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Avril Lavigne responds to claims that her new video is racist: "LOLOLOL!!"

The video for Hello Kitty has been branded a “fetishisation” of Japanese culture.

Apr 24th 2014, 12:49 PM 4,782 Views 1 Comment

AVRIL LAVIGNE HAS a typically mature and well-thought out response to the hordes of people who think her new video is racist: “LOLOLOL!!”

The video for Hello Kitty features Avril frolicking in a cupcake-covered tutu as a host of expressionless Japanese girls (rather like Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Girls) dance behind her.

It was uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday but mysteriously taken down after US music magazine Billboard and all of Twitter slammed it as a “trainwreck” that fetishised Japanese culture.

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Not sure if this Avril Lavigne video is terrible, racist, or terribly racist.
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) April 22, 2014

Source: Desus/Twitter

Avril herself has tweeted a response to the racism claims:

RACIST??? LOLOLOL!!! I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan. I flew to Tokyo to shoot this video…
— Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) April 24, 2014

Source: Avril Lavigne/Twitter

…specifically for my Japanese fans, WITH my Japanese label, Japanese choreographers AND a Japanese director IN Japan.
— Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) April 24, 2014

Source: Avril Lavigne/Twitter

OK, but that doesn’t stop it being an awful, awful video. Sorry Avril.

Here are some of the cringiest bits, in gifs.

Avril stares determinedly at a cupcake toy

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Avril getting too excited by some sushi

avrilkitty2

Avril waving to unseen fans (in black and white)

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The moment she realises this is a bit ridiculous

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The faces of her expressionless minions

The Hello Kitty video is back up on YouTube now, if you wish to subject your eyes to it:

Source: Avril Lavigne/YouTube

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Avril Lavigne responds to claims that her new video is racist: "LOLOLOL!!"