Avril Lavigne

Damn it, another l**k?! What the hell is going on these days?!

I only listened to "If I Said I Loved You" once so far, but I'm really surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I skimmed a few comments here first, and therefore expected to find it cheesy myself, since I don't much like love songs in the first place. But I don't really think "If I Said I Loved You" is that cheesy. I think it's pretty sweet, actually. Yes, it gets quite repetitive about halfway through, but that rhythm is so catchy, I was vibing in my seat throughout the song, lol.

I also think both Avril and Chad sound great in the song. Avril really killed it imo. I love the way she uses her voice, switching from chest voice to head voice, and giving certain words a bit of an emphasis... I didn't really hear any weird accent; to me, it just sounded like she played with the pronunciation a little, but that just made the song more interesting imo (unlike in e.g. "Hello Heartache" where her weird pronunciations just ruin the song for me). I don't much like Chad's voice, but the way he and Avril harmonised throughout the song worked wonderfully imo, and made Chad's voice much more bearable enjoyable for me.

I also just love how authentic the song feels. Listening to it just that one time really made me happy for Avril's and Chad's happiness.

So yeah, the only negative I really have about this song is its repetitiveness. Based on my first listen, I would've loved to see it on AL, or officially released in some other way. It's way better than at least half of AL. But I understand they wanted to keep the song to themselves. Which makes me feel a little uncomfortable, having listened to it. But it's so good, I really want to listen to it some more times...

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who loves AL5 album but Falling Fast is indeed one of the bests!

Some of these songs like the one with chad, a few from HAW including “here in your arms” have been circulating among small circles for years.

She’s also apparently sitting on a mountain of unreleased stuff from LS that is also circulating.
Idk when/if she plans to really do the double album or delux she said she would , but I’m sure we’ll hear the songs eventually either way 🤷

I don't know if anybody else here likes at least a few of Nickelback's songs (at least the softer, cheesier ones, not the grotesque, less known discography), but this duet song certain lyrical and melodical characteristics that are very "Chad-like", lol, so in terms of structure (just listen to Miss You, I'd Come For You, Satellite, etc.) I feel there's more Chad than Avril, even though her voice is in the forefront. Anyway, it's an endearing and nice song, but quite generically love-cheesy which isn't quite in my lane, so to say.