AVA LIKE LAVA IS A RISING POP STAR AND SONGWRITER WHOSE ECLECTIC SOUND BLENDS THE MAGICAL ENERGY OF HER MIDDLE
EASTERN HERITAGE WITH MODERN POP AND RAP INFLUENCES. BORN IN JAPAN TO IRANIAN PARENTS, RAISED IN CHINA, AND NOW
MAKING WAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA, AVA'S MULTICULTURAL STORY HAS SHAPED HER MUSIC AND ARTISTRY IN A WAY FEW ARTISTS
CAN CLAIM.
FROM AN EARLY AGE, AVA WAS DRAWN TO MUSIC — HER MIDDLE EASTERN ROOTS NOT JUST AN INFLUENCE, BUT A CALLING WRITTEN
INTO HER NAME: AVA, MEANING ‘VOICE’ IN FARSI.
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THE FUSION OF WESTERN POP ICONS LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS, SHAKIRA, AND RIHANNA, COMBINED WITH THE RHYTHMIC INFLUENCES OF
AFRICAN MUSIC AND HER OWN MIDDLE EASTERN BACKGROUND, HAS RESULTED IN A SOUND THAT IS BOTH UNIQUE AND UNIVERSALLY
APPEALING.
THIS CULTURAL SYNERGY BECAME EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN AVA MOVED TO SOUTH AFRICA AT 18, WHERE SHE KICKSTARTED
HER MUSICAL CAREER. IMMERSED IN THE DIVERSE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE, SHE EMBRACED NEW RHYTHMS AND MUSICAL INFLUENCES,
BLENDING THEM WITH HER GLOBAL UPBRINGING TO CRAFT A SOUND THAT IS UNDENIABLY HER OWN.
AVA’S JUNE RELEASE “HOME” WAS A RAW, ETHEREAL TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM AND BELONGING — A BRIDGE INTO HER FULL STORY AS AN
IRANIAN WOMAN.
NOW, WITH TOKYO THRIFT’S ARRIVAL ON NOVEMBER 6TH 2025, SHE TURNS THE PAGE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK — A BRIGHT,
PLAYFUL YET DEFIANT CELEBRATION OF IDENTITY. BORN IN JAPAN TO IRANIAN PARENTS AND RAISED BETWEEN CULTURES, AVA
RECLAIMS HER ORIGINS IN THIS BORDERLESS ANTHEM — MIXING ENGLISH, FARSI, AND JAPANESE WITH GLOBAL POP CULTURE
REFERENCES.
WHERE HOME WAS A PRAYER, TOKYO THRIFT IS A COMING-OF-AGE STORY — BOLD, UNAPOLOGETIC AND LIBERATING. MARKING AVA’S
ARRIVAL AS AN ARTIST UNAFRAID TO WEAR HER HISTORY, HER CONTRADICTIONS, AND HER POWER OUT LOUD. MARKING THE DAWN OF
FEARLESS SELF-EXPRESSION, CULTURAL FUSION, AND PLAYFUL REBELLION.
BEYOND HER MUSICAL CAREER, AVA IS ALSO MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE WORLD OF PODCASTING. SHE HOSTS THE GOOD SPORT, A
PODCAST THAT SHINES A LIGHT ON THE STORIES OF INSPIRATIONAL ATHLETES AND ARTISTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS,
REFLECTING HER PASSION FOR SHARING STORIES AND WISDOM IN THE JOURNEYS OF OTHERS.
AS A SIGNED SONGWRITER WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING, AVA LIKE LAVA IS PROVING HERSELF AS A POWERFUL STORYTELLER.
DRAWING FROM A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE, HER STORIES ARE VIBRANT AND INTENTIONAL — A REFLECTION
OF WHERE SHE COMES FROM AND THE JOURNEY SHE IS ON WITH HER LISTENERS. WITH EVERY SONG AND CONVERSATION, SHE’S
BUILDING SOMETHING LASTING: HONEST ART THAT CONNECTS ACROSS CULTURES AND SPEAKS TO THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.