Fans Choose Ava Max’s ‘Lovin Myself’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

Ava Max‘s “Lovin Myself” tops this week’s new music poll.

In a poll published Friday (May 30) on Billboard, music fans chose the pop singer’s latest single as their favorite new release of the past week.

“Lovin Myself” brought in 57% of the vote, beating out new releases from artists like Tate McRae (“Just Keep Watching”), Miley Cyrus (Something Beautiful), Lorde (“Man of the Year”), Leon Thomas (MUTT Deluxe: HEEL), Yeule (Evangelic Girl Is a Gun), and others.

“Lovin Myself” doubles down on Max’s streak of self-empowerment, with the singer declaring, “I don’t need nobody, I’m lovin’ myself!” as warm synths rain down on her voice.

Max revealed in early May that her third album, Don’t Click Play, will be arriving on Aug. 22. The forthcoming set features lead single “Lost Your Faith.”

The album cover sees Max braving the heat within a triangle of fire, her hands gripping its burning edges — perhaps a visual metaphor for the fire-emoji energy she wants listeners to feel when they hit play. The triangle itself resembles the familiar symbol for a play button. In April, she directed fans to DontClickPlayOnAvaMax.com, a site disguised as an online petition that cleverly teased an unreleased track.

Don’t Click Play follows 2023’s Diamonds & Dancefloors (which reached No. 34 on the Billboard 200) and 2020’s debut Heaven & Hell (which peaked at No. 27 and featured her breakthrough single “Sweet But Psycho,” a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018).

Placing second in the poll was Tate McRae’s “Just Keep Watching”, which received nearly 15% of the vote. The fast-moving club track is featured in the F1 film soundtrack.

Check out the full results of this week’s poll below and visit Billboard’s Friday Music Guide for more must-hear releases.

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