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'59th ACM Awards 2024': Internet dubs Avril Lavigne and Nate Smith 'perfect pair' following 'Bulletproof' act

Internet swooing over Avril Lavigne and Nate Smith following their 'Bulletproof' performance at the '59th ACM Awards 2024'

FRISCO, TEXAS: On May 16, Nate Smith took the 'ACM Awards 2024' stage with his most recent song, 'Bulletproof', and invited Avril Lavigne to accompany him for the live premiere of their remix. However, fans were quick to notice the chemistry between the talented singers and had already started to ship the duo with one another.

Nate Smith sang solo as the show began on a stage that had been altered to resemble a neon-lit club. Before they sang the rest of the song together and grinned as they embraced at the conclusion, Avril joined him to sing the second verse on her own.

Before the awards ceremony, the two musicians collaborated to create a new duet version of the song, which first debuted on Nate Smith's 'Through the Smoke' EP. At the event, which took place at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas, Smith wore all black with a leather jacket, while Avril, donned a ripped black hoodie and ripped black flare pants.

Seeing the duo perform, viewers took to X to write, "OMG!! This is amazing!" While another user gushed, "find someone who looks at you the same way nate smith looks at avril."

One user exclaimed, "The duet we didn't know 2024 needed: Nate Smith and Avril Lavinge." A fourth person asked, "Why are Avril Lavigne and Nate Smith the perfect pair?!"

One user quipped, "I'm glad Avril and Nate sound good singing together because my ears can't handle another Blake and Gwen." Another person added, "Avril’s vocals. Good God. Aging like a fiiiiiine beer. Cuz #ACMs . But for real. Love the collab with Nate!" 

Nate Smith calls Avril Lavigne his 'absolute home slice'

Smith described Avril to Billboard on the red carpet before the Dick Clark Productions-produced event, saying, "She's my absolute home slice. Avril has amazing energy. Both of our energies are really great. We’re really great friends; we like to drink white wine; we like to attempt to skateboard."

The two are also collaborating on original music, he said, saying, "She’s just the coolest person and so real, and she lives in the moment in every way. I love that about her."

Nate Smith won big at the '59th ACM Awards 2024'

After Nate won his first ACM Award 2024 before the evening program, which was hosted by Reba McEntire, the two gave a unique performance. Megan Moroney and Tigirlily Gold, the winners of the new duet or group of the year, as well as the new female artist of the year, were announced together with his major announcement.

Nate Smith and Avril Lavigne to go on tour in 2024

One week before Avril's much-awaited Greatest Hits tour begins, the new song is released. She will also be releasing the 'Greatest Hits' album the following month.

"Can’t do a greatest hits tour without a greatest hits album!!! Dropping June 21st 🩷💚🧡🖤," the Grammy-nominated 'Girlfriend' singer announced along with the artwork from her album on Instagram on May 10. 

Smith, on the other hand, will embark this autumn on his own Through the Smoke tour, which is named after his most recent EP, which was released on April 5. Special guests on the tour will be John Morgan and Karley Scott Collins. The 14-date tour kicks off in Portland, Oregon, on September 19 and ends in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 23.