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Avril Lavigne Gets Nostalgic With Simple Plan for Anthemic Collab ‘Young & Dumb’

The pop-punk princess is taking over Billboard's Instagram Stories from the music video set to celebrate the new single.

Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan

Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan

Skyler Barberio

Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan are taking a “Young and Dumb” trip down memory lane with their new single, which was released Friday (May 9).

On the sing-along, the “Complicated” singer transports fans back to the beginning of the pop-punk explosion of the early 2000s as she sings, “2002 and I’m hangin’ on the tour bus/ Leavin’ my hometown, Napanee/ Rockin’ a necktie, black eyeliner/ White tank top and I’m chasin’ my dreams.”


Simple Plan frontman Pierre Bouvier grabs the mic for the second verse, fast-forwarding to the genre’s resurgence in the current decade while still insisting, “I’m just a kid, still a pop-punk skater/ They told me, ‘Get a job’/ But I said, ‘No way!'”

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In the accompanying music video, the longtime pals take over a vintage motel, performing in an empty pool and running amok around the property on a bellhop’s cart. Later this month, they’ll be hitting the road together for the latest leg of Lavigne’s Greatest Hits Tour, which kicks off May 25 in Bangor, Maine.

To celebrate the release, Lavigne is taking over Billboard‘s Instagram Stories from the set of the “Young & Dumb” music video with Simple Plan all afternoon.

In a behind-the scenes teaser (below), the pop-punk princess can be seen giving Billboard a glimpse inside her tour bus — where the Simple Plan guys just so happen to be lounging in the bunks. (“Oh hey, I was sleepin’,” Bouvier tells the camera after Avril interrupts his power nap.)

Check out the “Young and Dumb” music video below, and head to Billboard‘s Instagram Stories for more exclusive behind-the-scenes content from Lavigne’s social media takeover.

This article first appeared on Billboard U.S.

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