Avril Lavigne hatte Anfang April in einem Radio-Interview berichtet, dass Marilyn Manson auf ihrer neuen Platte im Track “Bad Girl” zu hören sein wird.
Im Interview mit 4Music.com hat sie nun einige weitere Details über die Hintergründe dieser Zusammenarbeit verraten:

There are some pretty interesting collabs on the album that you’ve teased so far. Marilyn Manson – how did that come about?

I wrote a song called Bad Girl. It’s a heavier tune and I thought his voice would be perfect on it, so I hit him up. I called him and he came over to the studio and he really liked the track and he just put some vocals down on it.
He was a pro and he did an amazing job. I really appreciate him as an artist and I love his style and I really respect him and his art, and I thought it was really cool to have him on this record.

What was he like in person? And what was your relationship like?

We go way back. I met him when I was 18, went to his show and hung out backstage, and he’s just really smart and he’s very artistic, and he really likes music, and he’s a great performer, and he has his own style that I think is dope and…. he rocks!
He puts on a great concert live and he also is dabbling in directing, directing music videos and short films and stuff like that, so he’s a very creative man.