Avril Lavigne on Olivia Rodrigo Performing 'Complicated' and More Milestones _ r

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00:00 [MUSIC]

00:04 Performing Complicated with Olivia Rodrigo.

00:07 Yeah, Olivia started performing Complicated on her tour, and

00:12 everybody was talking about it.

00:14 And then we just happened to be in the same city at the same time, and

00:19 so she reached out to me to jump up on stage with her and perform the songs.

00:26 So yeah, it was spontaneous, and she was really sweet.

00:33 And yeah, that was really fun.

00:36 I smashed guitars in my first two videos, because I had to.

00:41 What is happening?

00:43 I look lit.

00:44 No, I think I was.

00:47 [LAUGH] I'm totally sure how I feel about that, but

00:51 I'm like, I can't do this right now.

00:53 [LAUGH] Hey, I'm Avril Lavigne, and

00:56 this is my ET retrospective.

00:58 Avril Lavigne.

00:59 [MUSIC]

01:01 Those are the 2002 VMAs.

01:04 This was my first award show, I think.

01:06 I still thought I was in Canada.

01:08 [LAUGH] I'm from Canada, and the big music program there is called Much Music.

01:16 And so when I won my award this night, I thanked Much Music.

01:21 [LAUGH] What's funny is that I didn't know at the time that that outfit I was

01:25 wearing was going to become a Halloween costume for people to wear.

01:29 They got style, and they've got soul.

01:31 >> Go, girl!

01:33 >> Yeah, whatever she said.

01:35 Lisa Marie Presley was so sweet, and we always ended up doing work stuff together

01:41 and hanging out backstage and stuff, and that night,

01:45 I think it was the first night I had met her.

01:49 And I was telling her that I loved her bracelet, her spiked bracelet, and

01:53 she gave it to me.

01:55 Yeah, and I still have it.

01:56 Yeah, of course I have it.

01:58 We were backstage, and there was just a million people around, and Eminem walking

02:02 up to me and shaking my hand, and meeting him, and him knowing who I was, and

02:07 walking over to me and saying, what up, and shaking my hand.

02:12 And he's like, yo, I respect you, and your music's cool.

02:16 And I just about [BLEEP] my pants.

02:18 [LAUGH] What is happening?

02:21 [MUSIC]

02:26 That's my complicated music video.

02:29 When it came time to do my hair and makeup, I was just like, to makeup artist,

02:32 I was like, I want black eyes.

02:34 And she put black, and I was like, more, more, darker, darker, darker.

02:37 And so I still have all of my outfits from every single music video.

02:41 So I have this tank top, tie, wristband, all in my archives, stored away.

02:48 I actually just recently went through them.

02:51 And yeah, it's crazy that I still have it all.

02:55 It's my first single, the first video I ever shot,

02:59 the first time hearing myself on the radio.

03:01 So it's a really meaningful song.

03:04 [MUSIC]

03:11 Skater Boy music video.

03:13 I couldn't wear just one bracelet.

03:15 It had to be 12.

03:17 I will say, though, this spike bracelets are really good self-defense.

03:22 My brother is in this music video.

03:25 He's driving the car.

03:27 I smashed guitars in my first two videos because I had to.

03:32 Just had as much fun with it as I possibly could, from what can I do?

03:37 Smash guitars and just trashing malls.

03:42 And it was kind of like, am I really allowed to do this?

03:47 Yeah, do whatever you want.

03:49 I just got a new cell phone yesterday, and I haven't even used it yet.

03:53 Some teenagers get cell phones, you get Grammy nominations.

03:56 2003 Grammy nominations.

03:59 At that point, it felt like Grammys were sort of the biggest thing.

04:02 I got five nominations, didn't win any.

04:05 Went on to get eight nominations in my life.

04:08 Still haven't won any.

04:09 50 million albums later.

04:11 Lame.

04:13 [MUSIC - KING, "EVERYTHING"]

04:14 You were everything, everything that I wanted.

04:18 My happy ending music video.

04:20 This is one of my favorite songs.

04:22 This is a special song because after I recorded it,

04:25 like the first time I heard it, I just intuitively

04:30 felt like this would be a big song for me.

04:32 And it did reach number one.

04:33 And I always kind of get those feelings with those songs.

04:38 And I play this song every tour.

04:40 It's one of my favorite ones to play.

04:42 There's always like that kissing scene.

04:44 So I would take that out and get as close as possible without it.

04:48 I love clothes.

04:49 I'm a chick, of course.

04:50 I love shopping.

04:51 I love all that stuff.

04:53 It's cool.

04:54 Us weekly.

04:55 Hot Hollywood carpet.

04:57 Oh, I look lit.

05:00 No, I think I was.

05:01 [GASPS]

05:02 [LAUGHS]

05:04 When I first came out, and without realizing it,

05:08 I was setting a trend with the tank top and the tie.

05:11 And I had my own look.

05:12 I was sober there.

05:14 When I look back now, it's just like it was really cool.

05:18 I would show up to a photo shoot with a book bag,

05:23 with all my spiked bracelets and ties and a couple of shirts.

05:28 And they definitely wanted me to wear the clothes that they had there.

05:33 And so I would just take my book bag, dump it on the floor,

05:35 and just be like, but see, I came with this stuff.

05:38 And then, but that's not how it works.

05:40 You have to wear these clothes.

05:41 But there was always a happy medium.

05:44 Dad was just snow.

05:46 But it could have been a predator.

05:48 Over the Hedge.

05:49 So I'm a possum.

05:51 And that is William Shatner.

05:53 And he's my dad.

05:55 Grew up doing theater as well.

05:57 And so when I did voiceover work, it felt very natural for me.

06:02 It's definitely something I would do more of.

06:05 And I'm currently taking my song "Scare Boy"

06:08 and turning that into a film.

06:10 I'm just in the process of developing it right now.

06:13 And that's going to be super fun for me.

06:16 "Girlfriend" music video.

06:23 This music video was really fun to shoot.

06:28 Because this is where I got to do a lot of acting in the video.

06:31 I wore heels in this music video with socks.

06:34 Not totally sure how I feel about that.

06:40 And then I had the pink hair for the first time

06:43 in this music video.

06:44 And that caught on.

06:47 And then everyone was coming to the show wearing pink hair.

06:51 The "Girlfriend" video was super cold.

06:53 You know when you're really cold and your face feels tight?

07:00 I was like, my face looks weird because it's cold.

07:04 In the performance setup, I'm like,

07:06 I swear my lips look purple.

07:08 And I still have those wigs.

07:10 I think if I could tell myself when I first

07:14 started out something, I would just say, be you.

07:16 Don't listen to anybody else.

07:18 Avril Lavigne album press day.

07:20 You got to know who you are, be clear on that,

07:22 and fight for it.

07:23 And don't worry about what other people think.

07:25 This is really connected with my songs and music.

07:28 It's stuff I go through.

07:31 It's real life stuff.

07:33 And that speaks to people.

07:34 It moves people.

07:35 It touches people.

07:36 And it's something I see up on stage every night.

07:40 Know who you are.

07:41 And feel good and confident in yourself, in your art,

07:46 or even if it's not music related.

07:48 And just, you want to be happy.

07:50 [MUSIC - AVRIL LAVIGNE, "BITE ME"]

07:51 "Bite Me" music video.

07:58 This was right after the pandemic.

08:00 I signed to DTA Records.

08:03 I was with Travis Barker on his label.

08:07 We did some songwriting.

08:09 He produced.

08:10 We did a lot of performances together.

08:12 I didn't have a stylist for this music video.

08:15 I was just like over it at that point.

08:16 I was like, I'll just dress myself.

08:20 Yeah, we've been friends for a while.

08:22 And we still write songs together.

08:24 And I love working with him.

08:28 Who else is someone you'd love to partner up with?

08:31 I don't know.

08:31 I think it'd be cool to do a country collab.

08:34 I think it'd be really cool to work with Miranda Lambert.

08:38 I love her.

08:39 She's a badass.

08:40 She rocks.

08:40 [MUSIC - AVRIL LAVIGNE, "COMPLICATED"]

08:42 Performing "Complicated" with Olivia Rodrigo.

08:48 Yeah, Olivia started performing "Complicated" on her tour.

08:53 And everybody was talking about it.

08:55 And then we just happened to be in the same city

08:59 at the same time.

09:00 And so she reached out to me to jump up on stage with her

09:06 and perform the song.

09:07 So yeah, it was spontaneous.

09:12 And she was really sweet.

09:14 And yeah, that was really fun.

09:17 I think that's the cool thing about now

09:19 is there is the newer generation that's

09:24 catching on to my songs and my OG songs

09:29 and just learning about me and discovering me, I guess.

09:34 And I see that in my concerts, along with there's

09:42 people that have been coming to the shows for years.

09:44 So it's a cool time for me right now,

09:48 because like I said, 22 years into my career,

09:51 there's new and older fans.

09:53 And it's pretty unique, I think, and neat.

09:57 And now fans old and new can sing all of Avril's greatest

10:00 hits on her summer tour kicking off in May.

10:02 Tickets are on sale now.

10:04 It's my way of connecting with the fan base.

10:08 And it's cool to play songs off every album.

10:14 You have so many hits.

10:15 How do you even begin to decide what

10:17 goes into what you perform?

10:19 Well, I just go through the order of each album

10:22 and what all the singles were.

10:23 And then what ones I like to play live.

10:26 And then a few people were like, so what songs are you going

10:30 to play on the greatest hits?

10:32 I'll be playing hits.

10:35 That's just all the singles, a whole set list of singles,

10:38 which to be honest, that's a place that I strived to be at.

10:42 From day one, I wanted to be able to have

10:44 my whole show be all singles.

10:46 And now I have that.

10:47 And I'm very proud of that.

10:50 (chimes)

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