What did Avril next

For a generation of girls who spent years exclusive ly wearing butterfly clips, bright blue eyeshadow and pale pink everything, the release of the “poppunk princess” Avril Lavigne’s debut album, Let Go, on 4 June 2002 was not merely a new sound, it was enlightenment.

In an era of bubblegum pop, 17-year-old Lavigne emerged as its antithesis. Rarely seen without baggy jeans, heavy eyeliner and a loose tie round her neck, she co-wrote her songs, with lyrics about skateboarding