Avril Lavigne And Chad Kroeger’s Engagement & Music’s Top 5 Most What The Hell Couples: Extended Cut

Erika Brooks Adickman | August 23, 2012 7:03 am

Welcome back to Extended Cut — our Soundbytes segment where we take a closer look at the biggest pop story of the week. Today, our focus is on the most surprising news to surface this week: Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger‘s engagement. (We had no idea these Canadian kiddos were even dating!) Shortly following their announcement on Tuesday (Aug. 21) “Chavril” (as the Internet has dubbed the new power couple) showed off the 14-carat ring with which the Nickelback frontman proposed on the cover of Hello Canada. Is this a relationship upgrade for the pop punk princess? What could this holy matrimony mean for Avril and Chad’s respective careers? Watch as we tackle these questions — and look back at pop music’s most WTF couples.