Chris Dahlen of Pitchforkmedia.com reviewed Avril Lavigne’s new single ‘Don’t Tell Me’, giving it only half a star. He writes, “Avril’s songwriters try hard to make her ‘authentic’, to make you think this really is some girl in detention writing angry words on her sneakers. But the grown-ups are out of their depth on ‘Don’t Tell Me’, a cringeworthy song about how you shouldn’t let boys pressure you into sex.”