Because she wasnt allowed to sing live on macy's, she prerecorded it tho

Avril has always been pop, it's just her rock influenced albums (Let Go, Under My Skin) are miles better than everything she released after. Her original label, Arista, went under and was transferred to RCA, who forced her into a completely different image and sound, thus "The Best Damn Thing" era was born. Girlfriend is the reason why her label forced her to stick with the poppier stuff, it was a huge hit but was kind of detrimental to her career, because her fan base used to be HUGE but they all liked the more introspective, deeper, music. When she started to release Girlfriend knock-offs, her original fans jumped ship. An artist is generally supposed to release more mature music with age, and in Avril's case, her music became more immature as the years went on. I like a few tracks on TBDT, Goodbye Lullaby, and even one or two on her self-titled, but it's safe to say that most of the general public preferred her two Arista albums over everything else and I share the same opinion. its kind of hard to stay credible when you built your whole career on being an "anti popstar", yet, she became everything she used to mock back in her prime.

And I'm a huge Avril fan but even I can admit she's had her faults.

Her fans hated it because during her first two albums she was marketed as an "anti britney, anti christina" who was more "authentic" or "real", and one who didn't rely on her looks to get by. So when she reinvented herself as just another blonde pop girl who makes meaningless pop music (girlfriend) they had a negative reaction

why did this thread flop today when it was hit yesterday?

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There were some gorgeous songs on her last two albums, that were age appropriate enough.
It's funny to read the praise of her 2nd album because it's the one I liked the least, when I listened to her discography last month. I think it's mostly an image problem than a musical one (except for some bad singles choices here and there).
Also, she's incredible when it comes to stripped down, minimalistic ballads (Goodbye Lullaby ) but it's not what sells for a popstar, and most people don't really see her "brand" like that.

PS/ Her "sell out" album still had a lot of guitars and a punk-ish, bratty sound so it wasn't as drastic of a change as it was described. No one had tapped into that market at the time and it was definitely ahead of the curve. Listen to Animal, Red and 1989 to understand what I'm saying.

because they have no taste...I mean look what they listen too

I wouldn't call it "pop Avril" as Avril is pop from the beginning. I think what most of the fans that abandoned her during TBDT was her "girlyness." Yeah, she sings about boys in Let Go and Under My Skin but Girlfriend is taking it too far. Girlfriend, Hot and TBDT (song) alienated most of her fans who was a fan before because of her punk image now she's being presented as a teen princess.

Avril was always pop



Better dont go for other peoples taste with that sig of yours hun

Because it's so different from Let Go and Under My Skin? I don't know, I loved it.

They don't, it's mostly just Avril stans with delusions and bad taste.

She had that male/boy/man behaviors, personality and style in her music. This image have been pushed hard since day one of her career. People just hate that girly Avril in front of them because that was how the people who watched Avril differentiated her with other singers. Once it was gone, people shifted for others~

Not sure why some are convinced RCA made her make the album that was TBDT. If you watch the documentary on the album, Avril specifically says she A&R'd the record and didn't let any outside influences dictate her direction. She didn't let the label listen to it until it was finished.