From Avril’s official website. Her new bio:

Over the course of Avril’s sixth full-length album and debut for BMG, she holds nothing back. She details each trial and tribulation from a perspective of triumph and emerges stronger than ever before. You’re hearing the songstress as she was always meant to sound. “This is me and my fight,” she affirms. “This album tells my story.”

That story seems unbelievable from afar. One difficult night in particular while she fights for her life, a lyrical idea rushes through her body. Those words comprise “Head Above Water.”

“I’m in a battle,” she sighs. “One night, I thought I was dying, and I had accepted that I was going to die. My mom laid with me in bed and held me. I felt like I was drowning. Under my breath, I prayed ‘God, please help to keep my head above the water.’ In that moment, the song writing of this album began. It was like I tapped into something. It was a very spiritual experience. Lyrics flooded through me from that point on.”

Nothing has officially been announced yet, but a new song was registered on ASCAP. “Head Above Water,” written by Avril along with Travis Clark (We The Kings) and Stephan Moccio.

The title fits the visuals that Avril has recently described . The music video will feature her in water and at a recent album cover photo shoot, Avril said she was “wrecking her makeup” being in under water.

Whatever the first single is – “Head Above Water” or something else – it will be released this month (rumored date is September 19). A good guess is that it will touch on Avril’s recent battle with Lyme disease.

Welcome to the NEW Avril-L.org! Since Avril is prepping her epic comeback, I felt that it was a time for a more responsive, modern website. Enjoy the new look and new/updated content and leave a comment with what you think. Thanks to Never Enough Design for the design.

There are some pages I am still working on, but if you see anything out of place, please email me.

One other thing: if you want to see old news posts, you can still do so here.

Ohhhhh, it’s going down! Avril’s Instagram has been wiped except for 9 photos centering around the new song and video. If you’ve seen other artists do this, you know that this means they are getting ready to launch a new project. Avril has said that the new single is coming in September…

There is also a new song registered to ASCAP called “Head Above Water”, written by Avril, Travis Clark (We The Kings) and Stephan Moccio (songwriter/producer). Given the clues that this video involves water, this might be a great guess for the first single!

Avril-L.org has been converted to a brand new system, but all old news (2010 – August 2018) will still be available to see here.