Avril Lavigne has seen much controversy surround the release of the music video for her new single, ‘Hello Kitty’, as an overwhelming number of comments suggest that the video is in poor taste. She has since taken to Twitter to challenge these criticisms, which you can read below:
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
…specifically for my Japanese fans, WITH my Japanese label, Japanese choreographers AND a Japanese director IN Japan.
— Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) April 24, 2014
The track, ‘Hello Kitty’, is taken from her self-titled studio album, out now on Epic Records.