Photo: Avril Lavigne/TikTok
Avril Lavigneis making all our early aughts pop punk dreams come true with her new single.
“You should have known better / To f— with someone like me / Forever and ever / You’re gonna wish I was your wifey / Should have held on / Should have treated me right,” she sang into a mic, while playing guitar in a pink-lit rehearsal space. A shirtless Barker, 45, joined her on the drums.
Lavigne linked to the clip from her Instagram Story, sharing a screenshot of her text exchange with the Blink-182 drummer. “Can I leak Bite Me on TikTok?” she wrote. “What?” Barker responded, before she sent: “Oops I just did it.”
The Canadian artistannounced the songFriday, posting the single art to Instagram, in which she sat on the floor next to a black and red heart-shaped cake, scribed with “Bite Me” in red icing. “Are you ready to ‘BITE ME’?” shewrotein the caption, announcing that the track drops Nov. 10.
She and Barkerwill debut the singlenext week, performing it live for the first time onThe Late Late Show with James Corden.
Lavigne announced that she joined Barker’s DTA Records earlier this week, posting photos of her contract signing, which quickly got messy with champagne and cake. They went all out for the occasion, decorating with mylar balloons that read “DTA x Avril.”
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Lavigne told PEOPLE in April that she and Sun, 34, “had an immediate connectionfrom the first day in the studio,” adding: “He’s an incredible artist and producer. This is the first of many. Proud of what we made with ‘Flames.'”
source: people.com
