Its ok

On paper, the mix of Avril Lavigne and the lyrics “All my life I’ve been good / but now / ohhh I’m I pondering what the he11,” from her new single “What the He11,” don't appear significantly promising. Not just because we are suspicious that Lavigne has been good all of her life (no offense, Avril), but as a result of at this point when are younger feminine pop singers ever thinking anything however “what the he11”? (What the he11, I’ll date Brody Jenner, smoke salvia, put on latex all day, venereal ailments, embarrassing images, yeast infections etc. etc. be damned.) However these pop songs, guys, they are going to shock you, particularly when produced by manipulative hook-generating geniuses like Max Martin: In different phrases, “What the He11” is a straight-up "run residence from the office to place your pajamas on in the middle of the day and leap up and down on your mattress for hours and hours slumber occasion" anthem.

Among the glories of this track, none is larger than the service Lavigne does to the phrase “But now,” one of the more common constructions in the English language. The refrain, the beforehand quoted “All my life I’ve been good / however now / ohhhh, I’m thinking what the he11,” is damaged up so all of the emphasis is on “Good, but now,” with the “what the he11” fading off to the point that the lyrics truly sound like, “All my life I’ve been good / but now … ” which - forgive us this cheeseball, earnest factor we're about to say about an Avril Lavigne song. Honestly, between this and Gwyneth Paltrow, it's like we've gone all tender inside - imbues the track with an actual sense of possibility. These things happen every so often: A pop music matches banal, clichéd lyrics with the perfect catchy backing observe to change into one thing that feels universal (which is absolutely simply the great way of claiming clichéd). In the way in which that “Social gathering in the U.S.A.” and “Teenage Dream,” by no fault of their own occur to encapsulate something elemental about patriotism and nostalgia respectively, “What the He11” will get at recklessness. Alternate interpretation: We're so exhausted from dancing round in our figurative pajamas to this track, we've the lost the power to assess it properly. Hear beneath and decide for your self!

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