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" The landscape for true pop-rock artists is a bleak and desolate one these days, but one singer who has managed to weather the storm is Avril Lavigne.  As she prepares to release her fifth, self-titled studio album next month, we phoned her up to talk about the record&amp;#039;s nostalgic singles, what new song &amp;#039;Hello Kitty&amp;#039; is really about and what sort of music she plans to make in the future.  Hi Avril! Let&amp;#039;s talk about your new album. Is this the best Avril Lavigne album of all time? &amp;quot;Yes.&amp;quot;  Good answer. &amp;quot;I mean it! Even if this one isn&amp;#039;t called Best Damn Thing. I think it&amp;#039;s because we spent such a long time writing it. It&amp;#039;s really diverse. The first two songs you&amp;#039;ve heard - the rest of the album is nothing like that. There&amp;#039;s rock, piano songs, stripped down stuff\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 there&amp;#039;s an electronic song called &amp;#039;Hello Kitty&amp;#039;.&amp;quot;  The electronic song sounds interesting\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 &amp;quot;&amp;#039;Hello Kitty&amp;#039; was such an interesting topic and subject. It was really exciting. I didn&amp;#039;t want it to sound like anything I&amp;#039;d done before. I wanted it to sound over the top so I ended up hiring a new producer to help me with it.&amp;quot;  Are we right in thinking that this is a song about your vagina? &amp;quot;Obviously it&amp;#039;s flirtatious and somewhat sexual, but it&amp;#039;s genuinely about my love for Hello Kitty!&amp;quot;  The singles we&amp;#039;ve heard so far from the album sound very nostalgic; do you still feel like your 17-year-old self? &amp;quot;Yeah, there&amp;#039;s some nostalgia on there - there&amp;#039;s a song called &amp;#039;17&amp;#039; and the single &amp;#039;Here&amp;#039;s To Never Growing Up&amp;#039;. There&amp;#039;s a summer song called &amp;#039;Sippin&amp;#039; On Sunshine&amp;#039; and another song called &amp;#039;Bitchin&amp;#039; Summer&amp;#039;. It&amp;#039;s half and half really. Some feels quite young and carefree, the others feel mature.&amp;quot;  People often comment that your sound and image have hardly changed since you were a teenager. You&amp;#039;re hardly old at 28, but do you feel young at heart? &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll always be young at heart and have a free spirit. It doesn&amp;#039;t matter how old you are - you can be young forever in your spirit and your attitude. For me, I actually had to grow up quick being in this industry so young. I was surrounded by adults which was kind of weird, but I had my band around me and they were my age. I&amp;#039;ve always been the baby and the youngest one. I think it prepared me for this world.&amp;quot;   Say you make an album in your 40s or 50s - what would it sound like? &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m definitely going to keep working. There&amp;#039;s lots of stuff I&amp;#039;d like to try, like a Christmas album. I would have to do covers though. I love really traditional Christmas songs.&amp;quot;  Your current single &amp;#039;Rock N Roll&amp;#039; is accompanied by a hilarious music video. How did you deal with the acting side of things? &amp;quot;It was fun! It was nice to show people you have a sense of humour. I want to act properly one day, so a video like that is always good practice.&amp;quot;  What sort of roles would you like to take on? &amp;quot;I always thought it&amp;#039;d be fun to be a in a horror film. I&amp;#039;d love to do a drama and a comedy as well. The &amp;#039;Girlfriend&amp;#039; video was quite comedic.&amp;quot;  What&amp;#039;s the best Avril Lavigne song? &amp;quot;&amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m With You&amp;#039;. It&amp;#039;s still a challenging song vocally and the crowd always get into it.&amp;quot;      You&amp;#039;ve been in the industry for over ten years and seen a lot of change in that time. What&amp;#039;s the key to longevity in the business? &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know, what do you think?&amp;quot;  We have no idea. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re right, it&amp;#039;s changed so much. They don&amp;#039;t play rock songs on the radio anymore. It&amp;#039;s all very, very pop and dance. For me, my music&amp;#039;s always been heavy pop rock... I&amp;#039;ve always experimented but at the same time remained true to my roots. For me, I&amp;#039;m happy for the opportunity to still be making music and so grateful to the fans who have kept me here.&amp;quot;  A lot of new acts resort to The X Factor or American Idol for their big break. Would you have done those shows had they been around at the time you started out? &amp;quot;I think they&amp;#039;re a good platform for people. I definitely would have done those shows if I was just starting out now, for sure. It&amp;#039;s harder than ever for new talent to get a break.&amp;quot; Avril Lavigne releases &amp;#039;Rock N Roll&amp;#039; on October 27. The album, Avril Lavigne, follows on November 4.  Watch the music video for &amp;#039;Rock N Roll&amp;#039; below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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