Since debuting the music video to the fourth single off her fifth studio album on Wednesday, Avril Lavigne has been receiving some harsh criticism from fans and commentators who have called the music video "racist" and an exploitation of Japanese culture.

Entertainment Weekly and Billboard are among the critics who claimed that the music video, called "Hello Kitty," "fetishized" Japanese culture and was an "embarrassment in any language."

Ouch.

The video itself features the 29-year-old Canadian singer wearing a cupcake tutu and parading around Tokyo while singing parts of the song in Japanese. Lavigne is also accompanied by four Asian dancers who appear expressionless and robotic in the video as they dance inside of a colorful candy store.

Despite the huge amount of backlash garnered from the video, Lavigne has stuck to her guns and isn't apologizing to those who think the video was created in bad taste.

"RACIST??? LOLOLOL!!!" Lavigne posted on Facebook and Twitter last night. "I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan. I flew to Tokyo to shoot this video specifically for my Japanese fans, WITH my Japanese label, Japanese choreographers AND a Japanese director IN Japan."

Lavigne's rep also spoke out about the 'racist' accusations to ABC saying, "The video is an homage to all the things she loves about Japan. Food, fashion, fun!"

Check it out the controversial music video here.

Lavigne isn't the only artist who's received backlash for incorporating Japanese culture into their music.

Rolling Stone reports that Katy Perry faced similar accusations of racism following her geisha-themed performance of the Prism track "Unconditionally" on the American Music Awards.

In 2004, Gwen Stefani was forced to defend herself against racist accusations for featuring "Harajuku Girls" in several videos around the release of her "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." solo album.

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