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July 30th, 2009, 08:27 GMT · By

Avril Lavigne Talks Upcoming Album

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Avril Lavigne talks November album, promises an entirely different experience
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She has made a reputation for herself with punk-rock, with heavy pop influences, hits like “Girlfriend” and the now-classic “Sk8er Boy,” but Avril Lavigne’s upcoming album will be all about growing up. Scheduled to drop in November this year, the yet-untitled project will mainly feature acoustic tracks relying heavily on Lavigne’s vocals, the singer herself reveals in a recent interview, as cited by MTV.

Lavigne’s fourth studio material will be different from her previous work on other counts as well, not only in terms of the sound approached. Unlike her previous albums, this one will be more of a “family thing,” in the sense that it carries tracks produced by Avril’s husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, and longtime collaborator Butch Walker, who also co-wrote some of Avril’s older tracks.

“A lot of the songs are mainly the acoustic and my vocal. It’s a lot different from anything I’ve done before. It’s not a pop-rock record. This is more about emotion and feeling.” Avril says by means of teasing fans just a bit with what is to come their way later this year. “I’m kind of just keeping it in the family with all of my close friends. I didn’t work with a ton of people this time.” the singer further reveals in the same interview.

What is more, while the project is still in heavy development, Lavigne is already thinking ahead, planning for a tour to support it as well, which will presumably take place towards the end of the year. Because the album tackles such a different sound than anything she’s tried before, Lavigne will also bring some changes into her live performances, revealing in the same interview that she’s considering singing in theaters across the US instead of large venues. “I feel it will really suit this record.” the singer explains.

“Though the album still doesn’t have a title, it does have a producer: Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, who also happens to be Lavigne’s husband. Whibley handles production on eight of the record’s planned 12 tracks, with the remainder of the album helmed by frequent collaborator Butch Walker (the former Marvelous 3 frontman who has co-written Lavigne hits like ‘My Happy Ending’ and ‘When You’re Gone’). At least one of the songs from the album is already making the rounds, albeit in truncated form: ‘Black Star’ scores the just-released ad for Lavigne’s fragrance of the same name.” MTV reports. 

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Comment #1 by: Matthew Corley on 03 Nov 2010, 18:36 UTC reply to this comment

I just wanted to say that I don't care if Avril Lavigne will be releasing her new upcoming album on November 17, 2010 because in my personal opinion, I think that her music sucks * . I'm so glad that she and Deryck Whibley (lead guitarist and lead singer from the band, Sum 41) are finally divorced because she doesn't deserve to be married to him at at all. Her old sense of fashion as a tomboy who used to wear baggy pants, black Converse sneakers, boxers, Heavy Metal T-shirts, men's tank tops, men's tube socks, men's underwear, neck ties, skateboarding hoodies, skateboarding sneakers and skateboarding T-shirts doesn't make her a Rock chick or a Skater punk who sings and writes Rock music because that is not who she is and she never will be no matter what anybody out ere says or thinks. She isn't only known as a Pop music artist who sings and writes Pop music, she is also known as a manufactured product of the music industry who sucks at playing the drums and the guitar by a lot of people out there who dislikes her and her music. She needs to do the world a favor and drop dead because she did a terrible job on covering the song, Fat Lp that was sung by Sum 41. She also needs to leave Sum 41's music alone and just stick to singing Pop music instead because Punk/Rock music doesn't suit her singing voice at all. I don't find her physically attractive at all, and I never will because she looks ike a plastic Barbie doll who always wears a lot of heavy eyeliner and mascara. She never labeed herself as a Punk/Rocker who sings and writes Punk/Rock music, the media did that because of her old sense of fashion. She won her fame by winning a singing contest on the radio and by singing a duet on stage along with Canadian Country/Pop music artist, Shania Twain when she was only 14 years-old. I'm not jealous of er at all, and I don't have any reason to be because I can play the drums and the guitar a lot better than she can. I can also skateboard a lot better than she can as well. End of story.

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