The Avril Lavigne Replacement Conspiracy Theory Haunts Me

Welcome to Remember When? a NYLON series spotlighting culture’s funniest, most slept-on moments. For most people, learning about the Avril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theory isn’t a “where were you when?” moment, like where were you the night of the 2016 election, or the day Brittany Murphy died (just me?). But I’ll never forget standing in the kitchen of my friend’s duplex on a winter night, when I first heard that Lavigne had died and was replaced by a doppelgänger named Melissa. It was 2015, a good 10 years after I’d stopped listening to her music regularly. I’d had a few… Read Full Article