The last time I watched this interview was, well, in 2004. So I was wrong about some important things.
1. The interviewer was one of the fans.
2. The interviewer spoke English (even if it was slightly broken), so Avril wasn't waiting for the translation, but was listening to the question directly.
3. Her smile was more of a "wry smile" than "forced" during the interview.
4. The first "smile" of the two gifs Gabo posted was right after Avril answered that she would 'describe her music as dark color'. And it was not a forced smile (but weird indeed)
But that promotion hat of a certain website still sucks.
And don't like how that interviewer brushed off the "Slipped Away" question easily as if it was nothing, after she knew that she was mistaken and the song was actually about her grandfather's death.
I just rewatched this interview. I'm a bit baffled that this supposed fan had no clue what Slipped Away was about, yet she was able to ask a question about Take It, a B-side track...
I wish Avril got asked more interesting questions like that, her last era interviews were dreadfully boring and repetitive with all the Chad and engagement crap over and over again and mentioning the same few songs from AL over and over again. Ugh. I love it when she gets thrown a curveball like "What about this song?" or "What inspired you to do this?" "What color best describes your music," etc. Anything different is always good, IMO.
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^^ but she lately always seems to avoid talking about that stuff because "it can be interpreted differently, that's the great thing about music." Avril's got good at avoiding good questions... it gets annoying when someone asks something and she like... points the conversation in an entirely different direction...
I've seen so many pictures of Avril with this forced smile before! But somehow I always feel as though I'm the only one who thinks like "ehm.. this looks so forced" because everyone around me is just like "OMFG LOOK AT AVRIL'S SMILE!!! ♥♥♥"
But this "forced smile" is totally understandable. I mean, imagine being on the red carpet and having to smile the whole time, no matter if you're actually sad or angry or sick, no matter if you've already smiled so much that your whole face hurts. I'm sure there are at least a thousand pictures of every celebrity with a forced smile like that.
And anyway, we all know that Avril can also wear a 100% real smile =)
I wouldn't say the last one is fake coz her cheeks was lifting up
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Avril's expressions in French show Taratata interviews are also epic.
She looked uncomfortable, even annoyed during both shows in 2007 and 2011 (except right after when they showed her the video they made about her in 2011, she genuinely laughed at that one)
Avril's expressions in French show Taratata interviews are also epic.
She looked uncomfortable, even annoyed during both shows in 2007 and 2011 (except right after when they showed her the video they made about her in 2011, she genuinely laughed at that one)
When I hear "forced" smile, I think of Avril being told that she must smile; therefore, she being forced by someone else to smile.
I think that's exactly what's happening though, even if she hasn't been told to smile per se but she just thinks that's what she has to do. Whenever they're attending showbiz ceremonies, tradition dictates that all celebrities must smile for the cameras (unless they're Marilyn Manson or whatever, where the same conventions don't apply). I guess some of them pull it off better than others. Poor Avril has never quite mastered it.
I don't think of as a voluntary smile, or opposite of what you defined as a sincere smile, as forced. Even if you are purposefully smiling and doing so voluntarily, you aren't automatically smiling in the same way as Avril does when wearing her "forced smile". If you have an insincere smile in which it wasn't involuntary, then you have complete control over what kind of smile you put on. Avril's "forced smile" is certainly not the only kind of smile that could be considered forced. Anyone can fake a natural smile easily; Avril just doesn't and tends to wear this deemed "forced" smile.
And when I hear the word "force" I think of an actual force, as if smiling voluntarily is a struggle takes much effort. A fake smile is as effortless as a natural smile, the only difference is that you have to think about faking a smile and you don't when it naturally occurs. I just don't view voluntary smiles as forced just because they take effort. In my opinion, a forced smile would be the case of smiling unwillingly because someone else is requiring you to do so, or if you had a physical condition that made smiling difficult and you literally would have to force yourself to smile.
Sorry man, but I still don't get the difference between a forced smile and an insincere smile. All I'm getting is that you think one is easier than the other, which is fine, but isn't something we could have a meaningful discussion about. Is singing easy? Depends who you ask, dunnit?
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Sorry man, but I still don't get the difference between a forced smile and an insincere smile. All I'm getting is that you think one is easier than the other, which is fine, but isn't something we could have a meaningful discussion about. Is singing easy? Depends who you ask, dunnit?
The way I see it is, a forced smile is insincere, but an insincere smile isn't necessarily forced. I don't really like the word forced to be used because I don't think it defines that kind of smile very well. Like I said, "forced" smile sounds like the act of smiling is required and forced by someone else. Fake smiles are not always forced by someone else's dictation. Without a requirement, you can still fake a smile all day, but you aren't forcing yourself to smile.
Remember though, I'm going by my definition of forced smile, which only accounts for smiles being required; an insincere smile brought on by any other reason is not forced, imo. This is probably why there is no difference between the two for you, but they are different for me.
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Sorry man, but I still don't get the difference between a forced smile and an insincere smile. All I'm getting is that you think one is easier than the other, which is fine, but isn't something we could have a meaningful discussion about. Is singing easy? Depends who you ask, dunnit?
The way I see it is, a forced smile is insincere, but an insincere smile isn't necessarily forced. I don't really like the word forced to be used because I don't think it defines that kind of smile very well. Like I said, "forced" smile sounds like the act of smiling is required and forced by someone else. Fake smiles are not always forced by someone else's dictation. Without a requirement, you can still fake a smile all day, but you aren't forcing yourself to smile.
Remember though, I'm going by my definition of forced smile, which only accounts for smiles being required; an insincere smile brought on by any other reason is not forced, imo. This is probably why there is no difference between the two for you, but they are different for me.
Okay, I think I see what you're getting at. There's a grey area between voluntary and involuntary, wherein someone is forced to do something against their will.
But I don't think this applies to Avril's forced smile, as the word obviously doesn't mean to me what it means to you. There are different kinds of dictation, and different degrees of force. Like I said, I think Avril's forced smile is simply a social norm among celebrities. Everyone else does it, so why wouldn't she?
I think how Avril acts in interviews depends on what situation she's in. Remember during AL era when she did a live chat with fans (she wore a green dress and sunglasses) and she talked about stuff like how GYWYL was developed from Bad Girl? She went a lot more in depth with that "interview" and she also one time uploaded a Q and A video just randomly on her channel where she answered fan questions like why she has never performed HDIF.
I think Avril enjoys things like live chats or questions from fans much more than standard interview settings. There's something about it I think that makes her uncomfortable. Maybe it's because she's expected to reveal so much about herself and her music in front of a stranger who probably couldn't care less about any of it, they're just doing their job. But she knows fans really do care and because we mean a lot to her, she is more inclined to share with us. Most interviews are also time restricted, especially on TV, so she doesn't have a lot of time to go in depth about why she wrote certain songs or anything.
Also remember the Howard Stern interview? They must have had a lot of time set aside for that one because I remember she went very in depth about when she wrote the LG album and Complicated, Breakaway, she even talked about her and Chad's sex life, so maybe she felt really comfortable around Howard Stern, or because Chad was there she felt more comfortable and felt like sharing more.
Sometimes there are reasons behind Avril's displeased expressions, like that Charlotte Church interview? I distinctly remember that those ladies kept asking her questions but kept on interrupting her every time she tried to answer. I'd have been annoyed too. And the infamous British interview that was awkward as hell, even though the guy was just trying to be funny, Avril didn't understand the humor so she just thought he was being a jerk or didn't find his jokes funny. I think she thought she was being punked or something because he didn't ask any serious questions.
Howard Stern does a radio show so the interviews can be very long. Radio interviews, unless done over the phone, don't tend to be quick because a lot of effort goes into it, especially from the person being interviewed since they have to be there in person.
I guess tv interviews work the same way, but are much more time restricted because they don't run as long as radio programs do.
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Sometimes there are reasons behind Avril's displeased expressions, like that Charlotte Church interview? I distinctly remember that those ladies kept asking her questions but kept on interrupting her every time she tried to answer. I'd have been annoyed too. And the infamous British interview that was awkward as hell, even though the guy was just trying to be funny, Avril didn't understand the humor so she just thought he was being a jerk or didn't find his jokes funny. I think she thought she was being punked or something because he didn't ask any serious questions.
OT, but sometimes Avril's answers to questions don't really go anywhere, and I guess someone has to keep things interesting for the viewers at home by interrupting her "and um yeah like... yeah" monologues. I can't remember exactly how the Charlotte Church interview went down though, so maybe it wasn't her fault and they were just rude to her.
I wouldn't say the last one is fake coz her cheeks was lifting up
I thought in the first two pictures her smile did look kinda forced because there are no laughter lines around her eyes at all. Whereas in the last two pictures her eyes are slightly narrowed / there are quite clear laughter lines around her eyes. She's smiling with her eyes which makes the whole smile look much more sincere compared to pictures 1 and 2.
But of course, in the end she's the only one who could tell us if she was really forcing a smile or not =)
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