Avril Lavigne has welcomed her first child, a baby girl, following a secret pregnancy, she announced on Instagram.
Lavigne shared the news on social media but did not reveal the baby’s name or the identity of her partner in the post.
“Our Mini Fucking Princess has arrived,” Lavigne wrote in the caption of her post.
The punk rock artist did not provide further details about her daughter or her family circumstances at the time of the announcement.
The pregnancy came as a surprise to fans, as the 42-year-old artist had kept the pregnancy secret and shared no recent relationship details. Lavigne had not posted on Instagram in more than a year before the announcement, with her last post in October when she performed at the When We Were Young Festival with Simple Plan.
Her Greatest Hits tour with Simple Plan ran from May 2024 to June 2025. During that period, she released the single “Young & Dumb” with Simple Plan on May 9, 2025. Earlier in 2026, Lavigne released a cover of Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic” for the Canadian romantic comedy Mile End Kicks, which released theatrically in Canada on April 15.
According to her representative, Avril has been enjoying time with her family while working on her new album. She has not publicly confirmed a current relationship, focusing the announcement on her daughter instead. The Grammy nominee has not been in a public relationship since 2023.
