BILLBOARD INTERVIEW: Avril Lavigne: New Album Is 'All Over The Place' |
Singer's fifth full-length will include pop-rock tunes, piano ballads and a Marilyn Manson collaboration. First, a clarification: when Avril Lavigne kicks off her new single "Here's To Never Growing Up" with the line "Singing Radiohead at the top of our lungs," she is not talking about "The Gloaming." "'Creep'!" she exclaims when asked about the line. The explanation makes sense: like the 1992 Radiohead classic, "Here's To Never Growing Up" features a fat, sweeping hook that's more fun to sing along to with a handful of other people by your side. The lead single from Lavigne's forthcoming fifth album, due out this summer, was released on late Monday night (Apr. 8), and previews what the 28-year-old singer-songwriter describes as a highly eclectic new full-length. "The record's really diverse," Lavigne tells Billboard. "We've got these pop-rock tunes, and then these piano ballads with orchestras. I have a heavier song that Marilyn Manson's on called 'Bad Girl,' and then I've got a song called 'Hello Kitty' that sounds like nothing I've done before. 'Here's To Never Growing Up' is one of the rock tunes on it, but it's all over the place." The still-untitled new LP is a departure for Lavigne in the sense that the album marks her first new record for Epic after leaving RCA Records. But the follow-up to 2011's "Goodbye Lullaby" will likely be a radical thematic change from its predecessor: that album, led by the single "What The Hell," was a more pensive effort that was co-produced by the singer's ex-husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley. "Goodbye Lullaby's" commercial performance was also underwhelming, selling 363,000 copies to date according to Nielsen SoundScan (Lavigne's best-seller is her 2002 debut "Let Go," with 6.8 million copies sold). |
TV APPEARANCES |
Avril's first TV appearance to promote "Here's To Never Growing Up" will be an interview on Chelsea Lately this Thursday, April 11 (thats tomorrow!). Tune in or come back to this page Friday morning for the video. |
"HERE'S TO NEVER GROWING UP" EXPLICIT |
iTunes has replaced their "Here's To Never Growing Up" with the uncensored version. If you have already bought it, apparently (I have not done this so don't get mad at me if it doesn't work) you can delete the one you already bought, and iTunes will let you re-download for free (since this one is just a replacement and not an actual different audio file). Enjoy! |
FROM TWITTER |
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LOS ANGELES - APRIL 8 |
Avril and Chad were spotted stepping out in Los Angeles, April 8. |
"HERE'S TO NEVER GROWING UP" LYRIC VIDEO |
Here is the "Here's To Never Growing Up" lyric video! Did you make the cut? |
RYAN SEACREST DETAILS |
Avril was with Ryan Seacrest this morning for the radio debut of "Here's To Never Growing Up". Here is a summary of what they talked about (Chad was also with her) |
BUY "HERE'S TO NEVER GROWING UP" NOW! |
Avril's first single "Here's To Never Growing Up" from her still untitled fifth album is now officially available for purchase on iTunes! Support Avril and show her how much we have missed her! Don't miss Avril live On Air with Ryan Seacrest, April 9 at 9am EST. |
NEW PROMO PIC |
WOW! Avril looks vampire-ish in this new gothic style promo picture for "Here's To Never Growing Up"/fifth album. |
LISTEN TO "HTNGU" |
IT'S HERE! Different than usual Avril (autotune) but its catchy as hell! The more I listen, the more I love it! Another smash for Avril! ENJOY! |
ON SET OF "HTNGU" |
Check out these photos of Avril hamming it up with Evan Taubenfeld, Devin Bronson, Rodney Howard and even fiance Chad Kroeger on the set of the music video for "Here's To Never Growing Up", April 7. Looks fun! Remember, "Here's To Never Growing Up" will officially be released on iTunes at 12am Eastern time April 9 and Avril will be premiering it on Ryan Seacrest in the morning. |
BRAND NEW 30 SECOND CLIP! |
Check out another verse to "Here's To Never Growing Up" "Singing Radiohead at the top of our lungs with the boom box blaring as we're falling in love. I got a bottle of whatever but it's getting us drunk singing here's to never growing up" |
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