Avril Lavigne - Love It When You Hate Me (feat. Blackbear) (official Music Video) (2024)

Lavigne turns prison life into a fashion statement, featuring orange-streaked hair and custom punk-infused jumpsuits. The visual style is gritty yet vibrant, utilizing 2000s-era camera angles and high-energy performance shots.

Travis Barker—who also produced the track—appears on drums alongside blackbear, performing inside a prison cell. Lavigne turns prison life into a fashion statement,

Critics and fans generally praised the track's infectious energy, though opinions on the collaboration were mixed. Lavigne turns prison life into a fashion statement,

The video concludes with Lavigne being released for "bad behavior" and promptly flipping off the waiting press. Critical Review & Themes Lavigne turns prison life into a fashion statement,

It opens with Avril being hounded by paparazzi after her sentencing. Once inside, she becomes the "queen of the cell block," leading choreographed dances with female inmates.