The pop-punk gateway drug: Let Go introduced Avril's bratty contralto and mall-skater iconography, but the songwriting — "Complicated"'s eye-roll diplomacy, "I'm with You"'s surprisingly raw plea — outclassed the marketing. Seventeen years old, eight-figure sales, and a generation of pop-punk girls granted citizenship. It holds up.
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