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Avril Lavigne releases pop-punk album 'Love Sux' in February 2022

Avril Lavigne put out her seventh studio album, Love Sux, on 25 February 2022, returning to the pop-punk sound that made her famous.

14 Nov 2026, 06:311 min read

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Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne released her seventh studio album, Love Sux, on 25 February 2022. It was her first record on the label DTA Records, distributed with Elektra, and it followed 2019's Head Above Water, a more subdued pop album shaped by her long struggle with Lyme disease.

Love Sux marked a deliberate return to the guitar-driven pop-punk of her early career. The album was short and fast, with tracks about relationships, heartbreak and defiance. Lavigne worked with producer John Feldmann, known for his work in the pop-punk scene, and the record featured guest appearances from artists including Machine Gun Kelly, Blackbear and Travis Barker of Blink-182.

The release mattered because it reconnected Lavigne with the fans who knew her from 'Complicated' and 'Sk8er Boi', and it arrived as pop-punk was enjoying a wider revival. The album was widely seen as a comeback to her signature sound, and it set the tone for her later tours and public image.