Recently, singer Madison Beer released her sophomore album Silence Between Songs. As someone who had only listened to a few of her songs before, I thought it was time to listen to her new album in its entirety. I quickly found songs and verses that I related to and could connect to my life. I think it is safe to say that other girls can relate to the ones that I have chosen.
Spinnin
“Did the world stop spinnin’? Nothing seems to change. I’m stuck at the beginning, and I’m in pain… I woke up and fell back to sleep. ‘Cause I’d rather live in my dreams.”
This song starts the album off in a rather melancholy tone, and for me, this came at just the right time. “Spinnin’” resonates with me in times and moments where I let something negative consume me and I can’t find a way to move past it. It is for the more unhappy times of thinking of recurring events or how fast life is changing. Sometimes, I just do not want to get out of bed and I find myself looking at my window as the sunlight streams in; and that is okay.
Ryder
“Grew up in the same house, so I know why you lash out. Oh, I understand you more than you think I do…I always left you out, you still love me somehow. You just wanted a friend, didn’t know it then, but now I do.”
A song written by an older sibling to a younger sibling, this one hit me as the younger sibling. Her fame is what caused her to leave her home at a young age with her brother still at home, growing up. While the fame of a sibling is not the case for me, my older sister left home to go to college when I was in middle school. I knew what was happening of course, but I was not prepared to notice the gaps that were left once she was gone. Overall I did fine, but “Ryder” gives the perspective of the oldest which makes me, admittedly, want to cry. The only other time I have felt this way was from Luisa’s “Surface Pressure” in Encanto. With my brother, it was different because we were never that close until recently. There are things about our childhood that we can talk about because even though there was a gap, we more or less experienced the same thing. Certain things explain why we act a certain way and why we have certain ambitions. This beautifully, and heartbreakingly captures the feelings that come with the sibling bond.
Showed Me (How I Fell In Love With You)
“You showed me how to do exactly what you do, how I fell in love with you. You walk into a room and people fall for you, how I wanna be like you.”
As someone in a relationship, this song is about reflection. Once you’re with someone for a while (or whatever the timespan is) and you reach that moment of feeling strongly, something clicks and things fall into place. I think a partner should encourage you, and that there should be qualities about them that not only make you want to be with them but that you would like to have yourself. A relationship should always push you to be better, and that is how I interpreted “Showed Me.” The song, being about reflection, comes in terms of the individual reflecting on their partner and seeing if those boxes are checked, how they feel, and what they are gaining from being in a relationship with that person.
Home To Another One
“Do you talk about me like I still belong to you?… Now you hold her gently, don’t you wish you saw us through? ‘Cause I do. Call me “baby,” I know you go home to another one. Say you hate me, it’s okay boy you’re not the only one. Another year, we’re still here.”
“Home To Another One” is the lead single for a reason. It is her more upbeat song of the album which people have said gives a mix of Lana Del Rey and Tame Impala. For whatever reason the relationship didn’t work out, but both parties still have lingering feelings. Whether it is right or wrong, they are trying to move on and it is proving to be a bit difficult. While I have no connection to it, it’s a fun “what-if” song!
Silence Between Songs is available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.