Diamonds & Dancefloors

Diamonds & Dancefloors is the second studio album by American singer Ava Max. It was released on January 27, 2023, through Atlantic Records. Recorded throughout 2021, the album is a dance-pop record much like Max's debut studio album Heaven & Hell (2020). The album was promoted by the release of six singles: "Maybe You're the Problem", "Million Dollar Baby", "Weapons", "Dancing's Done", "One of Us", and "Ghost". The album debuted in the top ten in various countries, including Austria, Germany, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland. In the United States, the album debuted at number thirty-four on the Billboard 200.

Diamonds & Dancefloors
Studio album by Ava Max
Released	January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)
Recorded	2021–2022
Genre	Pop dance-pop new wave
Length	39:36
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Burns Cirkut Connor McDonough Abraham Dertner T.I. Jakke Jason Evigan Omer Fedi Johnny Goldstein Jonas Jeberg Lindgren Lostboy David Stewart
Ava Max chronology
Heaven & Hell (2020) Diamonds & Dancefloors (2023)
Alternative cover
Alternative cover, used for most physical formats^[1]
Singles from Diamonds & Dancefloors
"Maybe You're the Problem" Released: April 28, 2022 "Million Dollar Baby" Released: September 1, 2022 "Weapons" Released: November 10, 2022 "Dancing's Done" Released: December 20, 2022 "One of Us" Released: January 12, 2023 "Ghost" Released: March 16, 2023

Background

On February 12, 2022, Max cut off her signature "Max Cut" and dyed her hair red, sparking rumors about the start of a new era.^[2] On March 2, 2022, she confirmed that a song titled "Maybe You're The Problem" would be the lead single. She also stated that her upcoming album would be her most personal album to date.^[3] In an interview with Billboard, she revealed that she had been working on the album for the whole of 2021, which she refers to as "the hardest year" of her life.^[4] She also stated that she was "terrified" as her recently recorded music became more vulnerable.^[5]

On June 1, 2022, she revealed the album name and the main original cover art, first on social media, then on The Today Show.^[6] Max was seen on the original cover art covered in diamonds on the cover with a diamond in her mouth.^[7] The album is set to include 14 tracks in total.^[8] The album was set for release on October 14, 2022, but was postponed to January 27, 2023, with the official main cover art which was unveiled on December 19, 2022.^[9]

Cover artworks

The album has three official album artworks, all shot by American photographer Marilyn Hue.^[9] The first cover art for Diamonds and Dancefloors was unveiled by Max on June 1, 2022, on her social media platforms. It features a close up of Max covered in diamonds with a diamond in her mouth.^[10] The cover was later only used on physical versions of the album; the new one was used on digital and streaming editions.

The main cover art for the album was unveiled on December 19, 2022, once again on Max's social media platforms. It was taken after the filming of the visualizer for "Dancing's Done", the album's fourth single, featuring Max laying on blue diamonds with sliver ones seen near her head. In an interview with ET Canada, Max explained why she made it the album's main cover:

It's from the Diamonds & Dancefloors visualizer for "Dancing's Done". And so when I finished with that visualizer, I was like "Ok, I've been sitting on the other album cover for way too long, it's time to swap it, and we're swapping it for this." And it really looked like the cover to me.

— Ava Max, from "Ava Max Explains Why She Changed 'Diamonds & Dancefloors' Album Cover", ET Canada^[11]

The album received a third cover for the CD version of the album as an alternative album cover version; the artwork switches the back cover as the front and the original front as the back cover.^[12] The cover features Max standing on a giant tilting diamond while holding a suspended microphone on one hand and pouring champagne from a glass with her other hand.^[13]

Music and lyrics

Diamonds & Dancefloors is a pop,^[14] dance-pop^[15][16] and new wave^[17] record with a "synth-pop backbone"^[18] and "electropop melodies with some 90s synths and a touch of disco".^[19] According to Max, the sound and lyrics of the album "will make you cry and dance at the same time". She described the album's main theme as "basically heartbreak on the dancefloor".^[20] Unlike her previous album, Heaven & Hell, Max mentioned that Diamonds & Dancefloors is more about her personal life, especially her past relationships.^[21] The album contains lyrics about the deterioration and eventual breakdown of a relationship,^[22] as well as empowering and escapist lyrics.^[23]

Songs

Diamonds & Dancefloors opens with "Million Dollar Baby", a pop^[24][25][26] and Eurodance song,^[27] inspired by music from the 2000s.^[26] The song interpolates "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (2000) by LeAnn Rimes^[27][28] and contains lyrics that reference assistive reproductive technology.^[29] The second track, "Sleepwalker", is a synth-pop song^[30] with "slick" production and a "nocturnal feeling",^[31] where Max sings about becoming the obsession of someone who has fallen in love with her.^[32] The third track, "Maybe You're The Problem", is a dance-pop^[33] and synth-pop song,^[34][35] with influences from Eurodance,^[36] Europop^[37] and music in the 1980s.^[33][36] The lyrics describe Max's initiation to depart from a relationship with a selfish partner.^[38] The fourth track, "Ghost", is an early 1990s house song^[30] with lyrics about not being able to forget an ex-lover.^[39] The fifth track, "Hold Up (Wait A Minute)", is a dance-pop song^[40] with elements of disco,^[39] where Max sings about her growing suspicion of her lover cheating on her with someone else.^[31] The sixth track, "Weapons", is a disco-pop^[41] and Europop^[42] song that contains lyrics about recognizing one's own fallibility and vulnerability and therefore becoming strong and "invincible".^[41][43] It is followed by the album's title track, an early 1990s house song^[30] that has been described as a "club anthem", with lyrics of escapism and freedom, inspired by Max's mental state during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[44]

The eighth track, "In The Dark", contains "dark melodies",^[45] UK garage beats^[46] and lyrics about being loved only at night.^[47] It is followed by "Turn Off The Lights", a disco-influenced song^[30] where Max "promises euphoria once the lights go out".^[31] The tenth track, "One Of Us", is a pop song^[22] inspired by 1980s disco and dance music,^[48] where Max sings about not wanting to hurt her lover.^[47] The eleventh track, "Get Outta My Heart", is an electronic dance song^[30] where Max sings about ditching an ex-lover.^[47] It samples the film score of the 1968 film Twisted Nerve.^[30] It is followed by "Cold As Ice", a disco-pop^[49] and dance-pop song^[40] with male backing vocals.^[31] The penultimate track, "Last Night On Earth", is an electro song ^[30] with lyrics inspired by the disaster films Geostorm (2017) and San Andreas (2015).^[40] The album closes with "Dancing's Done", a Europop song^[50] where Max sings about what could happen at the end of the night between her and someone else.^[51]

Release and promotion

Diamonds & Dancefloors was released on January 27, 2023, through Atlantic Records. The standard edition of the album was released for digital download and streaming and physically on CD, cassette and vinyl.^[52] The CD was released with two different covers and the vinyl record in four different colors. The Japanese edition of the album was released on CD with two bonus tracks: a remix of "Maybe You're The Problem" and a remix of "Million Dollar Baby".^[53] On February 22, 2023, Max announced her first headlining tour in support of the album, titled On Tour (Finally).^[54] She also stated that a deluxe edition of the album was planned to be released;^[55] however, after the last show of the tour on September 9, 2023, she indicated in an Instagram post that she moved on from Diamonds & Dancefloors in favor of developing her third album.^[56]

From December 21 to 30, 2022, Max held an activity called "12 Days of Diamonds & Dancefloors", where she planned to share a new visualizer every day for twelve days. On the first day, she posted a visualizer for "Dancing's Done" on her YouTube channel.^[57] The next day, a snippet of the visualizer for "Weapons" was posted via TikTok. For the next seven days, she posted snippets of the visualizers for the title track,^[58] "Turn Off The Lights",^[59] "Cold as Ice",^[60] "In the Dark",^[61] "Last Night on Earth",^[62] "Hold Up (Wait a Minute)"^[63] and "Get Outta My Heart".^[64][65] On the last day of the event, a snippet of the visualizer for "Ghost" was released.^[66] Max then mentioned that she would save three more surprises for the month of January.^[67] The full visualizer for "One of Us" was released on the album's release day.^[68] It was followed by the full visualizer for "Weapons" on March 3, 2023,^[69] and the full visualizer for "Ghost" on March 16, 2023.^{[citation needed]} On April 2024, Max revealed she did not release the full visualizers for the rest of the tracks because she was not satisfied with the end result; however, she did not want to discard them completely, which is why she decided to post snippets of them.^[70]

Singles

On March 2, 2022, Max announced that "Maybe You're The Problem" would be the lead single of the album. She began teasing the song through snippets and TikTok videos. It was finally released on April 28, 2022, and subsequently debuted and peaked at number 83 on the UK Singles Chart. Max performed the song for the first time on June 1, 2022, on The Today Show,^[71] where she also announced the album. She performed the song again at the 2022 LOS40 Music Awards on November 4 of the same year.^[72]

In August 2022, Max began teasing "Million Dollar Baby". The song was released on September 1, 2022, as the second single from the album. On October 13, 2022, Max revealed the track listing of the album along with and the back cover, on social media.^[73] Max performed the song at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards on November 13,^[74] and at the 2022 NRJ Music Awards on November 18.^[75] The song appears in the rhythm game Just Dance 2023 Edition, with the choreography performed by Max herself as a coach.^[76]

Through TikTok, Max teased the release of the album's third single, "Weapons", which was released on November 10, 2022.^[77]

On December 20, 2022, Max released "Dancing's Done" as the album's fourth single, and on January 12, 2023, Max released "One Of Us" as the album's fifth single.

On March 16, 2023, Max released the official visualizer to "Ghost" as the album's sixth single. The song also received a remix by Italian DJ's Merk & Kremont, which was released on May 12, 2023.^[78]

Promotional singles

The album's first and only promotional single, "Cold As Ice", was released on January 24, 2023. ^[79]

Tour

On Tour (Finally)

Tour by Ava Max
Associated album	Diamonds & Dancefloors
Start date	April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
End date	September 9, 2023 (2023-09-09)
Legs	2
No. of shows	19 in North America 29 in Europe 1 in Asia 46 in total

On Tour (Finally) was the debut headlining concert tour by Max, in support of the album.

Background

The tour was first announce with 24 dates in Europe on February 22, 2023.^[54] The dates for the North American leg and the music festivals were announced on April 3, 2023.^[80] On April 6, 2023, American singer Emlyn announced that she would be the opening act for the European leg.^[81] On May 4, 2023, American band The Scarlet Opera announced that they would be the opening act for the North American leg.^[82]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the concert on April 14, 2023.^[83] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Diamonds & Dancefloors"
2. "My Head & My Heart"
3. "Who's Laughing Now"
4. "Hold Up (Wait A Minute)"
5. "Kings & Queens"
6. "Weapons"
7. "Maybe You're the Problem"
8. "Ghost"
9. "Cold As Ice"
10. "Belladonna"
11. "Not Your Barbie Girl"
12. "Salt"
13. "One Of Us"
14. "Alone, Pt. II"
15. "Last Night On Earth"
16. "Dancing's Done"
17. "Sleepwalker"
18. "Million Dollar Baby"
19. "Sweet But Psycho"
20. "The Motto"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
Europe
April 14, 2023	Manchester	England	O2 Ritz	Emlyn
April 15, 2023	Glasgow	Scotland	SWG3 Glasgow
April 17, 2023	Birmingham	England	O2 Institute Birmingham
April 19, 2023	London		O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
April 20, 2023
April 24, 2023	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
April 25, 2023	Paris	France	L’Olympia
April 28, 2023	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
May 8, 2023	Stockholm	Sweden	Berns Bistro & Bar
May 10, 2023	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
May 13, 2023	Zürich	Switzerland	Komplex 457
May 15, 2023	Milan	Italy	Fabrique Milan
May 18, 2023	Lisbon	Portugal	Coliseu dos Recreios
May 21, 2023	Hamburg	Germany	Docks
May 22, 2023	Cologne		Palladium Cologne
North America
May 31, 2023	Detroit	United States	Saint Andrew's Hall	The Scarlet Opera Band of Silver
June 1, 2023	Chicago		House of Blues Chicago
June 3, 2023	Pittsburgh		Stage AE	—
June 4, 2023	Philadelphia		Theatre of Living Arts	The Scarlet Opera Band of Silver
June 6, 2023	Boston		Paradise Rock Club
June 8, 2023	New York City		Irving Plaza
June 9, 2023	Washington		The Fillmore Silver Spring	Band of Silver
June 11, 2023	Atlanta		Buckhead Theatre	The Scarlet Opera Band of Silver
June 12, 2023	Nashville		Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
June 15, 2023	Houston		House of Blues Houston
June 16, 2023	Dallas		The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
June 19, 2023	San Diego		House of Blues San Diego
June 20, 2023	Los Angeles		The Fonda Theatre
June 22, 2023	San Francisco		The Fillmore San Francisco
June 24, 2023	Seattle		Neptune Theatre
June 25, 2023	Portland		McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
June 28, 2023	Denver		Summit Music Hall
June 30, 2023	Minneapolis		Varsity Theater
July 1, 2023^[a]	Milwaukee		BMO Pavilion	—
Eurasia
July 8, 2023	Madrid	Spain	Mad Cool Festival	—
July 12, 2023	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Jazz Festival	—
July 16, 2023	Joensuu	Finland	Ilosaarirock	—
July 23, 2023	Paris	France	Lollapalooza	—
July 28, 2023	Bodø	Norway	Opptur	—
July 29, 2023	Östersund	Sweden	Storsjöyran	—
August 5, 2023	Skanderborg	Denmark	Smukfest	—
August 11, 2023	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	BLVD International Festival Site	—
September 1, 2023	Madrid	Spain	Coca-Cola Music Experience	—
September 3, 2023	Munich	Germany	Superbloom	—
September 9, 2023	Berlin		Lollapalooza	—

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100^[85]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[30]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10^[15]
NME	^[23]
PopMatters	7/10^[84]

Diamonds & Dancefloors received a score of 80 out of 100 based on 4 reviews on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable" reception.^[85]

The album received generally positive reviews from critics and fans, praising Max's vocal performance, mixture of dance genres, and throwback to the 1980s dance pop genre, while criticism was aimed towards the continued use of interpolations, lack of originality and cliché lyrics. Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic wrote that the album is "deftly executed and ideal for repeat listens" and "it's pure, irresistible thrills from start to finish". Yeung found Max's vocal power "passionate".^[30] Sam Franzini of The Line of Best Fit found that the album is "shimmering and twinkling with production that is consistently sharp", although "we don't learn much about Max on these songs", because the songs have "no narrative sense".^[15] Furthermore, AllMusic included the album in its year-end compilation of the favorite pop albums of 2023.^[86]

Track listing

Diamonds & Dancefloors standard edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Million Dollar Baby"	Amanda Ava Koci Jessica Agombar	David Stewart Michael Pollack Peter Rycroft Henry Walter Diane Warren	Cirkut Lostboy Stewart	3:04
2.	"Sleepwalker"	Koci Sean Douglas	Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax Walter Jonas Jeberg	Cirkut Jeberg	3:10
3.	"Maybe You're the Problem"	Koci Douglas	Lomax Abraham Dertner Walter Jeberg	Cirkut Jeberg Dertner^[c]	3:10
4.	"Ghost"	Koci Uzoechi Emenike	Walter	Cirkut	3:01
5.	"Hold Up (Wait a Minute)"	Koci Madison Love	Samuel Martin Nathaniel Merchant Jesse Leonard Aicher Walter William Spencer Bastian Johnny Goldstein	Cirkut Goldstein	2:28
6.	"Weapons"	Koci Love Melanie Fontana	Walter Ryan Tedder Michel "Lindgren" Schulz	Lindgren Cirkut^[c]	2:31
7.	"Diamonds & Dancefloors"	Koci Caroline Ailin	Pollack Walter	Cirkut	2:35
8.	"In The Dark"	Koci Love	Walter Omer Fedi	Cirkut Fedi	2:52
9.	"Turn Off the Lights"	Koci Love	Connor McDonough Walter	Cirkut C. McDonough	2:36
10.	"One of Us"	Koci Brett McLaughlin Ailin	Walter Matthew James Burns	Cirkut Burns	2:59
11.	"Get Outta My Heart"	Koci Love	Walter Jason Evigan Bernard Herrmann	Cirkut Evigan	3:00
12.	"Cold as Ice"	Koci Love	C. McDonough Riley McDonough Jakke Erixson Walter	Cirkut C. McDonough T.I. Jakke Tor Eimon^[a]	2:23
13.	"Last Night on Earth"	Koci Love	C. McDonough Erixson Walter	Cirkut C. McDonough	2:57
14.	"Dancing's Done"	Koci Douglas	Pablo Bowman Burns Rycroft Walter	Lostboy Burns Cirkut^[v]	2:46
Total length:					39:31

Japanese edition bonus tracks^[53]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Maybe You're the Problem" (MOTi remix)	Koci Douglas	Lomax Dertner Walter Jeberg	Cirkut Jeberg Dertner^[c]	2:47
16.	"Million Dollar Baby" (Coastr remix)	Koci Agombar	Stewart Pollack Rycroft Walter Warren	Cirkut Lostboy Stewart	2:41
Total length:					45:10

Notes

• ^{^[c]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer
• "Million Dollar Baby" contains an interpolation of "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (2000), as written by Diane Warren and performed by LeAnn Rimes.
• "Get Outta My Heart" contains sampled elements from the Twisted Nerve score (1968), composed by Bernard Herrmann.

Personnel

Musicians

• Ava Max – vocals
• Cirkut – all instruments, programming (tracks 1–5, 7–13)
• David Stewart – all instruments, programming (1)
• Abraham Dertner – all instruments, programming (2, 3)
• Jonas Jeberg – all instruments, programming (2, 3)
• Johnny Goldstein – all instruments, programming (5)
• Omer Fedi – all instruments, programming (8)
• Connor McDonough – all instruments, programming (9, 12, 13)
• Burns – all instruments, programming (10)
• Jason Evigan – all instruments, programming (11)
• Jakke Erixson – all instruments, programming (12)

Technical

• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Tom Norris – mixing (1, 2, 4–13)
• Serban Ghenea – mixing (3, 14)
• John Hanes – engineering (14)
• Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance (3, 14)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Diamonds & Dancefloors Chart (2023-2024) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[87] 31 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[88] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[89] 11 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[90] 15 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[91] 23 Croatian Albums (HDU)^[92] 7 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[93] 21 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[94] 23 French Albums (SNEP)^[95] 14 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[96] 8 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[97] 5 Irish Albums (OCC)^[98] 33 Italian Albums (FIMI)^[99] 50 Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)^[100] 11 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[101] 32 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)^[102] 53 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[103] 36 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[104] 28 Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[105] 19 Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[106] 20 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[107] 6 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[108] 10 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[109] 54 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[110] 8 UK Albums (OCC)^[111] 11 US Billboard 200^[112] 34 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)^[113] 2

Year-end charts 2023 year-end chart performance for Diamonds & Dancefloors Chart (2023) Position US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)^[114] 24

Release history

Diamonds & Dancefloors release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Version(s)	Label	Ref.
Various	January 27, 2023	Cassette CD digital download streaming vinyl LP	Standard	Atlantic	^[52]
Brazil		CD		Warner	^[115]
Japan			Japanese		^[116]^[53]

Notes

1. This show was part of Summerfest.

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External links

• Ava Max – Diamonds & Dancefloors at Discogs (list of releases)