Listen to Avril Lavigne and blackbear’s infectious new single, Love It When You Hate Me

Fresh from announcing details of her highly-anticipated album Love Sux, Avril Lavigne has just dropped a new banger.

Featuring blackbear, the song is titled Love It When You Hate Me and hears the Canadian star embracing nostalgic pop-punk in the chorus – 'The highs the lows the yes, the nos / You’re so hot when you get cold / Don’t call me baby / I love it when you hate me' – and fresher elements in the verses.

See her rocking out the song:

Love Sux is due out on February 25 via Travis Barker's DTA Records, and will also feature guest spots from blink-182's Mark Hoppus on the song All I Wanted, and Machine Gun Kelly on Bois Lie. In December, Avril revealed: "We used live guitars and live drums and didn't hold back, and just got to do exactly what I wanted and what I feel like I've probably wanted to do for a long time."

She also described the music as "fast. It's fun. It's just pure rock'n'roll from front to back."

Watch the Love It When You Hate Me lyric video below:

The Love Sux tracklist is as follows:

1. Cannonball
2. Bois Lie (featuring Machine Gun Kelly)
3. Bite Me
4. I Love It When You Hate Me (featuring blackbear)
5. Love Sux
6. Kiss Me Like The World Is Ending
7. Avalanche
8. Déjà Vu
9. F.U
10. All I Wanted (featuring Mark Hoppus)
11. Dare To Love Me
12. Break Of A Heartache

And the album artwork looks like this: