For Avril Lavigne, It's Never Been That Complicated
glamour.comLove Sux, out now. The line—from the song “Cannonball”—is angsty and maybe even a little rude, but you can't miss the joy in her voice as she shouts over a drumbeat so driving it sounds like the heartbeat of someone who just downed three espressos, a Red Bull, and an unknown number of green tea pills.
It's everything we've asked Lavigne to be, sonically, since she first came on the scene at 17 years old back in 2002.If you're reading this, you probably don't need to hear from me how impactful her debut song “Complicated” and its accompanying album Let Go were in the early aughts.
Lavigne's image as a pop punk princess smartly capitalized on the era's trends—a time when the original run of Jackass was on TV, professional skateboarders were the celebs of the moment, and bands like Blink-182 dominated the radio.
But it went deeper than that: Speaking from personal experience, Lavigne was the first time that I—an awkward preteen experiencing a lot of rage I didn't know how to name or understand—saw a woman in the mainstream embrace her angst with glee.
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