Avril Lavigne to debut single New Year's Eve

Avril Lavigne promises to properly debut her new single, What the Hell, during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on Dec. 31. The song - the lead single off Lavigne's upcoming Goodbye Lullaby (March 8), is a glossy and pumping (and just a tad bratty) pop-rock track.

"This song is the least personal song to me off this album," Lavigne blogged back in November, telling fans what they could expect from the single.

"It's a fun and funny anthem. It has a broad message about personal freedom. It is the most pop track on the record."And while it was easy to interpret that statement as Avril-style aloofness a month ago, now that a teaser of the lyrics has been released, could Lavigne's statement be partly a disclaimer, given her divorce from Sum 41's Deryck Whibley.

Here's what she's singing in the clip:

"I'm thinking what the hell/ All I want is to mess around/ And I don't really care about/If you love me/If you hate me/You can save me baby, baby/All my life I've been good, but now . . . what the hell!"