Ava Della Pietra goes acoustic – and gets real – with “Single For Life”
07 November 2025
Newsdesk
Ava Della Pietra just gave her breakout single “Single For Life” a stunning acoustic reinvention, and the result feels like hearing the song for the first time all over again. Where the original pulsed with glossy production and tongue-in-cheek energy, this new version leans in close, letting Ava’s voice and guitar carry all the emotion that was hiding between the lines.
“Single For Life (Acoustic)” strips away the sparkle and leaves only the story: a funny, bittersweet reflection on growing up, losing your partner-in-crime to love, and realizing that sometimes friendship breakups hurt just as much as romantic ones. “It’s about that moment when your best friend falls in love, and suddenly it’s not just the two of you anymore,” Ava explains. “You swore you’d be single for life together, but now you’re the third wheel.”
It’s this emotional transparency that makes the acoustic cut hit differently. Ava has long been praised for pairing pop precision with lyrical honesty — Tinnitist even called the original “the kind of song to put on repeat in your earbuds while you vandalize your ex’s car outside the club” — but the new recording brings vulnerability to the forefront.
With over 27 million global streams and 1.5 million followers across platforms, Ava’s growing presence is hard to ignore. Still just 20, the Harvard–Berklee student keeps proving that pop doesn’t have to be shallow. Sometimes all it takes is a guitar, a voice, and the courage to slow down.
