Ava Max

Growing up, my dad took me to the opera.

Female empowerment is very strong in my life and that's how I am.

Oh my gosh, I mean, I've had many experiences of men calling me psycho.

I think, personally for me I always work on the next goal and wanna figure out how to achieve it.

Like, back in Albania, all my cousins sing, they play the drums, they play guitar, it's like... a thing!

When I'm on stage I become a different beast.

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.

I always wanna feel comfortable in my clothes.

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.

Both my uncles were in bands, my grandpa was a comedian who wore clown makeup on stage.

It's important to do something outside the box, and maybe that'll inspire people do also do something outside the box.

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.