Articolo su Rolling Stone [agosto 2009]

Rolling Stone hits the studio with Avril Lavigne, who’s hooking up musically with husband Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 on her next disc, for a progress report in our new issue. The big news: Lavigne isn’t looking to repeat the success of 2007’s smash single “Girlfriend,” nor is she looking to maintain her status as punk-pop’s snotty princess. On the as-yet-untitled November disc, Lavigne says she’s aiming for a more introspective sound with a stripped-down rock record driven by acoustic guitars.

“Life, that’s what this record is about,” Lavigne tells Rolling Stone. “It’s so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that’s really close to me, something I’ve been through, it’s a totally different thing.” Even though Lavigne is stepping away from the power-punk, she still packs the catchy hooks on songs like “Darlin’,” which was the second song Lavigne ever wrote as a 15-year-old living in Napanee, Ontario. Butch Walker also worked on Lavigne’s fourth LP.

While Lavigne’s previous albums hid her voice behind walls of production, her vocals are front-and-center on new tracks like “Everybody Hurts.” Other titles include “Black Star,” which was originally going to be the theme song for Avril’s fragrance of the same name, and “Fine.” “My last record was about loud guitars and energy, but this I wanted to really feel my music,” Lavigne told RS.

For more on Lavigne’s upcoming album, check out the In the Studio feature in the new issue of Rolling Stone.


questa è l'anteprima dell'Intervista, l'articolo vero e propio sarà sul prossimo numero di RS

Mi sta per venire un attacco cardiaco... *-*

ah ecco ecco... stavo già andando a risfogliare la copia di agosto xD

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"After making a career out of writing hypercatchy pop-punk tunes, Avril Lavigne is taking it down a notch. "My last record was about loud guitars and energy, but this time I wanted to really feel my music," explains Lavigne, 24, loungering around a Los Angeles studio with her husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley. To meet that goal, Lavigne has created a stripped-down rock record that's driven by acoustic guitars, emo-style lyrics and powerful vocal performances on new tunes like "Everybody Hurts" and "Darlin'"."Avril's voice was sometimes lost and buried in overproduction," says Whibley, who oversaw the majority of the album (Butch Walker also worked on the set).

Lavigne claims that the new record won't feature much in the way of pop-punk anthems like "Girlfriend" - which helped push her last album, 2007's The Best Damn Thing, to multiplatinum status. Still, the big-lunged chorus of "Darlin'" ("There's nothing I could do but love you the best I can") is as catchy as anything she's ever written.

According to Lavigne, "Darlin'" is a "new" old song - the second one she ever wrote, in fact, back when she was an unkown 15-year-old living in Napanee, Ontario. "I can see the family room in my parents' house when I hear it," she says. Written quickly between tour stops in a Malaysian hotel room, "Black Star" started as a theme music for a TV spot for Avril-branded perfume. Soon, however, it became one of Lavigne's most ambitious songs, an ethereal lullaby that turns epic with tinkling Coldplay-like pianos and soaring strings.

Lavigne and Whibley recorded most of the set at their L.A. home "in our sweats." And while Lavigne hasn't entirely given up her bratty ways - "When I'm having a bad-har day, would you tell me you like it that way?" she sings on another new track, "Fine" - there's a maturity to the set that surprised even her. "Life, that's what this record is about," she says. "It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing."

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