A pop-punk classic, certified banger and arguably the single greatest song of the 21st century, Avril Lavigne’s Sk8er Boi – sorry, Avril Lavigne’s masterpiece Sk8er Boi – is a lot of things. It’s a love story, a cautionary tale, a romantic tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, a can’t-lose karaoke go-to and a guaranteed dancefloor filler. It’s a doozy, so let’s dive on in. L8er! 0.01 Here we go, and it’s immediately all kicking off. There’s a load of spray paint – the edgiest of all paint formats. 0.07 7th St & Spring St is in LA, of course. There’s an ice-cream shop there now called Little Damage that looks quite nice. 0.14 Old technology was truly, truly awful. This was cutting-edge shit back then. This is a Motorola Timeport Skytel Pager, and every word of that m...
