4.9.13 - New Music - Avril Lavigne

After the lackluster sales of her last album ‘Goodbye Lullaby’, Avril knew she had to quickly put out something that was radio-friendly and, well, good.

“Here’s To Never Growing Up” is almost everything it had to be. Almost. The song is catchy enough, and I like that she went back to her super pop-punk roots. Upon first listening, you’ll be confused; you thought you clicked on “Here’s To Never Growing Up”, but you are hearing “Complicated”. Computer malfunction? Didn’t realize what you clicked? No my friend, they just are that similar.

While the song is a bit too close to her first smash for my liking, that also means it’s a good time. The chorus is just shy of anthemic, with a rousing group collectively refusing to grow up. This is going to be all over radio this summer, and as long as she can follow it up with something similarly-poppy, we’ve got ourselves a comeback.

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