Max wrote “Sweet But Psycho” with Cirkut, Norwegian social media star Tix, and rising industry songwriters Madison Love and Cook Classics. More recently he’s helmed tracks for Kim Petras, another artist making blown-out dance-pop that unapologetically sets its compass by icons like Britney Spears. Although he never worked with Gaga, he had a hand in early ’10s hits for Katy Perry (“Part Of Me,” “Wide Awake,” “Roar,” “Dark Horse”), Rihanna (“Where Have You Been,” “You Da One”), Kesha (“Die Young”), and Miley Cyrus (“Wrecking Ball”). Besides the sound of her music, her age (24) and ostentatious presentation (her platinum blonde locks are cut to shoulder length on one side but billow halfway down her back on the other) suggest she probably went through a heavy Gaga phase at some point.Īlso likely contributing to that sense of nostalgia for a decade ago is the involvement of producer and co-writer Cirkut.
Even more so it reminds me of early Lady Gaga electro-pop jams like “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” “Telephone,” and “Bad Romance.” Max gets that comparison a lot, and rightfully so. Its particular brand of dance-pop cheese reminds me a bit of Eurodance hits like La Bouche’s “Be My Lover,” Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Be Dee),” or Cascada’s “Everytime We Touch,” albeit with that genre’s relentless 4/4 thump subbed out for a measured synth surge native to modern Top 40 radio. It’s easy to see why “Sweet But Psycho” has been such a hit overseas. In the UK, it reached the summit at the end of 2018 and has remained there since. The track, which Max calls a tongue-in-cheek look at the way women are often perceived in romantic relationships, and which a casual listener might hear as a reinforcement of the stigmas Max says she’s critiquing, has gone #1 in 15 countries. To that list you can now add Ava Max - aka Wisconsin-born, Virginia-raised Amanda Ava Koci - whose “Sweet But Psycho” might be the biggest song in the world right now. Cardi B’s Money, taken from the upcoming deluxe edition of her debut album Invasion of Privacy, settles at 35, Jax Jones and Years & Years collab Play bops to 36, and Lil Baby & Gunna’s Drip To Hard closes the chart at 50.A non-exhaustive list of American musicians who’ve hit it big in Europe and the UK before breaking through back home: Jimi Hendrix, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, the Strokes, the White Stripes, Andrew W.K. More new highs are achieved by Pinkfong’s Baby Shark (22), Empty Space from James Arthur (28), Lewis Capaldi’s Grace (32), and Anne-Marie’s Perfect To Me (34).įinally, three tracks impact the Irish Singles Top 50 for the first time. Lifting into the Top 20 for the first time this week are Khalid’s Saturday Nights (19), and Power Over Me from Dermot Kennedy (20). Keala Settle’s This Is Me is at 8, The Greatest Show featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron and Zendaya occupies Number 9, and Loren Allred’s Never Enough climbs to Number 16. Over a year since the album’s release, three songs from The Greatest Showman’s cast recording reach new peak positions, two of which lands in the first Top 10 of 2019.
Zara Larsson’s Ruin My Life also secures a personal best, ascending six to Number 7. Post Malone takes out two spots in this week’s Top 10 Sunflower betters its Number 5 peak, rising three places to Number 3, while his latest cut Wow. MORE: The Top 40 biggest songs of 2018 in Ireland I am beyond excited to share more music with you all very soon!” In a week that sees 12 songs reach new peaks and three tracks make their Top 50 debut thanks to the post-Christmas shuffle, rising star Ava claims her biggest sales week yet to hold the top spot for another seven days, while former top spot holder thank u, next from Ariana Grande holds firm at Number 2.Īva told, “Oh my god! This is so surreal for me! Thank you to everyone for your support. Ava Max has logged a third week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Sweet But Psycho.
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