Million Dollar Baby

Album: Diamonds & Dancefloors (2022)
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Songfacts®:

  • Ava Max wrote the lyrics for this empowering song during a tough time in her life when she experienced a heartbreak that brought on depression. She wanted to remind herself of her self-worth and value, that she's a "million dollar baby."
  • She's a miracle
    She broke out of her chains, turned the fire into rain


    Max wished to show her listeners that if you put your mind to it, you can get through anything. Throughout "Million Dollar Baby" the singer describes the journey she took, which begins with Max pressed down by grief but ends with her freed from sadness.
  • "Million Dollar Baby" interpolates LeAnn Rimes' 2000 song "Can't Fight The Moonlight," which the country star recorded for the Coyote Ugly soundtrack.
  • LeAnn Rimes joined Max to promote "Million Dollar Baby" in a couple of TikTok videos, which they uploaded to the site on August 26, 2022. In the first, they recreate Coyote Ugly's bar-top dance scene, and in the second they perform "Can't Fight the Moonlight." Max released the song on September 1, 2022 as her second single from Diamonds & Dancefloors.

Comments: 1

  • Gary Brown from MontanaI love this song and it's lyrics...GO AVA
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