It was released on January 14, 2022, through Elektra Records as the second single from Lavigne's seventh studio album, Love Sux (2022).
[4] Ali Shutner from NME described "Love It When You Hate Me" as a "pop-punk banger",[5] and Emily Carter writing for Kerrang!
noted that the song "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.
[10] The official music video for "Love It When You Hate Me" was directed by Audrey Ellis Fox and was released on March 5, 2022.
The video mainly shows Lavigne, Blackbear and Barker performing inside of a prison cell with dancing female inmates.