

She’s also a fellow Aquarius, which I like because I’m into astrology.” So just sing it.’ Speaking of rap and rappers, I would love to work with Megan Thee Stallion. I just want to scream and shout and talk my words all the time.

I actually rapped a little in ‘Not Your Barbie Doll.’ You know what it is? I feel like I’m such a loud person. I live my life to make people happy and to give and giving is my number-one priority. I’ll be grateful, but I don’t live my life for awards. And then Max came about because Ava felt so feminine and I feel masculine at times, so I felt like it was the perfect duality.” On her Grammys snub I told everybody to call me Ava, even my parents, but they still refuse to this day. Albanian parents don’t usually give their children middle names, and so I wanted a middle name and I chose Ava.

One day, I didn’t answer and she finally said ‘Amanda’ and I answered and I had to be Amanda. Even in school in kindergarten, I would tell my teacher to call me something else like everyday and it would be a different name everyday. “My first name is Amanda and my last name is Koci. Just everything, so it felt very good to write it with a friend of mine and also a producer I work with a lot,” Ava says about the inspiration for “My Head & My Heart.”Īhead, Ava talked to StyleCaster about the story behind her stage name, her dream collaboration and her reaction to the “Kings & Queens” TikTok trend. “Last year, I was in the pandemic and I felt torn about a lot of situations.

The concept is also seen in the titles of songs such as “Sweet But Psycho,” “Kings & Queens” and her current single, “My Head & My Heart,” which released its music video on Thursday, February 24. Let’s do this one side.’ We always joke about it.”Īs represented with her haircut, duality is a theme throughout Ava’s career. Every single time I get a haircut, my hairdresser comes over and he’s like, ‘Alright. “I talk to some people and they’re like, ‘I can’t imagine you with a different haircut.’ I’ve gotten used to it. “It’s very polarizing.”Īs she’s explained before, Ava’s haircut came from an accident after she was baking cookies while cutting her hair and forgot to cut the other side. Ava Max knows her haircut is “polarizing.” “It’s a love-hate thing,” Ava tells StyleCaster about her signature half-short, half-long hairstyle.
