avril lavigne released ‘my happy ending’ 20 years ago

One of my favorite songs🔥❤️

Feels like yesterday 😳

We used to listen to it all the time on the radio! Kids a radio is what old people used to listen to.

They honestly don't make music like this anymore.

@AnnabelleD37474 one of her best

Her best after “I’m With You” for me.

This sound was so fresh! I wonder if we’ll ever get a new sound again 😩

this video needs more running scenes and camera slow pans

She use to be my favorite

An update- The pop-punk/emo fan has been, and continues to be, meme gold. There are endless social media posts poking fun at the fashion, haircuts, makeup and rebellious lifestyle captioned with that overused but popular expression, “It’s not a phase!” The stigma associated with the culture is so prevalent that there are even episodes of Mexican telenovelas about parents grappling with the fact that their kids were (as they pronounced it) “eh-moh.” All one really has to do, though, to see the huge cultural influence and staying power of pop-punk and emo, is look at the genre’s massive box office tallies. Acts like blink-182 ($2 million average gross in the last 36 months, according to Pollstar Boxoffice Reports), The “Hella Mega Tour” with Green Day, My Chemical Romance, and Weezer (regularly cleared over $4 million per stadium) and Paramore (well over a million per show for the last 36 months) have all found continued success with their angsty, melodic rock anthems. And there’s the popularity of festivals like When We Were Young and Cruel World as well as fest headlining slots further demonstrating the oeuvre’s powerful and continued influence. Then there’s Avril Lavigne, the sk8er queen supernova who was rockin’ up MTV two decades ago and who became the poster child for the pop-punk and emo movement of the early 2000s. With seven acclaimed albums, eight Grammy nominations and continued touring, Lavigne has paved a way for others and accrued fans, no matter the resurgence. “I’ve watched how pop-punk and emo music have ebbed and flowed over the years, but I agree with those who say it never really went away,” Lavigne tells Pollstar. “This style of music has always had such a dedicated fanbase that has kept it alive, and it is so amazing to have this new generation discovering it.” And the genres — though different, pop-punk and emo often overlap and influence each other — may garner new fans with Lavigne’s Greatest Hits album (Legacy Recordings) dropping June 21. Just take a gander at the 20 solid gold tracks featured on Lavigne’s Greatest Hits, you’d be hard-pressed not to use words like illustrious and iconic to describe her output throughout her 22-year career. And her ambitious 28-date trek, which includes a mix of arenas and amphitheaters supporting the release, is taking her career to new peaks. She kicked off the Live Nation-promoted tour – which features All Time Low, Simple Plan and Royal & The Serpent supporting on select dates – with a sold-out show at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada, on May 22 and later performed at the iconic Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, in front of another sellout crowd. The Canadian-born singer is taking a break from North American venues to perform at European festivals and headline two United Kingdom shows but will return Aug. 14 for the second North American leg, which will be at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Canada. “Not to call it nostalgia, but there’s definitely an energy in the air and in the marketplace where these tours really are in high demand,” says Steve Ackles, Live Nation’s global tour promoter who worked on Lavigne’s tour. “This was one that went on sale and basically sold out immediately. … As a true fan myself, that’s what’s been exciting about working on Avril and blink-182 and a lot of bands in that genre. I grew up on this music. So, to have 20,000 tickets sold in an amphitheater with this artist is super exciting,”