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Nostalgic meme lamenting there are no pop stars like Avril Lavigne anymore

This meme has text at the top that reads 'They don't make pop stars like Avril Lavigne anymore... :(' placed above a vintage photograph of 2000s pop-punk icon Avril Lavigne during a press interview. Avril is shown with her signature dark smoky eye makeup, messy light brown hair, speaking into an ABC News Radio microphone while looking off to the side mid-sentence. The meme expresses nostalgia for the unique, edgy aesthetic and distinct persona of pop stars from the 2000s, implying that modern pop stars lack the same kind of iconic, memorable identity that Avril was famous for.
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They don't make pop stars like Avril Lavigne anymore... :(

Overview

This meme has text at the top that reads 'They don't make pop stars like Avril Lavigne anymore... :(' placed above a vintage photograph of 2000s pop-punk icon Avril Lavigne during a press interview. Avril is shown with her signature dark smoky eye makeup, messy light brown hair, speaking into an ABC News Radio microphone while looking off to the side mid-sentence. The meme expresses nostalgia for the unique, edgy aesthetic and distinct persona of pop stars from the 2000s, implying that modern pop stars lack the same kind of iconic, memorable identity that Avril was famous for.

Origin notes

This meme was published on 9Gag as part of the ongoing user series 'Posting memes I found on my smartphone until I get bored or die #1651', sourced via 9Gag's RSS feed. The base image is an authentic unmodified photograph of Avril Lavigne from an ABC News Radio interview conducted at the peak of her mainstream popularity in the early 2000s, with only the top text added to turn the photo into a meme.

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