Love It When You Hate Me Explained

Love It When You Hate Me
Type:Single
Artist:Avril Lavigne featuring Blackbear
Album:Love Sux
B-Side:Bite Me
Genre: * Pop punk
Length:2:25
Producer:
Chronology:Avril Lavigne
Prev Title:Bite Me
Prev Year:2021
Next Title:I'm a Mess
Next Year:2022

"Love It When You Hate Me" is a song by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne featuring American singer Blackbear. It was released on January 14, 2022, through Elektra Records as the second single from Lavigne's seventh studio album, Love Sux (2022).

Background

"Love It When You Hate Me" was released the same day as Lavigne announced the title, release date and track list of Love Sux.[1]

Promotion

In the United States, "Love It When You Hate Me" was sent to contemporary hit radio on January 25, 2022 and to adult contemporary radio on February 7, 2022.[2] [3] It was also sent to Italian radio.[4]

Critical reception

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."[6]

Commercial performance

"Love It When You Hate Me" debuted at number 76 on Canadian Hot 100.[8] In the United States, the song debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.[9] It peaked at number 25 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, and number 18 on the US Adult Top 40 chart, It was Lavigne's biggest hit on the chart since her 2011 single "What the Hell".[10]

Music video

The official music video for "Love It When You Hate Me" was directed by Audrey Ellis Fox and was released on March 5, 2022. It opens up with Avril being chased by paparazzi after a prison sentence due to "falling in love too many times". The video mainly shows Lavigne, Blackbear and Barker performing inside of a prison cell with dancing female inmates. The ending showed Lavigne flipping off the press following her release for bad behavior.[11] The music video was nominated for 2022 MTV Video Music Awards' Best Alternative music video, it was Lavigne's first Video Music Award nomination since her 2007 single "Girlfriend".[12]

Track listing

  1. "Love It When You Hate Me" (featuring Blackbear) – 2:25
  1. "Love It When You Hate Me" (featuring Blackbear) – 2:25
  2. "Bite Me" – 2:39
  3. "Bite Me" (acoustic) – 3:09
  1. "Love It When You Hate Me" (featuring Blackbear) – 2:25
  2. "Bite Me" – 2:39

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel are adapted from the Love Sux album liner notes.[16]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[17] 37
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[18] 9
UK Singles Sales (OCC)[19] 40

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[20] 52

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormat(s)Label(s)
VariousJanuary 14, 2022
ItalyRadio airplayWarner
United StatesJanuary 25, 2022Contemporary hit radio
February 7, 2022

Notes and References

  1. Avril Lavigne Previews New LP 'Love Sux' With 'Love It When You Hate Me'. Rolling Stone. 15 January 2022. 15 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Top 40/M Future Releases Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates .... All Access. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122055630/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases. January 22, 2022.
  3. Web site: Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases Hot Adult Contemporary Rock Songs and Release Dates .... All Access. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121132220/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases. January 21, 2022.
  4. Tenaglia. Raffaella. January 14, 2022. Avril Lavigne - Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear) (Radio Date: 14-01-2022). earone.it. it. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115142618/https://www.earone.it/news/avril_lavigne_love_it_when_you_hate_me_feat_blackbear_radio_date_14_01_2022_57292632/. January 15, 2022.
  5. Web site: Listen to Avril Lavigne's pop-punk anthem 'Love It When You Hate Me'. NME. 15 January 2022. 15 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Listen to Avril Lavigne's and Blackbear's infectious new single Love It When You Hate Me. Kerrang. 15 January 2022. 15 January 2022.
  7. News: 2022 MTV VMA Winners: See The Full List. MTV News . 28 August 2022 . 17 March 2023 .
  8. Avril Lavigne . 2022-11-19 . Billboard . en-US.
  9. Avril Lavigne . 2022-11-19 . Billboard . en-US.
  10. Avril Lavigne . 2022-11-19 . Billboard . en-US.
  11. Web site: TOMORROW…. "Love It When You Hate Me" music video drops! Thank you @travisbarker and @iamblackbear for being a part of this one. I've had so much fun performing this song live with you guys, and I'm so grateful to be working with such talented artists. #LoveSux. Twitter. March 4, 2022. Avril Lavigne.
  12. Web site: Your 2022 VMA Nominations Are Here: Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Nas X Lead The Pack . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726133318/https://www.mtv.com/news/hwekgl/vmas-2022-nominees-lil-nas-x-jack-harlow-kendrick-lamar . dead . July 26, 2022 . 2022-08-12 . MTV . en.
  13. Web site: Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear) - Single by Avril Lavigne on Apple Music. Lavigne. Avril. Avril Lavigne. January 13, 2022. music.apple.com.
  14. Web site: Spotify – Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear). Lavigne. Avril. Avril Lavigne. Blackbear. January 14, 2022. open.spotify.com.
  15. Web site: Spotify – Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear). Lavigne. Avril. Avril Lavigne. 2013. open.spotify.com.
  16. Avril Lavigne. Love Sux. 2022. Inlay cover. DTA Records. 0075678637582.
  17. The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 24 January 2022. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1664. 9. June 16, 2023.
  18. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. January 24, 2022. January 22, 2022.
  19. Web site: Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100. Official Charts Company. January 21, 2022. January 24, 2022.
  20. Web site: Year-End Charts: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (2022). Billboard. December 2, 2022.

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