Wednesday 23rd April 2014 by Gaby Whitehill

The 5 worst moments of Avril Lavigne's 'Hello Kitty' video

It was hard to narrow it down, but here we go

Her dead-eyed dancers: Oh, joy. Never since Gwen Stefani and her poor Harajuku Girls has a group of Asian women be so dumbed down, made to look indentikit and paraded around as a white singer's accessory. They continue to look like, well, dolls for the remainder of the video, in comparison to Avril's SPUNKY! LIVELINESS! AND QUIRKINESS!

Every single bit posing with the bloody guitar: This woman is 29 years old.

TEEHEE, SUSHI!: Clapping and giggling with excitement when given a tray of sushi - all of these things are TOTALLY Japanese (the only thing that's missing is the anime). It's like a video director being given a brief for a French-themed clip and filling it with baguettes, onions and striped tops. Did the researcher ever get past simply letting Google autofill after the word 'Japan'?

When she acts like the Queen: There's a particularly irritating segment when Avril swans around, waving to her fans (�) like she's transformed their monotonous, black-and-white, Western-starved world with one single hand gesture. In reality, she was probably waving at one big ol' tumbleweed. :(

Poor Monki: Here we see Avril wearing those suspender tights we briefly and regrettably flirted with wearing in 2010. In the background you can see popular Swedish outfitters Monki, who never asked for this product placement.

Avril Lavigne. She's an easy target - she is married to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger and dresses like a rebellious 13-year-old circa 2006 despite edging ever closer to the age of 30. Her new 'Hello Kitty' track and video hasn't made her life any easier.

Oh, Avril, you make it oh so difficult. People can't help but poke fun when you release a song like 'Hello Kitty', an unimaginably horror-filled blend of pop, dubstep (!) and KAWAII!!!11 lyrics.

To put the cherry on top, she's accompanied 'Hello Kitty' with a suitably fist-bitingly awful video. It's a weeaboo's wet dream. Here are the 5 worst moments of it.