High-Fashion Avril Lavigne Promises 'Upbeat' New LP, Says Married Life 'Rocks!'
Singer is also jazzed about burgeoning modeling and acting careers.
NEW YORK Avril Lavigne is definitely not a kid anymore.
Mrs. Whibley (who turns 22 later this month) was in town for Fashion Week, and MTV News caught up with her at the Diesel show on Wednesday night, where she gushed about married life, her burgeoning modeling career, getting bitten by the acting bug and the upbeat album she's got in the works.
One thing is very clear: The necktie-wearing pop-punk princess of the past is gone, traded in for a more high-couture look. The singer, flashing a monstrous wedding ring and rocking notably blonder locks, was soaking in the bright lights of her second-ever fashion show (the first was a Chanel show in Paris).
"It's so fun and cool to watch," she said. "The girls are so skinny. It makes me want to lose 10 pounds I'm just kidding! But I'm like, 'Look at those legs!' "
A key fashion element of the Diesel show was a new take on denim shorts for the spring season, where the waist is high like, just-below-the-chest high and maybe a little silly, but Lavigne loved it.
"They're my favorite thing," she said. "I want to see that back in style where everyone is wearing them I want to see that back so bad. It's a really slimming, cool look, and it always makes your butt look good. And I love the ankle boots I'm wearing a pair." The singer was also wearing Diesel jeans, a T-shirt and a white cuff with studs on it.
Lavigne recently signed with Ford Models and has been wearing more couture fashion than ever before. She wore a Vera Wang wedding gown when she married fellow Canadian/ Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley two months back (see "Avril Lavigne Marries Sum 41's Deryck Whibley"), and she recently lit up the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, wearing a strapless, striped Giorgio Armani dress.
"I haven't worn a necktie in a very long time," she said. "My skate clothes and really baggy pants ... I still have them all in my closet, but now I wear cute clothes, tighter pants and lower shirts. I mean, that's just because I'm older. I didn't care about that before, and obviously styles change, and we change. It's all everyone's talking about these days how I've gone all glam."
All this probably has more than a little to do with being married.
"Married life f---in' rocks!" she said. "If you're with the right person, it's amazing."
It also explains why her upcoming LP will have less angst, more fun and more love songs. Lavigne said she's almost finished working on the album, for which she's written 15 songs collaborating with Deryck on the more rock-leaning material.
"I've got to say, this record is going to be so much fun. It's really upbeat. I have a few love songs it's so funny," she said, giggling. "Of course, I still have my boy-bashing songs, but they're very playful. So the record is really fun and cool and different, and honestly I think it's my best record yet. I can say that with confidence."
Aside from Whibley, collaborators on the album include Rob Cavallo (Green Day), Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson) and a return engagement with Butch Walker (see "Butch Walker Works With Avril, Hot Hot Heat, Says Solo LP Won't Be 'Emo-Tastic' ").
"I'm doing my ballads with Rob Cavallo, I give my pop-rock songs to Butch, I give my rock songs to Deryck, and Luke has been experimenting with different sounds and stuff," she said.
Lavigne's acting career is also on the rise. She did voice work in the recent animated movie "Over the Hedge" with Steve Carell, Bruce Willis and William Shatner, and she has her big-screen debut in "Fast Food Nation," due in November, in which she plays a college girl trying to expose the political nature of fast food.
"It's really cool and exciting," she said. "It was really an awesome project to be involved with because of what goes on in the fast food industry behind-the-scenes things we never hear about, so I think it's important." The movie also stars Greg Kinnear, Ethan Hawke and Wilmer Valderrama. Avril recently completed work on her second feature, "The Flock" (see "Avril Gets Acting Tips From Richard Gere, Remains Mum On LP"), which is due next year.
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