 Mathers then played the song to Teresa LaBarbera Whites, an A&R executive at the publishing company BMG Rights Management who was the one that signed Beyoncé and her girl group Destiny's Child to the record label Columbia Records at the beginning of their careers.When she told Mathers that she was collecting songs for Beyoncé's upcoming sixth studio album, Mathers presented his audio of "Sandcastles".During an interview with "Los Angeles Times", Berry recalled the moment the song was played to LaBarbera, "Midian was like he's gonna kill me and he didn't give permission but I think this is the kind of song Beyonce needs to sing.