honestav

Avrey Freeman, known professionally as honestav (stylized in all lowercase), is an American musician from Pierce City, Missouri. He first moved through the margins with a raw, emotionally direct sound that found its widest opening in 2024 with “I’d Rather Overdose.” The track’s title is not provocation for its own sake; it captures the kind of blunt, unfiltered interiority that defines his writing. honestav approaches pain without glamorizing it, letting sparse production and vocal restraint carry the weight.

His catalog since then suggests a deliberate arc rather than a scatter of singles. The hara-kiri (Deluxe) edition arrived in 2025, expanding on a project rooted in self-destruction and recovery. The follow-up titles, Sweet American Boy and Crash First, both dated 2026, point to a fascination with contradiction—softness versus impact, nostalgia versus consequence. Even the lowercase presentation feels like a refusal to shout, an aesthetic choice that keeps focus on the words themselves.

At this stage, honestav is not easy to file under one regional lane. His Missouri background surfaces in an unpolished honesty, but his concerns are less geographic than psychological. He is building a catalog around the spaces where vulnerability curdles into recklessness, and where tenderness and damage occupy the same room.

Discography

• hara-kiri (Deluxe) (2025)
• Sweet American Boy (2026)
• Crash First (2026)