What Justin Bieber Protégé Madison Beer's Doing to Prepare for World Domination

The "Melodies" singer is destined for superstardom. But first? She's gotta finish her debut album.
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Madison Beer's rise to fame almost sounds like an internet myth. Here's how the story goes: She posted a video of herself singing "At Last" by Etta James. Justin Bieber found it, loved it, and tweeted it. And now she has a record deal, a music video with a cameo from Biebs himself, and one of the most promising music careers in Young Hollywood.

Since Justin signed her to his label, Madison's been in the studio working day and night on her debut album. What can we expect? "It has an R&B pop vibe," she told us. "There will be slow songs, sad songs, happy songs, songs about boys, and songs about being who you are. I'm making sure I'm happy with all of the songs, because if I am not happy with them, I can't expect anyone else to be, you know?" Wise words from a 14-year-old thrust head-first into fame!

Although she hasn't done any collaborations—yet—Madison says she's always wanted to record a track with another artist. "There's Justin, of course, and I'd be honored to work with any of my idols. I think Rihanna's awesome and I love her music. I also really like rap music so I would love to collab with a rapper." Her favorites? Mac Miller, Drake, and Big Sean (and since Sean also is on Biebs' label, because who isn't these days, maybe they really will team up soon!).

In the meantime, Madison's working on lots of new songs of her own, but she still has a soft spot for covers—that's how she got discovered, after all. So what new song would she love to riff on right now? "Lorde's 'Royals.' It's so good. Did you know she's 16?!" We did. And we know Madison's going to give her a run for her money.