Brian Ortiz

I used to like Avril Lavigne. She used to be sort of a teenage crush, in fact. I sort of like how she’s maturing and moving away from her “skater girl” image and becoming more sophisticated, but I’m hating the direction her music is moving. She used to be dubbed as the “anti-Britney”, but nowadays she can be seen sporting blond hair and showing more skin. Her music is becoming more pop-like too. The video for her single, “Girlfriend”, released last week for her third album being released in April, has more skin, a rather teeny-bopper-ish subject, and choreographed dancing. I’m pretty sure she’s aware of this change since it seems her albums have more and more profanity to make up for it, along with her use of the word “mother****er” in Girlfriend. I was very disappointed when I watched the video.