The secret pregnancy: pop-punk queen, 42, is a mom

Avril Lavigne is a mom. The Sk8er Boi singer, 42, told her 13.9 million Instagram followers on Friday, Nov. 13 that she has welcomed her first child, a baby girl.

And nobody saw it coming. She had never announced a pregnancy, and she hadn't been publicly linked to anyone, Just Jared reported.

Her caption was pure Avril: "Our Mini ****ing Princess has arrived," with a pink bow, a crown, a bottle and a heart.

The post had three black-and-white photos. In the first, Avril and her partner's hands are wrapped around their daughter's tiny hand, ABC News reported.

The second shows Avril cradling the baby, who wears a leopard-print onesie and a matching headband.

The third is the most Avril thing ever: three pairs of checkered Vans on a skateboard, two adult-sized and one tiny pair for the baby.

Those shoes suggest there's a dad in the picture, Hello! pointed out, but she didn't say who he is.

The caption nods to a line from her hit Girlfriend, KFOX noted.

So who's the dad?

She's keeping it to herself. Avril hasn't revealed the baby's name, or who the father is.

According to TMZ, as reported by Just Jared, her partner is a private person who likes to stay out of the spotlight, and the two have been seriously dating for the last few years.

A rep confirmed the news to ABC News, saying the singer has been enjoying time with her family while working on her new album, and that she wants to thank the fans for all their love.

Avril limited comments on the post, so fans flooded her older ones instead, Hello! reported.

"Our queen has a princess omg," one wrote. "Congratz, we love your baby already," wrote another.

Over the past year she has kept a low profile, Hello! noted. In October she performed with Simple Plan at the When We Were Young festival, after their joint Greatest Hits tour.

Two husbands, one proposal

Avril's love life has played out in public for years, which makes the secrecy this time even more surprising.

She married Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley in 2006, and they split in 2010. Then she married Nickelback's Chad Kroeger in 2013, and that marriage ended in 2015, according to ABC News.

In March 2022 she said yes to rocker Mod Sun in Paris, announcing the engagement with the caption "Oui! Je t'aime pour toujours." They broke up a year later.

And there may be one more secret. Guests Simone Biles and Pat McAfee reportedly said Avril was at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding in July and performed Sk8er Boi, according to Hello!. Avril hasn't confirmed it.

For now, she has a new album on the way and a baby girl at home.