Ava Claire Gets Uncomfortably Honest About Love With “Honestly”

Nashville singer-songwriter Ava Claire kicks off with a bang with “Honestly,” the title track from her five-song debut EP. Produced by Eric Arjes and written by Claire, the song deals with the conflicting emotions of love, guilt, growing up, and the uncomfortable truth that heartbreak is sometimes unavoidable. Its greatest strength is its fundamental honesty, especially in how it deals with the intrusive thoughts that come with knowing you could one day hurt someone you love. Claire’s genre-bending approach allows her storytelling to breathe, and her influences across contemporary songwriting and pop further color her distinctive voice. “Honestly” is intimate, unpredictable, and astonishingly human.