bekka madeleine
ann arbor, michigan
singer | songwriter | 16 |
cinematic pop
“Her singing evokes gothic opera more than teenage melodrama.” - A2Pulp
bio
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Bekka Madeleine is an emerging singer-songwriter who imagines the young Americana with a distinctly melancholic twist. Pairing road-trip melodies with haunting lyrics, written with her sister Hannah, her voice captures the romanticism, moodiness, and hesitant hope of the new generation.
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Bekka first started writing songs during the pandemic, while still in middle school, but her passion for music goes all the way back to her early childhood. At five years old, she began taking piano lessons and at age seven, she joined a choir in Freiburg, Germany. Upon her return to the States, she was admitted to the Ann Arbor Youth Chorale, where she was promoted to the advanced choir just a year later. Towards the beginning of her teenage years, she also took up guitar as well as voice lessons.
Once the worldwide shutdown was lifted, Bekka, then fourteen, began participating in nearby open mics: Her performances at The Ark, The North Star Lounge, and the Westside Art Hop in Ann Arbor, MI, were met with enthusiastic responses. Audience members were impressed by Bekka's musical sophistication as well as Hannah's profound lyrics. It did not take long until Bekka Madeleine was invited to play a Happy Hour at the Northstar Lounge.
On November 10th, 2023, the North Star Lounge was packed with familiar and unfamiliar faces, who enjoyed an hour of nothing but original songs. At fourteen years old, she is the venue's youngest performer to date. Immediately afterwards, Bekka was invited back by North Star Lounge to perform her very first ticketed event on April 13th, 2024.
In early 2024, Bekka released her first single 'jar of sand' on all streaming platforms. The successful song was quickly followed by another local favorite: 'love in the time of climate change.'
Bekka Madeleine's most recent performance was at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival’s Top of the Park on the Grove Stage on June 25th, 2024, and can be found in its entirety on her YouTube channel.
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i got a letter in the mail
just a few days ago
it was an old one
guess the post is getting
kinda slow
you wrote me that you bought a house
it is right next to the beach
said the view was just amazing
and the price was pretty cheap
letters are just letters
until they’re invitations
a grasp into the past
some cheap imitation
of a time
where the house might’ve been mine
so before the oceans rise
let me take a quick dive
into the deep blue love
of all those young people’s lives
you have another twenty years
spend them all on the sand
turning rocks and counting the hours
by the sun and with your hand
by the sun and with your friends
get a million reasons not to leave
then just leave me behind
see a million possibilities
pointed up at the sky
i’m thinkin’ road trips, thinkin’ flying
thinkin’ green grass dew
i’m thinking coke and coca cola
just to tide me through
thinking of you
i see a hundred different pictures
every time i sigh
my hair is pushed back by a ribbon
and a sweet green lie
passing the hours
smelling the flowers
till I reach
what might’ve been ours
so before the oceans rise
let me take a quick swim
into the deep blue love
when the lights are all dim
you have another twenty years
spend them all on the sand
turning rocks and counting the hours
by the sun and with your hand
by the sun and with your friends
get a million reasons to leave
like you left me behind
see a million possibilities
reaching up towards the sky
you gotta take me or just tell me
that it’s all for nought
gotta shake me til I’m crying
for the love of god
and the life you lead
i’m going back to the beach
so before the oceans rise
let me take a quick swim
into the deep blue love
when the lights are all dim
you have another twenty years
spend them all on the sand
turning rocks and counting the hours
by the sun and with your hand
by the sun and with your friends
get a million reasons to leave
like you left me behind
see a million possibilities
reaching up towards the sky
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Performance - Bekka Madeleine
Music - Rebekka Madeleine Port
Lyrics - Hannah Elisabeth Port
Production - Rebekka Madeleine Port, Hannah Port
Mixing & Mastering - Marty Gray
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I keep count on my body
you left me in the snow
the light had just turned green
but I was busy feeling guilty
for not living in my teens
in hindsight it was dumb
all those afternoons sleeping
and the school days spent all worried
for some future I don’t believe in
I keep count on my body
I pretend I am an aging soldier
kneeling on the ground
about to find out what there is
beyond the reach of God
but then I come back to the city
and I come back to the lights
and I know I’m not at the end yet
cause I’ll always be too scared to try
I keep count on my body
I know why you left me
and why you said it when you did
just when the lights were changing
so it’d distract me for a bit
I wouldn’t stay if I were you
I wouldn’t come along
if I could choose
trust me
I’d be long and so far gone
so who am I to judge
who am I to judge
I’m not the freezing ocean
I’m not even God
who am I to judge
who am I to judge
who am I to judge
I’m not even God
I keep count on my body
so who am I to judge
who am I to judge
I’m not the freezing ocean
I’m not even God
I keep count on my body
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Performance - Bekka Madeleine
Music - Rebekka Madeleine Port
Lyrics - Hannah Elisabeth Port
Production - Rebekka Madeleine Port, Hannah Port
Mixing & Mastering - Nelson Gast
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you rang on a thursday
the tree town was gray
you’d gathered fresh cherries,
picked down by the lake
some were more sweet
and some were more sour
an attempt to convince me
to stay a few more hours
to regale me with stories
of life before I came
of the woman who left
and the reasons you stayed
“people leave home for money
And they leave home for fame,
they seek skies that are sunny,
or they run off in shame.
I don’t care for the reasons
Men travel out west,
no matter the season —
this home-town is best.”You sneered, “feel free
to go out into cities,
some things have more meaning
Than all they could give me.
The false gold on horizons
Could not repay me like
those familiar faces here do
That keep this home-town bright.”i drank up my glass then
stared down into its depth
“well, if that is all true,
then how could she have left?”
“people leave home for money
And they leave home for fame,
they seek skies that are sunny,
or they run off in shame.
I don’t care for the reasons
Men travel out west,
no matter the season —
this home-town is best.”he sat a bit bitter,
then got a bit better
and shared with me her words
written out in her letters
his voice became hers
and my heart, it was lost
to her dream and her wishes
and what they had cost
“I don’t judge the people
who wish to stay”
she wrote in her farewell
then went on to say
“but there’s much to be argued
for leaving your life
and learning to live
in a way that you like
my home town is there
a town that is home
i will always return
but can’t promise for long”
“I feel like I know her
like I have what she’s got”
I say to my father,
who lost his one love
“I want to follow her path
towards cities and stars
where culture is rich
to gain losses and scars
“people leave home for money
And they leave home for fame,
they seek skies that are sunny,
or they run off in shame.
I don’t care for the reasons
Men travel out west,
no matter the season —
this home-town is best.” -
Performance - Bekka Madeleine
Music - Rebekka Madeleine Port
Lyrics - Hannah Elisabeth Port
Production - Rebekka Madeleine Port, Hannah Port
Mixing & Mastering - Nelson Gast
Current
feb. 22, 2025 - briarwoodmall
Past
oct. 4, 2024 - crazy wisdom
oct. 3, 2024 - sweetwaters
sep. 20, 2024 - songwriter showcase
aug. 30, 2024 - crazy wisdom
aug. 31, 2024 - michigan state fair semi-finals
jul. 20, 2024 - lavender bloom festival
jun. 25, 2024 - top of the park
apr. 13, 2024 - northstar lounge
nov. 10, 2023 - northstar lounge
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