Why Is Nobody Talking About The Fact Avril Lavigne Died And Was Replaced With A Clone?

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2003 was a big one. Guy Sebastian escaped charges of daylight robbery when he beat Nollsy in Australian Idol, The Nokia 3200 hit stores across the globe and one of the world’s biggest pop stars tragically passed away, only to be replaced with a doppelgänger.

I am of course speaking of the genius behind bangers Sk8er Boi, Complicated and I’m With You, the incomparable… the legendary… the often duplicated but never replicated… Miss Avril Lavigne.

Please indulge me as we embark on a journey through what is maybe the greatest — and most cooked — pop music conspiracy theory, started by a Brazilian Avril Lavigne fan page. Let’s do this thing.

Avril Lavigne Is Dead?

The early ’00s was peak Avril hysteria, and rightly so. The Canadian songstress dropped her debut album Let Go which featured some of the most iconic tracks of the ’00s. Don’t even try to tell me you didn’t slam your door on your parents, stroke your emo fringe and listen to Complicated on your iPod nano at some point during your childhood.

It was a full-on and very sudden rise to fame, and as a result our girl Avril was seriously struggling. And so, according to the conspiracy theory, her label enlisted the help of a body double named Melissa Vandella. Melissa would be papped, step in for Avril at important events — basically be Avril for all intents and purposes.

Avril and Melissa became close friends, and thought it would be a funny idea to teach Melissa the same vocal range as Avril, according to an ~unknown source~. If only they knew how much of a pivotal part in each of their lives this would play.

The theory claims that shortly after beginning her second album, Avril died. But instead of telling the world (and losing millions of dollars) Melissa just filled her shoes, and for the last 14 years has been living her life as Avril Lavigne.

Oh you don’t believe us? Here’s the cold hard “evidence”, sweaty xoxo.

Her Handwriting

I don’t know about y’all, but I have the exact same handwriting I did from school. So why all of a sudden has Avril’s handwriting different? Coincidence? Maybe.

Melissa back on her bullshit? Probably.

OK But Why Does She Have Less Freckles On Her Arm?

FRECKLES DON’T LIE. I have had the same freckles since birth, and I bet you have too. So why does 2003 Avril have less freckles than 2007 “Avril”?

Image: Reddit

The Lyrics

Supposedly Melissa has — understandably — struggled to keep up the lie over the years, and has attempted to get the truth out by way of dropping “several clues” in song lyrics.

The track Slipped Away is said to hint at Lavigne’s death:

“…It wasn’t fake/It happened, you passed by/Now you are gone, now you are gone/There you go, there you go/Somewhere I can’t bring you back.”

I mean, this is very on-brand for ’00s emo-pop, but could have Avril, I mean Melissa, have been trying to send us all a message? Probably.

Since When Can You Get Your Eyes Done?

Pop stars are no strangers to a touch of plastic surgery here and there, but I’ve never heard of an EYE JOB. Explain this, MELISSA.

Now before you grab your torches and pitch-forks, you should know the owner of the Brazilian Avril Lavigne fan page I mentioned earlier has come out to say it’s just a theory they created, and is not in any way true. Or is it? Did “Avril” and her team silence this theorist to avoid the TRUTH being exposed?

What do you believe?