Avril Lavigne Cries Through Her “Wish You Were Here” Video

September 9th, 2011 // 202 Comments

The video for Avril Lavigne’s third Goodbye Lullaby single “Wish You Were Here” features the poor Canadian singer having a good cry in an empty room while lamenting, “Damn, damn, damn, what I’d do to have you here, here, here.” And what is it with this trend of the ladies of pop setting things on fire lately? First Skylar Grey immolates herself in the video for “Invisible,” and now Avril’s getting all pyro with a flower in her new clip. Watch the sob fest below.

Last night, before taking the stage in Turin, Italy, Avril tweeted, “My music video for ‘Wish You Were Here’ is coming out tomorrow (and the tears are real… no onions!!)”

There’s not really much to the Marc Webb-directed clip for the Max Martin/Shellback-co-produced “Wish You Were Here” — just Avril in a room, looking sad, lighting flora on fire and dunking her head underwater in a bathtub. But it all works given that the mournful song itself packs a strong emotional punch.

Overall, this is a nice way to end the Goodbye Lullaby era.

Are you feeling Avril’s emotional display in “Wish You Were Here”? Let us know below.

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  1. Kevin Berry, II

    STUPID DRAMA QUEEN + STUPID MUSIC VIDEO = AVRIL RAMONA LAVIGNE

  2. Candance Barnes

    Avril Lavigne is going to make another tear jerker music video like this, I’m not going to listen to her music anymore.

  3. David Hayes

    I DON’T GIVE A DAMN IF AVRIL LAVIGNE WAS REALLY CRYING IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO, HER MUSIC STILL SUCKS ASS!!!

  4. Dana Hayes

    This is really stupid because Avril Lavigne wasn’t really crying in this music video, she was wearing cheap eyeliner and mascara to make it look like she’s crying. She always sings and writing depressing songs that are based on her life and the happy songs that she sings and writes are so stupid because it is so, “bitchy and in your face”. I don’t like her and I don’t like her music anymore.

  5. Michelle Simmons

    Avril Lavigne can cry here eyes out all she wants in this music video because she is a talentless bitch who plagiarizes perfectly good music from other bands and other music arists in the music industry.

  6. Matthew Aldean

    Avril Lavigne needs to do the world a favor and drop dead because this music video is so boring to watch. If she was crying right in front of me, I wouldn’t hold her in my arms and tell her that everything will be alright, I would just tell her to go to hell and cry somewhere else because she is nothing but a royal bitch who called Lindsay Lohan a fake and a loser. I have to admit that I used to like listening to her music, but I realized that her music sucks now because it is becoming to sound more and more depressing. I’m not going to buy her “Goodbye Lullaby” album, I’ll go and buy Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” album as soon as it gets released on October 24, 2011 instead because I already know that Kelly’s music sounds a lot better.

  7. Elaine Espiritu

    Avril Lavigne can cry in this music video if she wants to, but I’m not going to say that it’s a good video to watch because I agree that it is so boring to watch. I’m not a hater, I’m just voicing my own opinion and I entitled to do that. I think that her music sucks now because “Goodbye Lullaby” is a weak album. I’m not going to buy it either, I’ll just buy Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” album as soon as I gets released on October 24, 2011 because I love Kelly’s music a lot more than Avril’s music.

  8. Matthew Dickson

    I just wanted to say that everybody out there is going to have their own opinion when it comes to their own taste in music, bands, and music artists because I sure as hell do. I definately agree that Avril Lavigne’s “Wish You Were Here” music video is so boring and so pathetic, and I don’t like watching it at all because I can’t stand it when she cries in it after she called Lindsay Lohan a fake and a loser. Avril is going to have to understand that the whole world doesn’t revolve around her and that not everybody in this world has to like listening to her music because I sure as hell don’t like listening to it anymore. I also agree that her music is becoming to sound more and more depressing. I’m not going to waste any of my hard earned money by buying her “Goodbye Lullaby” album, I’m going to go and buy Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” album as soon as it gets released on October 24, 2011 instead because I think that Kelly’s music is worth waiting for and worth listening to than this garbage that Avril has put out, ever since she released”The Best Damn Thing” album back in 2007. She is a fake and a loser herself and she needs to drown in that bathtub in this music video because I’m getting so sick and tired of her, “I don’t give a damn about anything” attitude. End of story.

  9. Robert Dickson

    I have my own opinion when it comes to a lot of things, and I’m going to have to agree that this music video is so pathetic because all Avril Lavigne did was cry in it and soaked in the bathtub. I would think that the music video is interesting if Avril would drown in the bathtub while shooting this video because I also agree that her music sucks donkey cock now.

  10. Jonathan Kennedy

    DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, THIS MUSIC VIDEO IS SO BORING AND THIS BITCH SOLD OUT NOW!!!

  11. Steven Walker

    Hey Avril, I just wanted to say that your “Wish You Were Here” music video sucks donkey cock and I’m not going to let you cry in my arms or on my shoulder if you were crying in front of me because you are nothing but a royal bitch who called Lindsay Lohan a fake and a loser. I have some news for you, I think that you’re a fake and a loser yourself because you got away with pulling a prank about you being pregnant and you weren’t. You are a royal bitch and a terrible role model to all of your fans out there because you also got away with spitting at the Paparazzi while you were drunk. I don’t like you and I don’t like listening to your music at all and I don’t care if you’re only being yourself, you need to grow up and stop acting and dressing like a wild teenager because you ar no longer a wild teenager anymore. You are already a grown woman now and you need to start acting and dressing like one because you can go around acting and dressing like a wild teenager for he rest of your life. The day that you become a “Rock chick’ or a “Skater punk” who sings and writes Rock music will be the day when pigs fly because not olnly that your music doesn’t sound like Rock at all, also because you don’t know how to ollie and you don’t know how to doany tricks on a skateboard. You don’t have any musical talent at all because singing out of tune, faking your way on playing the guitar by playing only a few chords n it, and plagiarizing perfectly good music from other bands and other music artists in the music industry isn’t what I call musical talent at all. I’m not jealous of you at all, and I don’t have any reason to be because I can play the guitar and skateboard a lot better than you can. You’re also an ugly on the inside as well as you are on the outside. End of story.

  12. Steven Torgerson

    I just wanted to say that this has got to be the most boring and the most pathetic music video that Avril Lavigne has ever made because she was busy crying like a damn baby and soaking in the bathtub the whole entire time while the producers were filming it. I wouldn’t let her cry in my arms or on my shoulder if she was growing on my ass because I don’t have any respect for her as a human being anymore. I definately agree that her music is becoming to sound a lot more depressing and I don’t like listening to it anymore because it annoys the hell out of me. I also agree that she is a nothing but a royal bitch and a terrible role model to all of her fans out there because she called Lindsay Lohan a fake and a loser for no reason. Avril is a fake and a loser herself for calling her that and I’m so glad that I didn’t waste any of my hard earned money on her music because her music isn’t worth listening to anymore. She needs to do the world a favor and drop dead because she is a terrible role model to all of her fans out there. She pulled a prank on being pregnant and she wasn’t and she was spitting at the Paparazzi while she was drunk. I don’t care if she is only being herself, I also agree that she also needs to stop acting and dressing like a wild teenager because she is no longer a wild teenager anymore. She is already a grown woman now and she needs to start acting and dressing like one because she can’t go around acting and dressing like a wild teenager for the rest of her life. The day that she becomes a “Rock chick” or a “Skater punk” who sings and writes Rock music will be the day when pigs fly because not only that her music doesn’t sound like Rock at all, also because she doesn’t know how to ollie and she doesn’t know how to do any tricks on a skateboard. I don’t find her physically attractive at all because she looks like “Rainbow Brite” who not only dyed her hair blond and added some green and pink streaks to it, also because she always wears a lot of bright colors when it comes to her “Abbey Dawn” clothing line. She isn’t only a damn drama queen, she is also an ugly person on the inside as well as she is on the outside. She doesn’t have any musical talent at all because singing out of tune, faking her way on playing the guitar by playing only a few chords on it, and plagiarizing perfectly good music from other bands and other music artists in the music industry doesn’t mean that she any musical talent at all. I’m not going to buy her “Goodbye Lullaby” album either, I’m going to buy Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” album as soon as it gets released on October 24, 2011 instead because I agree that Kelly’s music is worth listening to than the garbage that Avril has put out. She became a sellout ever since she released, “The Best Damn Thing” album back in 2007. End of story.

  13. Paul Norton

    DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, THIS MUSIC VIDEO IS SO BORING AND IT ALSO SUCKS DONKEY COCK. I USED TO THINK THAT AVRIL LAVIGNE HAD A LOT OF CREATIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO HER OWN MUSIC, BUT SHE DOESN’T ANYMORE BECAUSE I AGREE THAT HER MUSIC IS BECOMING TO SOUND A LOT MORE DEPRESSING NOW. IF SHE WAS DROWNING IN THAT BATHTUB, I WOULDN’T JUMP IN AND SAVE HER IF SHE WAS GROWING ON MY ASS BECAUSE I AGREE THAT SHE IS A FAKE AND A LOSER. SHE DOESN’T DESERVE TO BE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AT ALL BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS TALKS BAD ABOUT OTHER FEMALE POP MUSIC ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

  14. Matthew Logan

    AVRIL LAVIGNE IS SUCH A DRAMA QUEEN IN HER, “WISH YOU WERE HERE” MUSIC VIDEO BECAUSE ALL SHE DID WAS CRY IN IT AND SOAKED IN THE BATHTUB. IF SHE WAS DROWNING IN THAT BATHTUB, I WOULDN”T SAVE HER ASS EITHER BECAUSE SHE IS AN ANNOYING LITTLE BITCH WHO TRIES TO ACT LIKE SHE’S SO HARDCORE, BUT SHE’S NOT AND SHE NEVER WILL BE NO MATTER HOW HARD SHE TRIES. I DON’T LIKE LISTENING TO HER MUSIC AT ALL BECAUSE POP MUSIC ISN”T THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT I LIKE LISTEMUSIC THAT I LIKE LISTENING TO. THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT I LIKE LISTENING TO IS ALTERNATIVE, HEAVY METAL, AND PUNK/ROCK.

  15. Kelly Lambert

    This isn’t what I was expecting in Avril Lavigne’s “Wish You Were Here” music video because crying over her ex-husband, Deyck Whibey isn’t going to bring him back in her life because she cheated on him by going out with Brody Jenner, and she filed for a divorce on him while her was busy touring with his band, Sum 41. Avril’s music sounds so pathetic now.

  16. Jose Gonzalez from Puerto Rico

    I don’t like listening to Avril Lavigne’s music and I don’t like watching any of her music videos because she is so damn cocky.

  17. James Sessions The Wheelchair Kid

    AVRIL LAVIGNE’S MUSIC SUCKS DONKEY COCK AND SO DOES ALL OF HER MUSIC VIDEOS!!!

  18. Russell Waites

    STUPID MUSIC VIDEO, SHE SHOULD DO PORN BECAUSE THAT’S ALL SHE’S GOOD FOR!!!

  19. Tarsha Swint

    I don’t like this music video and I don’t like Avril Lavigne at all.

  20. Matthew Shaffer

    THIS MUSIC MUSIC IS TOO BORING TO WATCH AND IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT LOOKS LIKE AVRIL LAVIGNE IS SELLING SEX NOW INSTEAD OF HER MUSIC. HOW PATHETIC IS THAT?!

  21. Luther McKay

    GO AHEAD AND DROWN IN THAT BATHTUB AVRIL BECAUSE YOU’RE SUCH A CRYBABY IN MOST OF YOUR SONGS AND IT IS GETTING TO BE SO DAMN ANNOYING NOW, AND SINCE WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO SELL SEX ALONG WITH YOUR MUSIC?!

  22. Nicholas Thompson

    Avril Lavigne can take her “Wish You Were Here” music video and shove it up her poser ass because I think that the video is so boring and so pathetic. I know that she is only expressing her feelings through her own music, but it’s annoying to see her cry in that damn video because it shows that she is just craving for some sympathy and I hate when girls do that. I wouldn’t wanna be around a girl like her because if she ever cried in front of me, I would just tell her to buzz of because I wouldn’t let her cry in my arms or on my shoulder. She looks so ugly when she’s crying because of all of that damn makeup running dow her face. DIE DRAMA QUEEN DIE!!!

  23. Robert Bledsoe

    I DON’T LIKE THIS MUSIC VIDEO AT ALL AND I WISH THAT AVRIL LAVIGNE WOULD DROWN IN THE BATHTUB BECAUSE I’M GETTING SO SICK AND TIRED OF HER CRYING, “DAMN, DAMN, DAMN” BECAUSE SHE SOUNDS LIKE A DAMN BITCH!!!

  24. Brian Harris

    Avril Lavigne’s “Wish You Were Here” music video is so boring and so pathetic because she cried in half of it, and she looks like the younger version of Alicia Silverstone (actress).

  25. Jay Kramer

    I don’t care if Avril Lavigne has a lot of fans all over the world who really enjoys listening to her music, I don’t like listening to her music at all and I don’t like watching any of her music videos. She is a bitch and she looks like a whore now.

  26. Edward McBride

    Fake cry, fake music video. Avril Lavigne is so fake now and I’m not going to lsten to her music anymore!

  27. John Kendrick

    Avril Lavigne is a whiney bitch and a poser who can’t play guitar and skateboard. This video video also sucks ass!

  28. John Masterson

    Avril Lavigne has finally realized that her, “I’m so Punk/Rock” image isn’t working for her ever since she came into the music industry, so she has her, “Britney Spears wannabe” image and this music video sucks donkey cock because she is trying to be so emo in it by crying, “DAMN, DAMN, DAMN”. Wow Avril, you’re so hardcore. NOT!!!!

  29. Peter Cockrell

    Avril Lavigne is such a whore, and this video really sucks ass!

  30. Travis Walsh

    Avril Lavigne is learning how to be a whore and this music video proves it!

  31. Trevor Manning

    This music video is a tear jerker and I don’t like it at all because Avril Lavigne is in it.

  32. David Underwood

    TERRIBLE SONG AND TERRIBLE MUSIC VIDEO. HOW CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE LISTEN TO AND WATCH THIS CRAP? IT’S THE SAME OLD, “BOO HOO MY BOYFRIEND OR MY HUSBAND LEFT ME. DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, I WISH YOU WERE HERE”. I DON’T HEAR AND I DON’T SEE ANYTHING CREATIVE ABOUT AVRIL LAVIGNE ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE IS A BITCH AND SHE SELLS SEX ALONG WITH HER CRAPPY MUSIC NOW!!!

  33. Mark Barkley

    I DON’T LIKE THIS MUSIC VIDEO AND I DON’T LIKE AVRIL LAVIGNE ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE HAS TURNED INTO A WHORE WHO SELLS SEX ALONG WITH HER MUSIC!!!

  34. Shelley Barkley

    This music video is so weak, Avril Lavigne isn’t creative when it comes to her own music and music videos anymore. I hate her “Goodbye Lullaby” album because all of the songs on that album sounds so lame. I hate her now!

  35. Eric Manson

    I agree that this music video sucks and I also agree that Avril Lavigne’s music sucks now because it’s becoming to sound so depressing. I’m not going to buy her “Goodbye Lullaby” album, I changed my mind about that. Sorry Avril.

  36. Tyler Young

    This music video is crap and Avril Lavigne’s music will always suck!

  37. Joshua Tree

    Shut the hell up and dry your eyes bitch, you looks so ugly when you cry ans sing at the same time.

  38. Lucky Spencer

    I don’t like this music video because Avril Lavigne cried in it most of the time, and it annoyed the hell out of me. I’m not going to listen to her music anymore and ‘m going to throw all of her albums away in the trash.

  39. Brett Whibley

    I just decided that I’m not to listen to Avril Lavigne’s music anymore because after I saw her “Wish You Were Here” music video, I found it so boring and so pathetic. I don’t care if she was really crying in this music video, I don’t feel sorry for her at all because she is going to have to learn that the whole world doesn’t revolve around her no matter what she does. I’m going to throw all 4 of her albums away in the trash because her music is becoming to sound a lot more depressing and I just realized it now. I can’t believe that I have wasted my hard earned money on her music. I think that she looks so ugly when she cries and sings at the same time, and I think this the next Britney Spears of this generation because she was in her bra and underwear in her, “What The Hell” music video.

  40. Lakeisha Scott

    Avril Lavigne’s songs might be real and honest, but she is so fake and this music video is so boring and so pathetic because she cried in half of it.

  41. Rogelio Colon, Jr.

    DO YOU GUYS ACTUALLY THINK THAT THIS BITCH WAS CRYING IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO? THIS IS SO FAKE AND SHE IS JUST ACTING!!!

  42. Matthew Moffatt

    Watching Avril Lavigne cry in this boring and pathetic music video doesn’t make me want to hold her in my arms and keep her safe because she is an ugly bitch on the inside as well as she is on the outside. Her music sucks ass now and she also dresses like a damn hoe now. I would love to see her drown in that damn bathtub in this music video because for me that would be very entertaining.

  43. Jason Hunter

    If I was filming this music video, I would give Avril Lavigne something to cry about by kicking her between her legs with my combat boots and by drowning her in that damn bathtub because she is an ugly bitch who thinks that the whole world revolves around her, but it doesn’t. Her music sucks ass now.

  44. David Williams

    AVRIL LAVIGNE IS NOTHING BUT A WHINEY LITTLE BITCH WHO CAN’T SING, PLAY THE DRUMS, PLAY THE GUITAR, AND SKATEBOARD. AS FAR AS HER “WISH YOU WERE HERE” MUSIC VIDEO IS CONCERNED, I THINK THAT IT IS SO BORING AND SO PATHETIC BECAUSE IS CRIES LIKE A DAMN BABY AND IT ANNOYS THE HELL OUT OF ME. I USED TO LIKE LISTENING TO HER MUSIC WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, BUT AS I GOT OLDER MY TASTE IN MUSIC HAS CHANGED SO MUCH AND I REALLY THINK THAT HER MUSIC SUCKS DONKEY COCK NOW!!!

  45. Gregory Corley

    AVRIL LAVIGNE’S “WISH YOU WERE HERE” MUSIC VIDEO SUCKS AND SO DOES ALL OF HER OTHER MUSIC VIDEOS. HER “ABBEY DAWN” CLOTHING LINE IS MEANT TO BE WORN BY A BUNCH OF POSERS SUCH AS HERSELF!!!

  46. Henry Wall from Canada

    I don’t like this music video at all and I’m getting so sick and tired of listening to Avril Lavigne’s music now because most of the lyrics to most of her songs are becoming to sound so bitter and so depressing. Avril is a such an emo wannabe, that’s for sure!

  47. Michael Godfrey

    SHUT UP WHORE, YOUR MUSIC SUCKS AND SO DOES THIS MUSIC VIDEO!!!

  48. Jessica Crabb

    Avril Lavigne is not only a talentless hack, she is also a drama queen who looks so ugly when she cries.

  49. Melissa Rose

    I love picking on Avril Lavigne because this music video proves that she is an easy target. She needs to shut up and stop crying because she was the one who dumped Deryck Whibley, not the other way around. I dilike Avril anymore and I don’t like listening to her music anymore.

  50. Matthew Reynolds

    AVRIL LAVIGNE IS A STUPID GIRL AND SHE ISN’T REALLY CRYING IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO. THIS IS SO FAKE AND SO IS SHE. DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, I WISH THAT SHE WOULD JUST SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY BECAUSE HER MUSIC SUCKS DONKEY COCK!!!

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