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Avril Lavigne performs her medley of hits | Juno Awards 2022
67,719 views May 16, 2022 Avril Lavigne performs "Complicated", "Bite Me", "Girlfriend", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You" at the Juno Awards 2022
Nothing was complicated when it came to showing appreciation for Avril Lavigne at this year's Juno Awards.
After Canada's biggest night in music pivoted to a virtual ceremony for the past two years, the celebration welcomed back its live audience with open arms and plenty of love for Canada's pop-punk princess from Napanee, Ont., who has been enjoying a renaissance of sorts with the release of her 2022 album “Love Sux.”
Lavigne performed a medley of her biggest hits, including “Complicated,” “Girlfriend,” “Sk8er Boi” and “I'm With You,” before returning to hand Shawn Mendes the TikTok fan choice award.
Even Junos host Simu Liu paid tribute to Lavigne by singing an off-key acoustic rendition of “Complicated” to a very supportive reception from the audience.
“I should've started on a lower key,” Liu wailed as the performance intentionally went off the rails.
It was one of many moments of showmanship from the “Shang-Chi” star who opened the Junos with a nod to his Marvel persona before he launched into his own version of Molson's famous “I Am Canadian” pledge.
“I grew up on ketchup chips, roti and Jamaican beef patties,” he told the crowd at Toronto's Budweiser Stage.
“By the way, it's pronounced `bubble tea,' not `boba',” he jested.
Liu also used the bit as an opportunity to get a little more political, reciting: “Canada is a place where the government is also our drug dealer; and we're into snowboarding not waterboarding; and where a woman always has the right to choose.”