Avril Lavigne

Artiestinformatie

Geboortedatum	27-09-1984
Land	Canada

De Canadese zangeres, songwriter en actrice Avril Ramona Lavigne groeide op met het zingen van countrymuziek en in een kerkkoor en leerde zichzelf gitaar spelen. Als 14-jarige won ze een radiowedstrijd en mocht daarom tijdens een concert in Ottawa van Shania Twain optreden.

Op haar 17e tekende ze een platencontract bij Arista Records, onderdeel van BMG. Ze ging naar Los Angeles om te schrijven met hulp van Cliff Magness en een schrijversteam The Matrix genaamd. Zij hadden al eerder nummers geschreven voor Sheena Easton en Christina Aguilera. Het resulteerde in het zeer succesvolle debuutalbum Let Go, waarop de singles Sk8er Boy en Complicated te vinden zijn.

In 2006 trouwde ze met de zanger van Sum 41, Deryck Whibley. Na vier jaar liep het huwelijk op de klippen. In 2013 trouwde ze met Chad Kroeger, de zanger van Nickelback. Dit huwelijk hield echter ook geen stand en de twee gingen in 2015 uit elkaar.

Ze kreeg in 2015 te horen dat ze de ziekte van Lyme had. Hierdoor bracht ze weinig nieuwe muziek uit. In 2019 verscheen het album Head Above Water. Twee jaar later komt ze met de track Bite Me

Songtekst

He was a boy
She was a girl
Can I make it anymore obvious?
He was a punk.
She did ballet.
What more can I say?
He wanted her.
She'd never tell.
Secretly she wanted him as well.
And all of her friends
Stuck up their nose.
And they had a problem with his baggy clothes.

He was a skater boy, she said, "See ya later, boy."
He wasn't good enough for her.
She had a pretty face but her head was up in space.
She needed to come back down to earth.

Five years from now, she sits at home feeding the baby, she's all alone.
She turns on TV and guess who she sees?
Skater boy rockin' up MTV.
She calls up her friends.
They already know.
And they've all got tickets to see his show.
She tags along, stands in the crowd.
Looks up at the man that she turned down.

[2x:]
He was a skater boy, she said, "See ya later, boy."
He wasn't good enough for her.
Now he's a superstar
Slammin' on his guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?

Sorry, girl, but you missed out.
Well, tough luck, that boy's mine now.
We are more than just good friends.
This is how the story ends.
Too bad that you couldn't see...
See the man that boy could be.
There is more than meets the eye,
I see the soul that is inside.

He's just a boy, and I'm just a girl.
Can I make it anymore obvious?
We are in love.
Haven't you heard how we rock each other's world?

I met the skater boy, I said, "See ya later, boy.
I'll be backstage after the show.
I'll be at the studio singing the song we wrote about a girl you used to know."

I met the skater boy, I said, "See ya later, boy.
I'll be backstage after the show.
I'll be at the studio singing the song we wrote about a girl you used to know."