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With the album title reveal, the set’s cover art was also unveiled. It features a barefoot, stone-faced Lavigne in what looks like a wedding gown perched atop a piano. (Considering her recent divorce, the shot will definitely get tongues wagging.)
As previously announced by the “Complicated” singer in November, Goodbye Lullaby will be led by the “fun and funny anthem,” “What The Hell,” which will premiere during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
After the not-so-pleasing ‘Alice’ track penned for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland last spring, I wondered if I even wanted to hear anything more from former punk/pop princess Avril Lavigne. Well, her team’s press release about her upcoming album release today has me hopeful for a return to her great pop song-writing skills. Avril’s 4th album will be titled Goodbye Lullaby and the album cover features a very pretty Avril looking rather melancholy–does this mean angsty pop Avril ballads are in the works a la ‘I’m With You’ and ‘When You’re Gone?!’ I sure hope so.
Avril will have a lot riding on this after the mess that was ‘Alice’ and given the fact that her tween fan base has grown up. We can no longer relate to the ‘Eff authority, no one gets me’ teenage garble she sought to portray on her first two albums, so hopefully Avril will grow up while still giving us the great pop writing I know she’s capable of (the work she did on Kelly Clarkson’s second album is proof of her talent!)
With the album set for a release of March 8th, 2011, the new single ‘What the Hell’ is set to premiere on New Year’s Eve. Check out information about the single and some of the other album tracks from the official press release below!
The new single, ‘What the Hell,’ will premiere on Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. Check out some information about it and some of the other songs on the album in the press release below!Listen the preview song here:
Two years in the making, singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne’s fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, will be released by RCA Records on March 8, 2011. Lavigne will debut the first single “What the Hell” on New Year’s Eve during “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve.”
Lavigne worked with longtime collaborators Deryck Whibley, Evan Taubenfeld and Butch Walker, as well as songwriter/producer Max Martin. Lavigne continues to share her personal experiences through her writing and music, and Goodbye Lullaby is a further evolution of this, propelled by a more raw and organic sound.
Among its upbeat tracks are “What the Hell,” an unabashed embrace of fun and freedom, and “Stop Standing There,” fueled by an early-‘50s girl-group feel. The album runs the gamut of emotions: Lavigne expresses her gratitude for special people in her life in the rocker “Smile,” explores the dynamics of a relationship in “Push,” shows her vulnerable side in “Wish You Were Here,” and finds the strength to close one chapter of her life and move on to the next in the title track “Goodbye.”
Outside the recording studio, Lavigne is a successful entrepreneur who continues to design and direct her lifestyle apparel brand, Abbey Dawn, which has expanded its worldwide footprint and will be shipping to 50+ countries beginning this month. Along with her popular fragrance Black Star, she recently introduced Forbidden Rose and is launching a third fragrance in 2011. This September, Lavigne’s past charitable work also inspired her to create The Avril Lavigne Foundation. The Foundation works in partnership with leading charitable organizations to design and deliver programs, raise awareness, and mobilize support for children and youth living with serious illnesses or disabilities.
Avril Lavigne has made an indelible mark on the music community, selling more than 30 million albums worldwide, earning eight Grammy nominations and seven Canadian Juno Awards. She burst onto the music scene in 2002 with the critically acclaimed Let Go, featuring the smash singles “Sk8r Boi” and “Complicated.” Her 2004 release, Under My Skin, debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, as did her third album, The Best Damn Thing, which produced the irrepressible #1 single “Girlfriend” and logged more than 130 million views on YouTube! Lavigne also wrote the song “Alice” for Tim Burton’s critically acclaimed Disney Film Alice in Wonderland. For more information, visit www.AvrilLavigne.com.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj74rNLukks
Avril Lavigne: What The Hell Lyrics
All 'cause I was making out with your friends (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Love hurts whether it's right or wrong (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I can't stop 'cause I'm having too much fun (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You're on your knees
Begging please
Stay with me
But honestly
I just need to be a little crazy
What... what... what... What the hell?
So what if I go out on a million dates (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You never call or listen to me anyway (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I rather rage than sit around and wait all day (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Don't get me wrong. I just need some time to play-ay (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You're on your knees
Begging please
Stay with me
But honestly
I just need to be a little crazy
All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about
If you love me, if you hate me
You can't save me, baby, baby
All my life I've been good but now, whoa, what the hell
La la la la la la la la... Woah... Woah...
La la la la la la la la... Woah... Woah...
You say that I'm messing with your head
Boy, I like messing in your bed
Yeah, I am messing with your head
When I'm messing with you in bed
All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell (what the hell)
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about (I don't care about)
All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about. (if you love me)
If you love me (no), if you hate me (no)
You can't save me, baby, baby (if you love me)
All my life I've been good but now, whoa, what the hell
La la, La la la la la la, La la, La la la la la la la
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Avril Lavigne-What The Hell
