Madison Beer Doesn't See Herself as An Influencer

Madison Beer heads out of Peppermint Nightclub after a night out with friends on Monday (June 18) in Los Angeles.

The 19-year-old “Home With You” singer opened up recently with Billboard about not wanting to be labeled an “influencer”, because she’s not.

“I feel like the word ‘influencer’ is something that I’ve — I don’t want to say struggled with, but I’ve kind of like expanded on that because I started as a musician,” Madison shares. “My following came because of that, so it’s always been like musician first and I guess social-media influencer second.”

She adds, “But what picks my brain a little bit is that I don’t really use my social media to promote certain things, like to do certain influencer-esque things as you would say. I feel like I’m a singer and that’s what I do, so I’m definitely glad that I’m finally really getting the recognition for that because just because I have followers, it doesn’t mean that I’m just an influencer.”

Part of being an influencer is promoting certain brands, and Madison isn’t truly comfortable with that either.

“I wouldn’t want to sell my fans if it didn’t feel like it was really coming from me,” she says. “I did a Flat [Tummy] Tea, whatever that is, when I was 13, and even then it didn’t feel right. So I’ve just always kind of known that in my heart, and I’ve always wanted to be really authentic with everything I do.”