Creating a bop in two hours is no small feat, and Ava was under the gun amid the hustle and bustle of her tour, working with Mark, Cirkut, Michael Pollack, Madison Love to get a Barbie-worthy song off ...

Ava Max greets me in the lobby of her Los Angeles apartment building with a nervous smile, like someone about to rip off a bandage. For much of the summer, she’s been MIA — vanishing from social media ...