angel wings Lyrics – Madison Beer | from “locket”

Madison Beer’s locket is cracking open just enough to let a feather drift out on angel wings, the third gem from her shimmering third album dropping January 16 via Epic Records and Sing It Loud—a fragile hymn to flights that falter and hearts that still flutter.

This two-parter, clocking in at just over four minutes, is Madison at her most cinematic: breathy alt-pop laced with orchestral swells and those haunting ooh-ah-ah intros that echo like a music box gone wrong. Co-produced with One Love, herself, and frequent collaborator Leroy Clampitt (the guy behind her “Selfish” glow-up), it’s got that lush, confessional edge—think piano-driven verses building to a chorus that crashes like waves on a widow’s walk.

Thematically, it’s a masterclass in emotional sleight-of-hand: burying an ex “down inside” to cope, dressing in black to play pretend, and whispering “rest in peace” when their name drops. That recurring “angel wings” hook? It’s the cruel poetry of idealizing loss, easier than admitting the mess. Part I unravels the rage and ritual; Part II loops into fragile acceptance, like mourning a ghost you half-wish would haunt you.

Locket unfolds as her most unguarded yet, an 11-track mosaic of memory-hoarding femininity—lockets as vessels for the irreplaceable, born from Beer’s antique hunts and camera-roll ghosts. From the dreamy opener “locket theme” to the infatuated sway of “make you mine,” the bittersweet sting of “bittersweet,” and the closer “nothing at all,” it’s 40 minutes of polished yearning, no filler, just her world in miniature. Singles like “yes baby” and “bittersweet” set the hazy romantic tone, but angel wings promises the pivot: that mid-album breath where infatuation frays into something spectral.

Beer’s owning this era like the blueprint she’s become, two years past Silence Between Songs’ Grammy whispers and those sold-out synagogues where she turned stages into sanctuaries. The 26-year-old who outgrew teen-spotlight scars is blooming bolder—trading viral hooks for vintage heart, with tour dates stacking from MSG to the O2 that’ll make locket feel like a live diary. It’s her evolution in gold leaf: less about the chase, more about cherishing the cracks.

Dive into the angel wings lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other locket tracks for more of Madison Beer’s sentimental pop reveries.