Love Sux is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on February 25, 2022, by DTA and Elektra Records.

Her first studio album since Head Above Water (2019), Lavigne worked on Love Sux with various artists including Machine Gun Kelly, Blackbear and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182.

Musically, it embraces emo pop angst and Lavigne's early skate punk influences from Blink-182, Green Day, NOFX and the Offspring.

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Lavigne's attitude and noted it as a return to form for the singer.

"[8] Love Sux was described by Lavigne in an interview with Entertainment Weekly as the "most alternative record I've made from front to back", further explaining "most of my albums have like pop songs, ballads, and it's quite diverse.

"[9] In an interview with Nylon, Lavigne said that "the album is light and happy, even though there's songs about heartbreak and breaking up" but that "it's also anthemic, and it's powerful, and it has a positive message for people to stand up for yourself, to have self-worth."

She further stated that Love Sux is the album she had "wanted to make for [her] whole career,"[10] drawing skate punk influences from NOFX, Blink-182, Green Day and the Offspring.

[23] The second track "Bois Lie" features American musician Machine Gun Kelly, and was described by Bobby Olivier of Spin as a "speedy duet" which "builds to a he-said-she-said climax", and as "a sonic sequel to MGK's "Forget Me Too"".

[28] Billboard described it as a "guitar- and drum-heavy track" which "features Lavigne raging at her former lover for failing to treat her properly, promising that they'll always regret being kicked out of her life.

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.

"[23] 10th track "All I Wanted", featuring Mark Hoppus, "sees the two punk veterans trade in various past memories for a surprisingly affecting number".

[32] "Break of a Heartache" is the album's 12th and final track, and was said by Shannon Garner of Clash to be a "bombastic number that confidently brushes off past trauma and reassures people that you can overcome things and change how you feel towards certain situations given the time.

"[33] Lavigne held a concert and launch party at the Roxy Theater in New York City, celebrating with Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker.

She performed several songs from the album, including "Bite Me", "Love It When You Hate Me", and "Bois Lie" (with Machine Gun Kelly), as well as some of her earlier hits.

[37] A music video for this song was released on YouTube the same day, featuring footage from Machine Gun Kelly's Mainstream Sellout Tour, on which Lavigne was a supporting act.

In a less positive review, Jessie Atkinson of Gigwise commented, "now thirty-seven years old, Avril is still playing with schoolbook colloquialisms and the dramas of one who is unlucky in love.