Business Is Business

Business Is Business
General information
Artists	Ava Max
Recorded	2023 - 2024
Leaked	February 8, 2025
Length	2:09
Album	Made From Scratch (Don't Click Play)
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Unknown
Producer(s)	LOSTBOY

"Business is Business" is an unreleased demo by an unknown writer, intended to be used by Ava Max for an album by the name of Made From Scratch, an early version of what is now known as Don't Click Play.

Background

On February 8, 2025, the song leaked in full.

Lyrics

[Intro]
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la, la-la

[Verse 1]
What the hell is going on?
It's pullin' out my hair
Holdin' lies, pullin' loss
Happening again
Pull me up, spin me lies
Tell me you're this pain
I've got an idea

[Pre-Chorus]
Before it all, peak away
'Cause business
Business is business

[Chorus]
The party's on, party's on, party is on
And Christmas time's coming like never before
We're rocking 'round the mass, one thing's for sure
Business is business, and I'ma print, I'ma print them doll-oll-ars

[Post-Chorus]
La-la-la-la, them doll-oll-ars
La-la-la-la, them doll-oll-ars
La-la-la-la, business is business

[Verse 2]
West of a party, where the world is up
And missed every last, 'til my hand is on
It may have been the last, tell 'em that's for sure
Business is business, oh, so there another dollar

Trivia

• "Jackpot", "Red Lipstick" and "Business Is Business" were originally going to be on the first version of the album, when "My Oh My" was the lead single.
• The song is an artificial concept made by LOSTBOY to see how Max would sound on it, due to a lack of work ethic in the session.
  • It was said that at the beginning of the album process, Max got in the studio with LOSTBOY and 'a really big songwriter', it allegedly went terribly as the only thing Max had cut that day was a mumble demo. This lead the songwriter to later complain privately about Max stating that 'she was really difficult to be around', and that 'she stayed on her phone the entire session'.