Avril:THANK YOU.

Rick: THESE ARE THE PEOPLE. PEOPLE, THIS IS AVRIL LAVIGNE.

Avril: HI, MOM.

Rick: IS YOUR MOM WATCHING?

Avril: MY MOM, ALL MY BEST FRIENDS.

Rick: THEY'RE ALL WATCHING RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING ELSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

Avril: HI.

Rick: OR YOU CAN SAY HI TO THEM WHEN YOU GO HOME AND TALK ABOUT YOUR

Avril: TWO DAYS, I GET TO GO HOME.

Rick: -- WHIRLWIND TOUR AND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING.

Avril: I'VE BEEN ON A SIX-WEEK PROMO TOUR WITH MY GUITAR PLAYER EVAN, PROMOTING MYSELF AND THE ALBUM. IT'S COMING OUT JUNE 4th.

Rick: CALLED "LET GO." I WISH I HAD SOMETHING. I USUALLY SHOW SOMETHING HERE, BUT IT WILL BE OUT BEFORE THEY KNOW IT AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP AT THEIR FAVOURITE LOCAL RECORD SHOP. AGAIN, "LET GO" JUNE 4th, AVRIL LAVIGNE. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW IT ALL STARTED FOR YOU.

Avril: OKAY.

Rick: IT'S KIND OF WEIRD. YOU COME FROM THIS SMALL TOWN, POPULATION 5,000, NAPANEE.

Audience: WHOO!

Rick: SOMEONE ELSE IS FROM NAPANEE.

Avril: YEAH! WHAT'S UP, COLIN?!

Rick: DO YOU GUYS KNOW EACH OTHER? DO YOU KNOW HIM? THAT'S COLIN RIGHT ... DID YOU GUYS GO TO HIGH SCHOOL OR SOMETHING?

Avril: THAT'S RIGHT. WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER. HOWDY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? OH, MY GOD.

Rick: CAN YOU MIKE THAT GUY OVER THERE, COLIN? ISN'T THAT NICE?

Avril: YEAH, MAN. THAT'S AWESOME, MAN!

Jenn: ONE DEGREE OF NAPANEE.

Rick: SO WE FOUND OUT ABOUT COLIN. LET'S FIND OUT ABOUT ANTONIO L.A. REED. THIS IS A HUGE LABEL FOR ARISTA; HE DISCOVERS YOU. HE'S MADE YOU HIS PERSONAL PRIORITY. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

Avril: I MEAN THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF WORK. I HAVE BEEN SINGING, EVER SINCEI'VE BEEN PERFORMING HARD-CORE, EVER SINCE I WAS 10. JUST GRADUALLY THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESS ON ME. I HOOKED UP WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE, GOT MYSELF A DEAL AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ALBUM FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND IT'S GOING GOOD. IT'S GOING GOOD.

Rick: IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE TO THE STATES, MOVE TO NEW YORK TO WORK ON THE ALBUM.

Avril: YES, I MOVED TO NEW YORK IN THE BEGINNING.

Rick: IT'S A SCARY SPOT, MANHATTAN.

Avril: CRAZY, COMING FROM NAPANEE... COMING FROM NEW YORK.

Rick: CULTURE SHOCK?

Avril: CULTURE SHOCK, RIGHT.

Rick: TELL US ABOUT YOUR TIME IN NEW YORK CITY?

Avril: IT WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING, STARTED WRITING, CO-WRITING, WORKING WITH BIG-TIME PRODUCERS AND ALL THAT. I MOVED TO L.A., FINISHED UP THE ALBUM DOWN THERE.

Rick: THAT'S AWESOME.

Avril: THANKS.

Rick: THAT'S AWESOME. YOU SING AND WRITE ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS, INDIVIDUALITY, PRETENTIOUS PEOPLE.

Avril: YEAH, WRITE ABOUT JUST DIFFERENT THINGS I HAVE BEEN THROUGH. EVERYTHING I WRITE JUST STRICTLY COMES FROM MY HEART, YOU KNOW. IT'S PAST RELATIONSHIPS AND ALL THAT B.S.

Rick: LAST THING BEFORE WE GET TO BREAK HERE, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF YOUNG ARTISTS COME AND THEY HAVE THIS LIKE LARGER-THAN-LIFE PERSONA, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST STARTING THE RIDE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON IT FOR A WHILE. IT'S GOING TO GET FASTER. THERE'S NO PRIVACY; EVERYONE WANTS YOU. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

Avril: I THINK THAT I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS ALL MY LIFE. THIS IS WHAT I WANTED. THIS IS MY DREAM, MY GOAL IN LIFE, AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR, SO I AM READY!

Rick: YOU'RE READY FOR THE WORLD?

Avril: I AM READY!

Rick: AVRIL LAVIGNE, JUNE 4th, "LET GO," THE DEBUT ALBUM. THE VIDEO, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE. WE HAVE TO TAKE A COMMERCIAL BREAK BUT MORE AFTER THE BREAK ON "MuchOnDemand." COLIN, AVRIL, COME ON! ("MuchOnDemand" theme)

Jenn: YOU ARE TUNED IN TO "MuchOnDemand." I'M ON LINE WITH AVRIL LAVIGNE AT Muchmusic.com.

Avril: WHAT'S UP?

Jenn: WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO WRITE YOUR OWN MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM?

Avril: I MEAN, LIKE IT'S MY ALBUM. IT'S MY NAME ON THE ALBUM AND I WANT THIS TO REPRESENT ME. AND THAT'S ... WRITING IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO ME. IT'S LIKE "MY THERAPY." IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW...

Jenn: DID THE LABEL WANT TO HOOK YOU UP WITH SOME WRITERS AT FIRST?

Avril: YEAH. THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLYWHEN I GOT SIGNED, I WAS SIGNED JUST AS A SINGER, NOT SIGNED AS A SINGER/SONGWRITER. I LET THEM KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME AND THAT I WANTED TO DO, THAT I WANTED TO WRITE. THEY TOOK A BIG CHANCE AND GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE AND IT WORKED AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO BE SINGING SOMEONE ELSE'S LYRICS. I WANT TO SING WHAT'S MINE, YOU KNOW?

Jenn: GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN, DO YOU THINK THAT FORCED YOU TO BE CREATIVE BECAUSE THERE WASN'T MUCH TO DO?

Avril: YEAH, I THINK SO, PLUS HALF THE TIME I WAS GROUNDED AND IN MY ROOM AND HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT WRITE, PLAY MY GUITAR.

Jenn: WERE YOU A BAD GIRL?

Avril: NO.

Jenn: SKATE PUNK?

Avril: YOU COULD SAY THAT.

Jenn: I READ THAT YOU'RE A SKATER GIRL. WHAT WERE YOU TO THAT SCENE?

Avril: PARDON ME?

Jenn: WHAT WERE YOU TO THE SKATE KIND OF PUNK SCENE?

Avril: WHICH ROOMIE? IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HUNG AROUND THAT GROUP OF GUYS WHO WERE SKATERS AND I WAS ALWAYS ATHLETIC AND INTO SPORTS AND I JUST PICKED IT UP, THOUGHT IT WAS COOL. IT'S FUN. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO SKATE NOW BUT DEFINITELY ON TOUR, WHEN WE GO ON TOUR, THE BAND AND I, WE WILL BE TAKING OUR BOARDS ALONG AND WE'RE GOING TO BECOME PRO SKATERS, RIP IT UP!

Jenn: NOW YOU'RE ALL IN CAMO, BAGGY JEANS, SPIKES ON YOUR WRISTS... DO YOU FEEL THE PRESSURE TO BE MORE GIRLIE?

Avril: NO! I MEAN LIKE IT'S SO FUNNY WHEN I GO TO LIKE PHOTO SHOOTS OR WHATEVER, THEY KIND OF WANT TO MAKE ME MORE GIRLIE AND THEY HAVE RACKS OF CLOTHING AND I'M LIKE "LET ME SEE. NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOT INTO HEELS, NOT INTO PEARLS. I THINK I'LL JUST WEAR WHAT I'VE GOT ON NOW." MY STYLIST HATES ME.

Jenn: I WAS AT YOUR WEB SITE, avrilonline.com, WENT INTO THE MESSAGE BOARDS AND SOMEONE WHO WENT TO SCHOOL WITH YOU SAID SHE REMEMBERED THAT YOU WERE A NEAT FREAK, THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS CLEANING YOUR ROOM AND CLEANING OTHER PEOPLE'S BEDROOMS. IS THIS TRUE? WERE YOU CLEANING YOUR FRIENDS' BEDROOMS?

Avril: YEAH, I CAN'T STAND MESSES. THAT WAS BACK THEN. I COULDN'T STAND MESSES. NOW I'M A FAIRLY MESSY CHICK.

Jenn: WE HAVE YOUR VIDEO RIGHT NOW.

Avril: SWEET.

Jenn: CAN YOU INTRODUCE IT FOR US?

Avril: YES, IT'S MY FIRST VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE "COMPLICATED," AND MY BAND AND I SHOT THIS IN L.A., GRIFFITH PARK. It WAS AWESOME! IT WAS 2 DAYS, 14 HOURS EACH DAY. IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS KICK ASS; IT WAS FUN. SO ROCK ON!

Jenn: HERE IT IS ON "MuchOnDemand." THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.

Avril: THANK YOU. (Playing video)