The Y2K collab we didn’t realize we required. Recently (June 21), Avril Lavigne made her TikTok debut close by favorable to skater Tony Hawk – starting an overflow of Y2K sentimentality across the web.
The TikTok shows Lavigne, wearing her brand name dark on-dark outfit with a striped blue and red tie, lip-synchronizing to the 00s pop-punk hymn “Sk8er Boi” from her 2002 collection Let Go. When the melody hits, the video changes to US skateboarder Tony Hawk (the OG skater kid, tbh) skating a half-pipe in coordination with a tie.
As per the TikTok’s subtitle, the collab was posted to pay tribute to Go Skateboarding Day, which tries to make skating more open, praised yearly by Tony Hawk, and his philanthropic The Skateboard Project makes protected and comprehensive skateparks for young people in disadvantaged.
Meanwhile, Hawk posted a video showing Lavigne how to skate on the half-pipe, where the artist tumbles off the board before effectively sliding the incline. “Breaking news: Sk8er Boi vocalist takes in skating move from old Sk8ter Man,” said Hawk in the subtitle.
Other than the “Sk8er Boi” lip-synchronize acquiring 2.8 million likes on TikTok, the video immediately flowed across the web, with fans pondering the mid-00s wistfulness. “What in 2003 is this????” one analyst asked, while another stated, “OMG, my youth… Sang this on my karaoke machine regular.”
Something else, fans remarked on the 36-year-old vocalist’s appearance, expressing that she looks precisely equivalent to when the melody was first delivered. “Maturing who? We never knew about her,” said one fan in the remarks. Another expressed: “2003 Avril has been thawed out omg.”
Maybe the pop-punk legend’s next TikTok will be a stunner schedule? We’ll be streaming Lavigne’s most prominent hits on rehash up to that point. Look at Lavigne’s skating exercise with Hawk and the “Sk8er Boi” TikTok beneath.