Madison Beer EXCLUSIVE: Justin Bieber’s protege talks for FIRST TIME about ‘mental health struggles’ that led to therapy and medication as she touches on ‘toxic relationships’

Justin Bieber’s protege Madison Beer released her debut album Life Support from Epic Records on Friday.

And the star told to DailyMail.com that the album – which she wrote and sang on – covers her struggle with mental health – specifically anxiety – while she touches on prescription drugs and delves into past toxic relationships.

‘Writing songs is like therapy for me,’ the 21-year-old told DailyMail.com. ‘That’s why this album is called Life Support. It helped me get rid of the darkness and see the light.’ She added, ‘My inspirations sonically are really diverse. I guess I’m not an easy artist to pigeonhole, and a lot of these songs are like nothing I’ve ever attempted before.’

Sonically Life Support is reflective of Madison’s eclectic musical tastes, while lyrically it pushes the boundaries of accepted norms from female singer songwriters in pop in the same way as Rina Sawayama’s SAWAYAMA or Hayley Williams’ Petals For Armor do.