Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne shot back at allegations of her video being racist on Twitter Wednesday. Avril Lavigne's new Japanese-themed music video for her song "Hello Kitty" may be eccentric, but the singer says it's definitely not racist.
"RACIST??? LOLOLOL!!!" Lavigne tweeted Wednesday, clearly laughing out loud.
"I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan. I flew to Tokyo to shoot this video...specifically for my Japanese fans, WITH my Japanese label, Japanese choreographers AND a Japanese director IN Japan."
RACIST??? LOLOLOL!!! I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan. I flew to Tokyo to shoot this video…
— Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) April 24, 2014 The quirky video for her new song shows Lavigne, 29, wearing a cupcake tutu and prancing around Tokyo with a quartet of Asian backup dancers dressed in matching outfits.
She even sings in Japanese in one part of the J-Pop influenced track from her self-titled fifth studio album.
Avril Lavigne The singer's infectious dupstep song 'Hello Kitty' led to accusations of racism. 
Avril Lavigne Lavigne appears with four backup dancers in her new 'Hello Kitty' music videos. 
Avril Lavigne Lavigne's video backup dancers has been compared to Gwen Stefani's Harajuku girls. 
ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images 'I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan,' Lavigne said, in response to criticism about her video.Previous Next
Enlarge"Hello Kitty" was reportedly co-written by her Nickelback husband Chad Kroeger.
Lavigne's video was blasted by some critics as racist, with Entertainment Weekly saying the Canadian singer "fetishized" Japanese culture. It was called an "embarrassment in any language" by Billboard magazine.
Lavigne's video drew comparisons to Gwen Stefani and her Harajuku girls. While they appeared in several of Stefani's videos and tours, the singer introduced them once as her "imaginary friends."
Comedian Margaret Cho blasted Stefani in 2005 for creating what she considered a "minstrel show" that reinforced negative stereotypes about Asian women.
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