Background and development įollowing the release of her previous studio album Head Above Water (2019), Lavigne mentioned in a May 2020 interview with American Songwriter magazine that she would like to release some music in 2021 and that she had started working on new material. Ī deluxe edition of the album was released on November 25, 2022, following the release of the single ' I'm a Mess', a collaboration with British singer Yungblud. The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the Juno Awards 2023. Lavigne promoted Love Sux through a series of public appearances and televised performances. It also entered the top 10 in Australia, Germany, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom, among many others. It debuted at number nine on US Billboard 200 with 30,000 equivalent-album units, of which 19,000 were pure album sales. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, becoming Lavigne's highest-rated album to date.

The album was preceded by two singles: ' Bite Me', and ' Love It When You Hate Me'. Musically, it embraces emo pop angst and Lavigne's early skate punk influences from Blink-182, Green Day, NOFX and the Offspring. Her first studio album in three years since Head Above Water (2019), Lavigne worked on Love Sux with various artists including Machine Gun Kelly, Blackbear and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182. Love Sux is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on February 25, 2022, by DTA and Elektra Records.

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