Everybody has felt a little sweet but psycho, and I'm sure everybody has been called sweet but psycho.
Ava Max
I think we all have different personalities... and even in relationships, we can be called psycho, and we can be called sweet, based on what the person feels about you.
Oh my gosh, I mean, I've had many experiences of men calling me psycho.
Whenever I'm feeling down, I remind myself that my flaws make me perfect, because in reality there is no perfect.
So Am I' is about loving yourself, being different, being an outcast and not fitting in the format that society wants to put us in - just celebrating what really makes you different.
So Am I' is sonically like similar to 'Psycho' and energy-wise.
I used to always say teleportation for those times when you want to skip the commute, the traffic, the wait. Now, however, I think I'd really love the power to just heal people. Heal sickness, sadness, and pain. It's really all the world needs.
Love and hate are two of the strongest emotions we feel in relationships.
Guys like to gaslight us, and it's not cool. And it happens so much; it's happened to me in relationships. It's happened to me where I have been cheated on, and I felt so sad and angry, like it wasn't my fault, but that was because the person was gaslighting me into thinking it was my fault.
We need more pop songs and more empowering songs.
Sweet But Psycho' blew up pretty much overnight after my 10-year struggle. It's hilarious when people say it was overnight, because it was not overnight.
Both my uncles were in bands, my grandpa was a comedian who wore clown makeup on stage.
I feel like I grow wings on stage.
Like, back in Albania, all my cousins sing, they play the drums, they play guitar, it's like... a thing!
I want women to know all around the world that they have the power!
When I saw Beyonce, she did a two-hour show singing and dancing - it was like my mouth just wouldn't close. I was like, 'OK, I'm drooling,' like, it's so good. Oh my God. No one's better. I'm sorry.
I don't have one song about partying.
I'm someone who speaks my mind, so it was important to me that my publisher value originality and creative expression.
My family is very musical.
I feel like pop and R&B are just my core.
I think I was super young when I decided I wanted to be in music and be a singer.
I always wanna feel comfortable in my clothes.
School was not a good experience. I would get bullied. It was really hard for me to get along with people who didn't have the same goals, so I just wanted to get to California.
I want more people to speak up about issues, like equal pay.
When I'm on stage I become a different beast.
If I can make someone's day brighter, happier, better, that makes me happier.
I definitely don't like red carpets. I go on the red carpet because I have to but I'm not a big fan. That's not my thing. I'd rather be in the studio making music and performing.
I think for me personally, I have a lot sides to me.
I think, personally for me I always work on the next goal and wanna figure out how to achieve it.
I am straight up, unapologetically pop.
I never felt like an Amanda.
Female empowerment is very strong in my life and that's how I am.
My mom cooks traditional Albanian food for every holiday. She's an amazing cook.
Drinking and partying never appealed to me in lyrics - they don't have a lot of meaning behind them.
Really, I just want to help my family, my friends and people in general.
I don't want to go to the designer that everyone is going to. I want to find a designer that maybe no one's paying attention to... And I'm not afraid to wear something crazy and ridiculous.
I could probably have an idea one day and then go into the studio and really wanna write about just that idea that I have in mind. Or it can vary with just a simple beat and I just do a bunch of melodies on the track that inspire me.
My whole family is pretty talented, I feel like.
My grandma used to sing. I feel like it's in our blood!
She's been around so long and she doesn't disappoint ever. Gaga also thinks out of the box and that's what the best artists do.
I've been working at this for a while now, so seeing the success of 'Sweet but Psycho' is kind of mind-blowing, but it's exciting.
I'm always calling my family and I'm like, 'I can't wait to pay you guys back.' They have been my true supporters since I was eight years old.
You don't know who you are when you're 14.
I would sing 'Visions of Love' over and over for a year straight.
In general, I love dance-pop music with some soul and a dash of R&B.
My favorite part about writing a song is really when it's released, and I can see that it relates to so many people.
My parents worked super hard when they came to America. They had three jobs each. I didn't really see them that much.
It's important to do something outside the box, and maybe that'll inspire people do also do something outside the box.
My family had this dream where we would meet producers and songwriters, and it was not what we thought it would be.
I got really noticed by record labels and that's how I got signed.
