Avril Lavigne officially made her TikTok debut on Monday, June 21 when a video of the musician singing her 2002 hit “Sk8er Boi” wearing an outfit appropriate for the time, after which Tony Hawk took skate tricks, appeared on the video-sharing social network. network.
The clip appeared simultaneously on Lavigne and Hawk’s TikTok pages for Monday’s Go Skateboarding Day, the annual holiday first launched by the International Association of Skateboarding Societies.
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In the “Sk8er Boi” redux, Lavigne dons street clothes similar to what she would have worn 20 years ago. A signature baggy tie drapes her neck and serves as a device for passing the video from Lavigne’s musical comeback to Hawk’s celebratory skating.
“On June 21, skateboarders around the world will celebrate the sheer exhilaration, creativity and spirit of one of the most influential activities in the world by shedding all the other obligations of skateboarding,” Transworld told About Go Skateboarding Day.
“Sk8er Boi” was the second single from Lavigne’s debut album Let Go in 2002, which is now multi-platinum in the United States and certified diamond in the singer’s native Canada. The song follows her introductory single, “Complicated”, which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Top 40 and Mainstream Top 40 charts. “Sk8er Boi” also reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40.
Lavigne is the latest artist to expand his online brand to TikTok, which has proven to be a fruitful breeding ground for new talent in the form of influencers on social media such as YouTube and Twitch. Many other rock and metal artists now maintain an official presence on TikTok.
