Post by Admin on Nov 19, 2013 15:49:58 GMT
Hot on the heels of the release of her fifth self-titled album Avril Lavigne, the Canadian pop star sits down with Radio.com to talk about the many different sounds of the album, working (and watching Harry Potter) with her husband Chad Kroeger (of Nickleback), on why it's important to stay positive, and listening to Radiohead while she cooks.
“It was really important for me to be true to my roots, but to also be open to experimenting working with new people and trying out new sounds. I wrote a lot of music for this record and that’s why I think this album is so diverse. I picked my favorite songs, and I feel like it’s a strong record. There’s a lot going on, there’s summer songs, there’s pop songs, there’s rock tunes, there’s ballads, and, you know ‘Hello Kitty’ is an electronic tune.”
“I was interested in working with [Kroeger] after my manager brought it up to me,” said Lavigne. “I thought it would be a nice opportunity to write with someone who also has the same sort of experience out on the road and being up on the stage and being a performer. And we had a lot in common.” “When [Kroeger] was recording vocals and I was doing vocal takes, he wasn’t just a producer who does that for a living, he was a singer… I felt there was a different type of understanding and that made it a whole different type of understanding for me.”
“The majority of the music I listen to now, today in my free time, is the stuff that I’ve sort of always listened to. Blink [182] reminds me of being in high school, and Green Day. When I first started out on the music scene, Green Day was playing a lot of the festivals I was playing and it was really cool for me to see because in grade nine, I was listening to a lot of their stuff and I was playing Summer Sonic festival with them. A lot of Frank Sinatra and Coldplay, but I listen to a lot of older stuff that I have on my computer.” “I love Radiohead,” says Lavigne. “I cook a lot, I put Radiohead records on in my kitchen. I actually had a really cool night where I got to meet the guys, and it was all very pleasant.”
“It was really important for me to be true to my roots, but to also be open to experimenting working with new people and trying out new sounds. I wrote a lot of music for this record and that’s why I think this album is so diverse. I picked my favorite songs, and I feel like it’s a strong record. There’s a lot going on, there’s summer songs, there’s pop songs, there’s rock tunes, there’s ballads, and, you know ‘Hello Kitty’ is an electronic tune.”
“I was interested in working with [Kroeger] after my manager brought it up to me,” said Lavigne. “I thought it would be a nice opportunity to write with someone who also has the same sort of experience out on the road and being up on the stage and being a performer. And we had a lot in common.” “When [Kroeger] was recording vocals and I was doing vocal takes, he wasn’t just a producer who does that for a living, he was a singer… I felt there was a different type of understanding and that made it a whole different type of understanding for me.”
“The majority of the music I listen to now, today in my free time, is the stuff that I’ve sort of always listened to. Blink [182] reminds me of being in high school, and Green Day. When I first started out on the music scene, Green Day was playing a lot of the festivals I was playing and it was really cool for me to see because in grade nine, I was listening to a lot of their stuff and I was playing Summer Sonic festival with them. A lot of Frank Sinatra and Coldplay, but I listen to a lot of older stuff that I have on my computer.” “I love Radiohead,” says Lavigne. “I cook a lot, I put Radiohead records on in my kitchen. I actually had a really cool night where I got to meet the guys, and it was all very pleasant.”