Ahead of their North American summer tour together On May 9th, Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan released their first ever music collaboration – a song titled ‘Young & Dumb’. Simple Plan are not only featured on the song vocally and musically, but they also contributed to the lyrics: besides Avril Lavigne, the credits of the song also include Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau and John Feldman (who has previously worked with Simple Plan on many occasions).
In the song lyrics, Avril and Simple Plan reminisce of the early 2000s when both artists were just starting out and Avril took Simple Plan as her opening act on the Canadian leg of her ‘Try To Shut Me Up’ tour (2003).
The percussion-driven song hits like a wave of nostalgia and good memories of the good old times as well as being grateful of the fact that even 20 years later, they are still doing what they love.
A few months ago, I called them up and they joined me in the studio to write ‘Young & Dumb’. We wanted the song to capture the nostalgic feelings of this unique moment in our lives when we were both just starting out and chasing our dreams. We wanted our fans to know that in our hearts, we’re still the same kids we were back then and that our love for music has never changed.
This song is about our friendship and how music has kept us connected all these years. The song is about feeling nostalgic, while loving where you are right now."
You can listen to ‘Young & Dumb’ by Avril Lavigne feat. Simple Plan on Spotify and/or check out the full music video they filmed for the song as well:
