Avril Lavigne and Yungblud perform 'I'm With You', emotional fans say 'pop punk princess' made them cry
While Avril Lavigne gears for the release of her seventh studio album, promised this year, the pop-punk icon has been making a number of headlines of late. Avril surprised viewers when she popped in on 'The Yungblud Show' to perform her smash hit 'I'm With You'. During her appearance, Avril and alternative rocker Yungblud teamed up to perform a scaled-back rendition of the popular 2002 ballad on the latter's live-streamed episode.
During the 28-minute mark of the nearly hour-long episode, Yungblud introduced Avril as "emo queen" while saying, "I can’t believe I’m even f***ing saying this." Their stunning performance saw Yungblud helming the acoustic guitar and providing harmonized backing vocals as Avril sang as crisp and powerful as ever.
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The live stream also had other prominent artists such as Machine Gun Kelly, Tommy Lee and Dave Navarro as special guests, and marked the one-year anniversary of the original 'The Yungblud Show'. Machine Gun Kelly had also appeared in the premiere episode with Bella Thorne and Oliver Tree. Watch the full episode below.
'This is one of his best shows'
Fans in the YouTube comments section for the livestream were quick to share their excitement over the episode. "'I'm with you' gave me goosebumps. Avril's voice is just something else, and mixed with Dom's...wow," said a fan while another wrote, "Ladies and gentlemen, Avril Lavigne, the queen of 2000’s era. I’m so happy to see her to collaborate with Yungblud."
One fan shared, "I was a fan of Avril Lavigne as a kid and hearing her sing with this litteral legend of a man just makes me tear up." Another said, "I need Avril and Dom’s performance on Spotify ASAP." One fan commented on the show, "holy fucking shit. this is one of his best shows." Another added, "Gave me all the feels, this was the best fookin YUNGBLUD show yet!" One more said, "Her voice still hits me when she plays the old songs. Avril never gets old." One more said, "Avril doesn’t age, what a voice too." Another said, "EMO QUEEN! 🖤 pop punk princess... this just made my day!"
Yungblud has performed a number of covers this year, from David Bowie‘s ‘Life On Mars’ to Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘Driver’s License’.
What did you think about Avri and Yungblud's performance for 'I'm With You'? Let us know in the comments section.