Marking Avril Lavigne’s long-awaited return to the pop punk sound that initially made her famous, “Bite Me” is the first single off of her upcoming album Love Sux. The song features a star-studded cast of songwriters and producers including genre-bending EDM/pop producer Marshmello, blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, and Omer Fedi. It was released on November 10, 2021 and is her first single on Barker’s record label, DTA Records. The official music video was then released on November 12.

Regarding working on the song, Avril told Kevan Kenney of Audacy:

It’s a song about self worth and really just standing up for yourself and just being like, “You know what, you didn’t treat me right, you didn’t treat me well, and that doesn’t work for me. So baby, you can bite me.”