Photo: Avril Lavigne Instagram
Avril Lavigneis back with an all-new album on a brand-new label.
Lavigne, 37, celebrated the release of her album shortly before midnight on Twitter alongside a GIF of herself banging on a door from a previous music video.
“Knock knock. Who’s there? Love. Love who? LOVE SUX BITCHES 🎤,“the rocker tweeted on Thursday.
This is Lavigne’s first album since her 2019 recordHead Above Water, the last album she released with Elektra Records.
Last week, Lavinge teased her upcoming albumon Instagramwith a collection of photos featuring Barker and Blackbear, beginning with an image of the trio holding up their middle fingers to the camera.
“ONE WEEK UNTIL MY NEW ALBUM “LOVE SUX” !!!!!! Who’s ready ?! 🧡🖤🧡🖤🖕🏻,” she captioned her post.
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Love Suxfeatures Lavigne’s collaboration with Barker called “Bite Me,” which shedebuted in November2021 alongside an energetic TikTok. The short video shows Lavigne rocking out on her electric guitar in an eclectic room as Barker slammed on the drums.
“He played on [my album]The Best Damn Thing. That was 15 years ago, so it was great to reconnect with him for this record,” Lavignerecently told PEOPLEof working with Barker. “It’s been good working with him because he’s an artist — having the president of my label being an artist, it kind of makes it easier and more fun because he just understands. He gets it; it’s chill. It’s just been this wonderful party.”
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The Canadian artist initially announced the song on Instagram alongside a photo of herself sitting on the floor next to a black and red heart-shaped cake with the words “Bite Me” written in red icing. “Are you ready to ‘BITE ME’?” she wrote in the caption.
“Let’s f— s— up! Just signed a record contract to Travis Barker’s record label DTA Records!” she exclaimed in the caption before asking her fans, “Should I drop my first single next week ?”
Now, fans have 12 new songs to check out on streaming services such as Apple and Spotify.
source: people.com
