Diamonds & Dancefloors

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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 ] In 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 of "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

Diamonds & Dancefloors
Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors (Official album cover).png
Studio album by
Ava Max
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)
Recorded2021–2022
Genre
Length39:36
Label Atlantic
Producer
Ava Max chronology
Heaven & Hell
(2020)		Diamonds & Dancefloors
(2023)
Alternative cover
Ava Max - Diamonds and Dancefloors alternative artwork.jpg
Alternative cover, used for most physical formats [1]
On Tour (Finally)
Tour by Ava Max
LocationNorth America • Europe • Asia
Associated albumDiamonds & Dancefloors
Start dateApril 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
End dateSeptember 9, 2023 (2023-09-09)
Legs2
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]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 NorwayOpptur—
July 29, 2023 Östersund Sweden Storsjöyran —
August 5, 2023 Skanderborg Denmark Smukfest —
August 11, 2023Riyadh Saudi Arabia BLVD International Festival Site—
September 1, 2023MadridSpainCoca-Cola Music Experience—
September 3, 2023 Munich GermanySuperbloom—
September 9, 2023 Berlin Lollapalooza —

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [83]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [30]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [15]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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. [83]

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. [85]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Diamonds & Dancefloors debuted at number 34 on the US Billboard 200, selling 15,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, 7,000 of which were pure copies. It became Max's first top ten album on the Top Albums Sales chart, debuting at number eight, while reaching number two on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [86] It was the twenty-fourth best-selling Dance/Electronic album of 2023 in the country. [87]

In Germany and Spain, the album debuted at numbers eight and ten, respectively, marking her second consecutive top ten album in both countries. [88] It also debuted at number fourteen in France and number six in Austria, matching the peak of Heaven & Hell (2020) in both countries. [89] In the UK, it debuted and peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming her second consecutive top 15 album in the country after Heaven & Hell (2020). [90] The album has achieved over 500 million streams on Spotify, as of 2024. [91]

Track listing

Diamonds & Dancefloors standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Million Dollar Baby"
3:04
2."Sleepwalker"
  • 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"
WalterCirkut3:01
5."Hold Up (Wait a Minute)"
  • Cirkut
  • Goldstein
2:28
6."Weapons"
  • Lindgren
  • Cirkut [c]
2:31
7."Diamonds & Dancefloors"
  • Pollack
  • Walter
Cirkut2:35
8."In The Dark"
  • Koci
  • Love
  • Cirkut
  • Fedi
2:52
9."Turn Off the Lights"
  • Koci
  • Love
  • Cirkut
  • C. McDonough
2:36
10."One of Us"
2:59
11."Get Outta My Heart"
  • Koci
  • Love
  • Cirkut
  • Evigan
3:00
12."Cold as Ice"
  • Koci
  • Love
  • 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 CD edition bonus tracks [53]
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(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

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Release history

Diamonds & Dancefloors release history
RegionDateFormat(s)Version(s)LabelRef.
VariousJanuary 27, 2023Standard Atlantic [52]
BrazilCD Warner [120]
JapanJapanese [121] [53]

Notes

  1. ↑ This show was part of Summerfest.

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