Meet Ava Valianti, the 16-year-old singer-songwriter who’s destined to dominate your playlists. Valianti delivers songs with more substance than artists twice her age.
Some songs are like pressed flowers. Fragile reminders of moments that refuse to let go, beautiful yet bittersweet.
“Buttercups” is pure heart-on-sleeve storytelling. Beginning with just piano and guitar that create space for Valianti’s voice to draw listeners into her story before erupting into a full-blown pop-rock crescendo that reminds you why pop and rock remains the ultimate crowd-pleaser across generations. Valianti makes you feel this song in your bones. From little details about cinnamon smells to creaky doors to the stubborn hope that persists even when logic suggests otherwise.
The chorus is absolutely infectious. You might even find yourself humming “buttercup baby” for days! But don’t mistake catchiness for superficiality. This song entails the messy reality of love gone wrong, capturing that awful moment when someone you trusted completely lets you down. We’ve all had that person who smelled like home, who made ordinary moments feel magical, only to watch it all crumble. Valianti urges us to sit in that uncomfortable truth that love and hurt can coexist and feelings don’t just switch off when someone disappoints you
Pop music needs more artists who can spin heartache into a song as infectious as “Buttercups”, and lucky for us, Ava Valianti is just getting started.
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