She Pleases (2018). She delivers her full-length debut, Life Support, having entered her twenties. Featuring production by Beer and co-writer Leroy Clampitt, aka Big Taste (Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa), the albums 17 tracks address subject matter including breakups, grief, and struggles with mental health with a mix of pop, R&B, and alternative stylings and song titles like Good in Goodbye, Sour Times, and Stay Numb and Carry On. A vulnerable outing on the whole, Life Support returned her to the Billboard 200 (peaking at 65) and landed in the Top 30 in the U.K., Ireland, and Canada. ~ Marcy Donelson
Rovi
ジャスティン・ビーバーも絶賛する話題のネクスト・ポップ・アイコンによる初のフル・アルバム。ほぼすべての詞曲とプロデュースを人気プロデューサーのリロイ・クランピット(アダム・ランバート、デュア・リパ)と共に手掛け、ポップなナンバーからアコースティックな曲までをソウルフルな声で伸びやかに歌い上げる、まさに彼女自身のヴォーカルありきの作品になっている。少し陰のある雰囲気も魅力的です。
bounce (C)赤瀧洋二
タワーレコード(vol.448(2021年3月25日発行号)掲載)