“Sour Times,” track 11 in Madison Beer’s debut album, is about not allowing herself to be taken advantage of just because she’s going through something.

In an interview with Zach Sang, Madison explained:

Being taken advantage of can mean if you’re in a vulnerable state or you’ve just gone through a breakup or you’re mentally going through something; that also can be a form of being taken advantage of[…] People sometimes see an opportunity and are like ‘Oh this person is at a vulnerable place in their life, I can swoop in and hookup with them or befriend them’, whatever it might be. When I was creating the album, I noticed a lot of people, men in particular, were kind of like, it felt like I was being preyed on[…] The amount of guys who “comfort” you during a breakup and they’re just trying to hookup with you, like, that’s wrong in my opinion. And like it wasn’t a genuine thing, it was clearly like a sexually-driven thing. And I was just like, man that makes me sad[…] So I wrote Sour Times about [how] I’m not gonna hook up with you, or sleep with you, or leave with you, just because I’m going through something.

“Sour Times” was first teased on the Canadian model Charlotte D'Alessio’s tumblr during a Q&A:

my favorite song of Madison’s is called Sour Times & another called Blue