Ava Max Would Rather Be Daring Than Boring

Ava Max is sitting on the edge of a tub in the bathroom of her TriBeCa hotel room on a late Friday afternoon. In a few hours, she’ll perform at queer nightlife fixture Ty Sunderland’s Devil’s Playground party at Webster Hall, and she is demonstrating her pre-show ritual: She glides her hand across her shoulders, then down the middle of her body. Is she religious? “No, I’m not,” she says, sounding almost surprised by the question. But isn’t that… the sign of the cross? She looks down at her hands. “Maybe it is considered a cross to some people. I… Read Full Article