Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing

"I didn't know making a record could be so fun," she says. She was eager to work with her good friend Butch again, as she says, "What's great about Butch is that he's a talented artist as well as being an incredible producer." And about collaborating with Dr. Luke, she adds,

"Luke and I had a really good connection and chemistry." The relaxed atmosphere in the studio comes across in the songs themselves—Avril's laughter rings out in "I Can Do Better," and in "Girlfriend" you can hear her, she says, "playing a beer bottle" (by blowing into it) in the last few choruses.

Four of the songs on The Best Damn Thing—"Innocence," "Hot, "One of Those Girls," and "Contagious"—were co-written with Avril's former bandmate Evan Taubenfeld. "Evan is one of my best friends in the world," she says, affectionately.

"He's been with me since day one". Of course, all of the spiky, buoyant energy that drives the album will come to life in the live show that Avril is planning for her tour later this year—she has assembled a new band, and is even bringing along two dancers ("I'm doing choreographed dancing for the first time ever," she grins. "It's going to be such a blast").
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