"Head Above Water" is Avril Lavigne's BEST Album in Years
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- Welcome back to Pop Dissected! Today we’re going to be analyzing why “Head Above Water” is Avril Lavigne’s best record this decade!
To note; in no way is this video meant to disparage her previous two records. We’re using them as examples to showcase Avril’s growth and strength as an artist - and how she was able to truly find her own vision with “Head Above Water”!
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Goodbye Lullaby is such an underrated album.
TRUE!
My favorite !!
It's my favorite, What the hell , Smile and Alice, it's an awesome album. I think 2011 was a good time to release Goodbye lullaby. I think overall it was a great record
@Rachel Lindsay agree. one of my fave albums of hers.
@@THECARS7879 the time gap was big. 4 years after The Best Damn Thing
Hello Kitty was so bad it’s kind of iconic at this point. And the song lowkey slaps.
I agree, haha! It's infamous for being 'bad', but despite that it's lowkey a banger.
I honestly love Hello Kitty
I also remember it being a way bigger hit?? Like I loved that song and didn’t know the other singles
Periodt
its not even a bad song imo its supposed to be a fun bubble gum song
It Was In Me is her best song in years
Yes ❤️ !
It’s the next single
@@CharismaSpencer When??
Pop Dissected Not sure. She announced it during an interview in August. Hopefully soon 😊
@@CharismaSpencer I hope so!
I love Here's To Never Growing Up.
Me too!
omg smile is such a bop
Yessss!
Tell Me it's Over is hands down the best song Avril's recorded in a long time and I think it's criminal it didn't get more exposure. Souvenir is a very close second. great video!
Thank you so much! And YES! I agree with you!
Aaron A i thought the total opposite when i heard it, i wanted more goodbye lullaby and avril lavigne (self titled) music but instead she went to shitty pop music, and it didn’t even sound good :/
I’m not a huge Avril fan but now I wanna listen to more of her music!
And you should, haha! :)
she has so much hidden gems in her discography !!
omg you made me appreciate Goodbye Lullabye more hahaha
Haha, I'm glad!
Avril Lavigne’s career is sooo poetic, and her music speaks to many hearts all over the world. I’m so glad to have been her fan all these years, and I’m so happy she gets to wear HER heart on her sleeve the way she wants to again.
Yessss!!!!!
People are just dumb. If an artist naturally matures with time and decides to make deeper songs to express what they go through, people complain and say they should’ve stayed the same. If an artist doesn’t mature and always makes the same music, they call them repetitive, immature and boring... I hate it. I personally think that Avril’s first albums were very cool and fun, but they can’t give me the magical experience that “Head Above Water” does, you can feel all her pain through her voice and music, she even sounds better vocally. I also like “Goodbye Lullaby” and “Avril Lavigne” more than her first albums. Anyways, it is what it is.
Very true! Artists get criticized for being the "same" but also for "changing"! They can't win sometimes 🤷♀️ 😞
Same here. People will start popping shit no matter what.
Period
Um, Let Me Go is probably her most powerful song this decade. I'm shocked she didn't get a Grammy for it. It is musical excellence. Chad's feature was incredible. The song is such a vibe and mood for me especially when thinking about my past relationship.
While it is a "skip" for me personally, you make great points! Even if I don't enjoy it thoroughly, it still is one of the strongest tracks off "Avril Lavigne", and one of her best this decade.
Its so bad
@@ughyawhatever fuck u
It's the BEST song off that album. I always have that song on repeat!
Let me go is tooooo good
It sucks that her Lyme disease really holds back her powerful vocals now for live performances. But Im so glad shes back and she has been my number 2 artist most listened on the whole Spotify Wrapped that happened a few days ago. Head Above Water is beautiful. It sucks that it wasnt nominated for a grammy as well but there’s a reason they’re called “Scammies”.
With her long hiatus, she’s surely been writing songs while recovering. So im hoping she’ll be releasing more albums to come ❤️ So glad you made a video on this album.
I love Avril so much, I had to do a video on her ❤️And yeah, we don't support the Scammies anymore honestly. They snub so many people - but at the end of the day, an award doesn't determine talent, strength or ability. It's become a popularity contest at this point.
I need more videos of Avril
Will do! :)
This era deserves so much better.
Fav track:
Head above water
Birdie
I fell in love with the devil
It was in me
Goddess
Warriors
All amazing tracks! I hope Avril is happy and living her best life, but she deserved so much more from this era!
Goddess is trash.
@@prometheustv6558 no. Underrated song. It is amazing for those who can understand the point of it.
@@moviekid4989 Who pronouns Bananas like that
@@prometheustv6558 Atleast shes original and she made it her own unlike some artists who mumbles
I think Head Above Water and It Was In Me are 2 of the best songs of her career. This album is a great step in the right direction and I can't wait for the next one
Me too!!!!
Nobody's Home too
My top 5:
I Fell In Love With The Devil
Birdie
Head Above Water
It Was In Me
Souvenir
We almost have the same top 5! Mine are;
Head Above Water
It Was In Me
Birdie
Souvenir
Goddess
It seems like RCA records is trying to control their artists into a generic character that they are not for example Tinashe
Agreed....
I feel like any artists that are signed to a record label under the umbrella of Sony will do more harm than good to their career
They screwed Hilary Duff and Britney vision for the album and singles
My Queen is so underrated ☹️
Facts :( Avril deserves more!
She was not at her own time. I think it's how it is. She still has a huge fanbase around the world, btw.
You were so on point describing Souvenir.
It's one of my favorites off the album!!
She looked so bored on those live show clips with the pink+blue tutu.
Wandering up n down like she just wanted to go bk to bed.
Oh yeah, the energy isn't there, is it? 😂
The Best Damn thing is my fav of all her albums.
I can't decide if "Let Go" or "The Best Damn Thing" is my fave of hers!
Goodbye Lullaby is one of my fav Avril records
It's wonderful!
I looove Hello Kitty, it’s very different and fun hahaha.
Yes!!!
As a Christian myself, it made so incredibly happy to see that she wrote and sang a song like Head Above Water. It immediately became my favorite song of hers. I know I a lot of ppl don’t love the album, but I really do adore it.
Yes!!! ♥️
Same here
I fell in love with the devil, Birdie, It was in me, head above water, tell me it`s over, crush... (my favorites from the album) Those songs make me really notice how much she has grown up lyrically as an artist, as a song writer, as a woman. The vocals in the new album are insane, the meaning in the whole album makes realize everything that has happened to her over the last years, and I love that form her music.
Yessss! ❤️
still waiting for Crush to be a single
We need a new single. Now!
Not Enough's probably the most underrated track from Goodbye Lullaby
Agreed, such a great track!
Under My Skin is the most underrated of her first half of her career, Goodbye Lullaby is the one of her back half
I Fell in love with the Devil is literally The Avril song, it gives me „Nobody's Home” vibes
Yess!
I think her record label had a lack of promoting her own album but her goodbye lullaby and the best damn thing was promoting well
True!!
I loved your whole analysis, the whole video, you are one great critic! I'm happy you exist, and appreciate Avril's musical genius. Keep it coming, we'll be here to watch.
Cheers!
Rock N Roll was so underrated
Amazing video! I’m so happy that there is people like you who are actually feel her songs and the battle she been through.
Yess! Thank you for watching!
Best album lyrically but vocally is Godbye Lullaby. And Wish You Were Here is her best song ever. Never boring me
"Wish You Were Here" is just beautiful!
I don’t like to think about half the tracks on this album tbh, but I adore the other half so much!
Practically the teenage movies were based on her change of style for the "emo" girl and the "popular" girl. But there is something strange here: For the era “The Best Damn Thing” she imposed the concept of “popular girl but pink punk” and managed to combine the feminine with the punk, while in her previous eras it was darker and “I don't follow female stereotypes ”. She is an EMO, POP-PUNK, ROCK, and even SOUL icon.
Like “Complicated” and “Girlfriend” are the chatacter from a movie 😂
I totally see that!! Spot on.
Wish u we’re here was my fav as a kid! I’m Canadian and it got a lot of airplay here back in 2011/12
Why she's so flop now in your country (Canada)? She's one of your country's pride but most Canadians don't support her now. In fact, she's more famous in Japan in all aspects from charts to sales. Her Girlfriend song has now sold 3.3M copies in Japan alone that means, its already 3x diamond. Also, her first 3 albums in Japan was certified diamond but in Canada only her Let Go album. So sad that she's not been supported most people of Canada when Avril herself is a proud Canadian. 😞
Thanks for this content. Every details we needed to know was explained and dissected carefully. Please upload more content about Avril.
I'm planning on it :)
Great video! Thanks for that. Avril's a real warrior and a great inspiration for all of us ❤️
Thank you for watching! And yes, Avril is so amazing and strong!
TBF, Hello Kitty went to number 1 in Japan, which is what I think she wanted anyway. I lived in Japan at the time and it was ALWAYS ON THE DAMN RADIO
Lois Right! I think she really wanted to do something for her Japanese fans! Cos before that, Goodbye Lullaby did well in Japan. And not many international artists were able to successfully penetrate japan-- which is they say the 2nd largest music market in the world.
Wow! I had no idea, very interesting!
@@popdissected4400 I was in Harajuku and found the candy store she filmed the video in because it was playing in there on a constant loop. I excitedly said to my boyfriend "hey, I think this is the same place" and the person behind the counter got really excited seeing me point to the screen and proceeded to tell me (in Japanese, she didn't speak English well but my boyfriend spoke Japanese and acted as a translator) about how she was in the shop watching and that Avril was really nice. I guess that's why I'm defensive of the song even if I can't stand it, because of that shop assistant being really proud Avril Lavigne did a J-Pop song and she got to meet her.
I love this! I followed all her albums over the years and while as albums they were a bit messy, so many songs she's put out were great up until this point too. Avril's favorite tracks also happen to be mine from those records.
As for Head Above Water, I think her leaning into religious lyrics and imagery may have turned off a few fans which I think could have been mentioned in the video. Either way the song is great and I was also very pleased with the record. It Was In Me is the best song on it in my opinion. I get goosebumps when I listen to it and I think Avril also loves this song. I think I remember her saying it was this album's "I'm With You." Very excited to see this song live in Tokyo next year ^^ Great job on the video and thanks for making one
about the Queen of Pop-Punk!
Thank you for watching! You bring up some amazing points! And yes, her religious afflictions in the title track may have turned people away, which is sad. But if religion and / or God is what has given Avril strength, she should absolutely sing about it ♥️
Ive not listen to avril entire discography but Goodbye Lullaby is my favorite so far, Head above water is also extraordinary, Dumb Blonde, Souvenir, Birdie and Head above water are my favorites
Yes, those tracks off "Head Above Water" are incredible! Souvenir might be my fave off it.
Schleich13 Ilyan Goodbye Lullaby is such an underrated album!
I feel Head Above Water is one of her most powerful records. Also songs like Warrior and Head Above Water really resonates with me. These songs help me to stay courageous and persevere through hard times
Agreed! And I'm so happy her music has helped you ♥️ That's beautiful!
Hey, Avrils biggest fan here. Thanks for this
Thank you for watching!
Hey Pop Dissected! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much ! ❤️
Hey, I loved your video, I even had tears in my eyes for a moment since I am a big Avril's fan. I think you were so right talking about Avril and misinterpretation. She got alot of it. And still gets I believe. She's very underrated in many ways. I always felt like the devil's advocate loving Hello Kitty song. I think it's amazing fun track with a great sick instrumental. But I think she just shouldn't release it as a single. It was obvious that no one's gonna like her experimenting. They could't even handle that she's a grown woman and not a sk8er girl anymore. And Goodbye Lullaby is my favourite album. I love it for it's rawness and vocal performances.
Yesss, and thank you so much for watching!
I went to the tour! She sang her hits mostly!!
She is the mother Billie Eilish never had
LMAOOO 😭
Smile is indeed iconic (I have "crazy bitch" written in my wrist) and along with Everybody Hurts and Remember When the best track on the album.
Self titled is the one I listen to the least in her whole discography. It was supposed to be her rockest album (sans the cover, shot in April 2012) but the label made her replace some drums for drum machines and record singles with writers chosen by them. We never got to hear Echo, for example, a song praised by David Hodges at the time as one of Avril's best vocal performances and described as "on the veins of Nobody's Home but better". So the interference of Epic on self titled was even worse than RCA on GL.
HAW though was released through BMG, which gives artists support and creative freedom. Avril and Kylie Minogue are their biggest acts and both made their profits rise to the sky with selling, touring and streaming through 2018 and 2019, so on AL7 she might have even more support. This album is special and indeed her best released in the decade, and Birdie, Head Above Water and Devil being some of her career highlights.
Incredible video. Thanks
Great things you bring up, thank you for sharing - and thank you for watching!
I always thought that was the point of the fifth album. As it was a self titled album it shows her history and all the genres she’s done in the past.
Ooh interesting, never thought of that!
I dont really like the entirety of the album. I love her self titled album the most though and I cant stop singing I Fell In Love With The Devil.
Understandable. Her self titled album was actually want got me into her as an artist! For the longest while, it was my favorite of hers. I'd have to say, 17 and Give You What You Like are my favorites off it!
Hey Pop Dissected
It's because of this video essay I actually listened to her album, I'm from Canada and I've been an avid fan of Avril Lavinge since I was a preteen. I downloaded the album to support her but I didn't listen to the tracks. And then, I removed it from my downloads because I assumed it was like her cheesy pop albums. But boy, was I wrong! I am loving this album because it's brand new to me and thank you!! I would have never given this album a chance of day if it wasn't for this video. GREAT WORK!!
On dira bien ce qu'on voudra mais il y a des petits trésors sur chacun de ses albums et pour moi, c'est une évidence. Avril Lavigne sera toujours une artiste extraordinaire à mes yeux 💜🖤💜
Yes!!! (I also used Google Translate to understand what this means, very beautiful points!)
My opinion will be biased because the Princess has hocked me since Complicated 🙏Avril 🤘🎸💆♀️ I’ve enjoyed all of your music and watching you grow!!!
Avril is amazing!!!
9:30 Well I gotta say that having Bad Girl immediately followed by Hello Kitty gave me whiplash
AGREED!
While I prefer Goodbye Lullaby Head above Water was one of the best things about 2019
Agreed!
Inspirational 😔🙌🏼
Yesss!
Pop Dissected ❤️
Arvil has such a special place in my heart. I think back to artist of my childhood. Brandy, aaliyah, Britney but they were all older than me. Arvil was one of the first artists my age that was different and unapologetic about it and even praised for it, that I listened to. I am so glad she is still around.
I love all of her albums!! Hope she reach the top again soon!!!
She’s legend
Facts!
Smile is the best song!!!!
I lovvvvve it!
I haven't heard too much of Head Above Water other than, well, Head Above Water but that song is so good! I honestly prefer Goodbye Lullaby and her self-titled album my favorites because most of my favorite songs from her. I think my favorite songs from her so far are Smile, Rock N Roll, Here's To Never Growing Up,
What The Hell, and Sk8er Boi. Good video btw.
Thank you for watching!
Wish you were here is my favorite avril song 💓
It's such a wonderful song!
@@popdissected4400 now, do jojo and do her justice.
I love her new record. Head Above Water and Dumb Blonde is my favorite songs from the record. Several of the other tracks including Tell Me Its Over is among my other favorites. I wish the record sold more and promoted more properly.
I wish so as well! Even if it wasn't some massive chart success, I think it's still such a beautiful, and courageous record.
@@popdissected4400 I really felt that "Dumb Blonde" is such an underrated track and that should of gotten a full promotional push treatment. As a matter of fact, I think instead of "Tell Me Its Over" being the second single..."Dumb Blonde" should of been the 2nd single.
@@fitnessfreak7851 I agree! While I love Tell Me Its Over, Dumb Blonde should have heavily been promoted and marketed. It could have been a huge smash!
@@popdissected4400 100% agree with you. One other song that comes to mind being a "song that should of been a single, but never was" is "Breath On Me" by Britney Spears. That song always ranks among pop songs that should of been a single.
@@fitnessfreak7851 Oh, 110%!!
I just bought her deluxe goodbye lullaby album!!!
Head Above Water, Warrior, and Crush are my favorite tracks of the album. Avril inspired me to write as a little girl and seeing her growth and victory throughout all those difficult years has been a blessing. I cried the entirety of the concert in tour Head Above Water 😂 She’s my favorite artist of all time and she’ll always have a special place in my heart 💙
I personally agree I think this album is her best to me since under my skin. Though there is songs I’ve liked this whole album I loved immediately like her first 2 albums, but I want to go back and listen to goodbye lullaby again. And like many comments I agree wish you were here is one of the best songs, not many songs get me but that songs make me smile
Totally!
Yeah! It's obviously right
Absolutely!
Everything on my mind is said in this video. Your opinion is exactly my opinion, and I’m one of the most hardcore fans. I have over 100 songs by her including studio covers. Know each lyric by heart. And I’ll be honest, Hello Kitty was one of my favorites off of her 5th album. As well as 17 and GYWYL
Thank you for watching! And YES, "17" and "Give You What You Like" are literally my favorites off the record!
I was lucky enough to see and touch her on her "head above water" tour.
Seriously the album was so good, It seems like she was expressing what she felt during her Lyme disease without any inhibitions.
Agreed! I wish I got to see her on tour, but she didn't play anywhere near me 😞
Her newest album Love Sux was a huge improvement commercially from Head Above Water so yay for her!
Your videos are so entertaining 😂. Can you do a video on how meaning of life by Kelly Clarkson kind of flopped but didn't at the same time. I think the album deserved better but maybe I'm the only one. 🤷
Thank you! And I LOVE Kelly Clarkson, I'll look into doing a video on her ❤️
@@popdissected4400 wow really I'm a little surprised 😳.
@@ANNIE_R_U_OK Haha, why?
@@popdissected4400 I just feel like she is slept on and stan culture is affecting her popularity, that's why I was a little surprised. Although she is really likable and very talented so maybe I'm underestimating how many people love her. 🤔
Goodbye Lullaby was a beautiful album, but I had no idea she had a self-titled album after that. Now, I have to check it out.
Definitely check it out!
@@popdissected4400 Check the self titled and the Head Above Water album!
The reason why Ms. Swift is such a BEAST withalbum sales is because she doesnt announce albums too long before itactually comes. Ehy would anyone ever announce when an album is complete? It takes away the element of surprise
I totally get that! When you announce a record too soon, and you can't sustain hype for it, you're basically in a sense sabotaging yourself.
she was the first artist i ever stanned when i was 12 lol
I think I started liking her around the time she released her self titled record, and then I got into all her older stuff! Call me an Avril stan 😊
Love this album
Me too!
Honestly all her albums up till this was amzing goodbye lullaby is her best work of art
Head Above Water is probably my favorite album of Avril's. I love every second of it!
Yes!
Rock n Roll should have been the first single and top the charts everywhere!!! What an amazing pop rock track. Here´s to never growing up was too mediocre and was too much of an obvious throwback to her first single, in a bad way. I think she suffered from a "focus" or "image" problem, because it was like she refused to grow up? And the ballads were too melodramatic... I don´t know really how to market her in 2010 when she´s reaching 30 and the pop scene is electropop..but the albums were good anyway. And yes, the last one was great too. I´m really looking forward to the next.
I love all of Head Above Water tracks.
Give you what you like is my favorite song of her 💖💕
It's incredible.
Bigger wow is my favorite in head above water. Birdie is a close second though.
Those 2 tracks are both great! "Birdie" is stunning.
I loved and to this day still love best damn thing and goodbye lullaby
Yesss!
Hello Kitty is a BOP
Okay, facts!
It was for her Japanese fans and I love it
Give you what you like is the best of the self title, also 17
Those are my two favorites off the record! Yes!
Head above water is her modern I'm with you.
personally, i still think let go/ and under my skin are her best albums. even though i would rank the album head above lower in my list, i still enjoy songs like head above water and birdie so emotional !!
Yesss!
Better than self-titled, yes absolutely. Now, better than Goodbye Lullaby? That's more difficult for me to say
I'm right there with you! I see "Head Above Water" better in a sense of theme and her personal growth. In terms of actual content, I would say "Goodbye Lullaby" beats "Head Above Water". But nonetheless, I still love both records!
@@popdissected4400 You made some pretty good points about Goodbye Lullaby too, I remember having the impression that it was one of her "sad" albums (I suppose emotional is a better word) but being confused with the singles (At some point in time I thought What the Hell and Smile were from The Best Damn Thing), then I listened to the whole album and yep, they definitely misrepresented it. Great video!
I remember being a huge fan when she had lynes
Queen of Pop Punk
One of the best things about this album besides some of the ballads and Dumb Blonde are her vocals. Her voice is quite strong on this album. I’m not saying her voice wasn’t strong on her other albums, but you can tell her voice has matured. It’s thicker and more powerful. I love it. ❤️
Her voice from 2010-present is awesome.
Yes her vocals from 2010-present and especially from 2013-15 are awesome on the songs I'm With You,Slipped Away,Innocence,Wish You Were Here,Alice,Bad Girl,Give You What You Like,Hush Hush,Hello Heartache,Falling Fast,Birdie,It Was In Me,I Fell In Love With The Devil and Head Above Water are fantastic.
Check these two links!!
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She has already released her 2019 album Head Above Water which you can check on her CZcams channel and Spotify account which it is available in full. New Pop Punk single drops April/May 2021 with a Pop Punk album in the Summer of 2021. She's working with Blink182 drummer and bassist Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus respectively as well as Machine Gun Kelly,ModSun,Marshmello and producer John Feldmann.
She had Lyme Disease and nearly died. Please check all her albums out.
All her albums are below:
Let Go (2002)
Under My Skin (2004)
The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Goodbye Lullaby (2011)
Avril Lavigne (2013)
Head Above Water (2019)
Please do!!
I love all of her albums, but there really is something special about HAW!
To be honest,Head above water really needed more recognition, because both, vocally and lyrically speaking,She did that indeed!
But yeah it's kinda sad how her last 2 albums didn't do that well because of delays and single choices
When it comes to Goodbye lullaby,Before Head above water was released it was my favourite album out of five of her albums, Because lyrically it was good but it's really sad that she had to fight over single choices
My personal favourite songs from Goodbye lullaby are:
1. Remember when
2. Not enough
3. Wish you were here
4. Goodbye
5. Smile
When it comes to her self titled,it was definitely missing something,for me at least
But I did appreciate "Rock n roll" "let me go" "Hush Hush" "hello heartache" and "give you what you like" as my favs
Also "hello kitty" wasn't fully flop,But just saying that Avril culturally appropriated Japanese culture..Was just ridiculous,This whole cultural appropriation will ruin the planet and divide it even more
With head above water
OH MAN I LOVE ALL OF THE ALBUM PERIOD-
no Seriously my favourite songs on head above water is:
1. It was in me
2. Tell me it's over
3. I fell in love with the devil
4. Warrior
And 5. Birdie
Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion! Your top 5s off each record are awesome.
The self titled did well because it was in the top 5 on the Billboard charts plus got Here's To Never Growing Up a top 20 USA hit song. Its sales were low because the music industry was facing a sales decline thus the streaming era has taken over. She also doesn't care for the charts. Her music isn't mainstream plus her promotion was low and its an album release after nearly 6 years.Lack of promotion meant her Head Above Water album didn't do too well. Her tour really did well though.
Of all the records by Avril Lavigne, we like Goodbye Lolobie the least.But Smile# Wish you were here# Alice They are her best.
songs !!!
Those tracks are great!
This is the best album then goodbye lullaby
Yessss!
Avril Lavigne self-titled is a great record and my personal favorite of hers from 2010s!
I love what the hell but I have to admit. It just feel very lacking for some reason
It's so out of place on the record honestly. I suspect the label had an influence over the track.
Pop Dissected
no doubt. The more established a singer is, the more the label is involved in singer choices and musical directions. They always want to make sure the artists don’t go wild and sabotage the image that was successfully built through previous hits. The interference always backfires though. By choosing radio friendly singles/songs, the artist start being mixed in with any other ordinary pop artists. Artists want to evolve, experience, create something new, but labels only want to keep milking the old success until there is nothing left to cash out. It’s understandable on a business point, but toxic towards the artists.
This is just my personal speculation though, I do not know this for a fact.
Also it seems like Avril’s 4th and 5th album was just a compromise between Avril and her label. That’s how they turned out such a unsuccessful mess. It’s hard to promote a record properly when Avril doesn’t even like it to begin with. I mean how can you explain the purpose of your record when it’s not even how you wanted it to be.
@@KhoaNguyen-yr3qe Her 4th album was successful and the 5th one too with both peaking in the top 5 and getting hit songs. Her 4th album was her vision barring the singles.
@@popdissected4400 they forced her to add upbeat tracks to the album while the concept is actually thoroughly mellow. They threatened not to release if she didn't want to record upbeat songs
Head above water is her masterpiece in my opinion. It’s soooo good!
I think there was a little bit of a fight cuz the first time avril ever performed I fell in love with the devil on the Jimmy Kimmel show it was supposed to be dumb blonde but she tweeted shortly before " sometimes you just gotta grab the bull by the horns"
Would you say I'm With You is her best song?
One of her best for sure!