Avril Lavigne Makes Her Friends Cry

The true test of any super ballad is whether or not it make it’s listeners bawl their eyes out. And Avril Lavigne’s “When You’re Gone” has passed with flying colors.

“When You’re Gone” is a love song that Lavigne wrote with the agenda to relate to all of her listeners on a common level. She told press, “It’s about the person you miss and all the little things you miss about them. So many people can relate to it in different ways, whether it’s someone going off to war… or losing someone or even just breaking up with someone, or simply just missing someone because you’re going away.”

And according to the Canadian punk princess, it made her friends cry. “This song was very unique for me (because) it’s the first song ever where when I played it for the first time to all my friends… every single one of them cried. It was the weirdest thing.”

While the “Complicated” singer has enjoyed touching the hearts of her fans with the song, even she isn’t immune to it’s emotional impact. “I did a concert in Paris for MTV and there was, like, kids in the audience crying. I was, like, choked up onstage.”

Grab a box of tissues and have a listen.