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" Avril Lavigne&amp;#039;s new music video &amp;quot;Hello Kitty&amp;quot; has been causing a lot of drama since its appearance online on Monday (via Us Weekly). In the clip, which is supposedly meant to celebrate Japan&amp;#039;s kawaii culture, Lavigne dances around Tokyo with four expressionless Asian dancers while singing lyrics like, &amp;quot;Come come kitty kitty you&amp;#039;re so pretty pretty.&amp;quot; Obviously, Twitter had some things to say about it.    pretty sure avril lavigne is officially a racist \u2014 Adel Broussard (@adelbroussard) April 23, 2014      All you have to do in life to not be hated is 1. Don&amp;amp;#39;t be racist. 2. Don&amp;amp;#39;t marry anyone in Nickelback.  Goddammit Avril Lavigne. \u2014 Jamie Kilstein (@jamiekilstein) April 23, 2014      Hey Avril Lavigne, Gwen Stefani called and wants her music video ideas back! And she says to quit being racist. \u2014 Kandyce Carlson (@Psycho_Thrills) April 23, 2014      I never thought I&amp;amp;#39;d say this but can we get back the Faux Punk Rock Skatergirl Avril Lavigne? Instead of this super racist version \u2014 Eric Janvier (@ClassicJanvier) April 23, 2014      The new Avril Lavigne song is so casually racist that I need to jump off a metaphorical cliff like now \u2014 \u00A9at like thief tho (@trimmzy) April 23, 2014      On a scale from wearing bindis at Coachella to L.A.M.B. Harajuku girls how racist is the new Avril Lavigne video \u2014 Kieran Chrysler (@chryslerrr) April 23, 2014      Man, I had a terrible nightmare that Avril Lavigne released a shitty video that was super racist, good thing that didn&amp;amp;#39;t....NOOOOOO \u2014 Laimond is Not Tash (@TashoftheFuture) April 23, 2014   You would think that someone might have told Avril this video was a bad idea, especially given that Gwen Stefani drew similar ire for her Harajuku dancers way back in 2004, but clearly no one did. According to Billboard, the video has been removed from YouTube, but apparently only in search results. It&amp;#039;s still available on her site and, because this is the Internet, someone else has already put it back on YouTube. Watch below if you so choose, but don&amp;#039;t turn the sound up unless you&amp;#039;re very brave, because, racism aside, &amp;quot;Hello Kitty&amp;quot; also happens to be really, really annoying.       RELATED: Miley Cyrus Punched Avril Lavigne in the Head Menswear Designer Calls Out Chanel With &amp;quot;Stop Racism&amp;quot; Headdresses This Chair Is Messed Up, Will Make You Really Uncomfortable Follow Eliza on Twitter.  Photo credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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