Avril Lavigne talks career plans after battling Lyme

After opening up about her battle with Lyme Disease, Avril Lavigne sat down with Billboard to discuss the future of her career. Lavigne talks about her new single, a christmas album, and bringing awareness to the illness that left her bedridden for months.

On her new single "Fly" out April 16th as the anthem for the 2015 Special Olympics Avril says, "The song is really inspirational and means a lot to me -- and with the Special Olympics, it's a natural fit,"

Avril speaks about her plans to release a Christmas album, "I've always wanted to make a Christmas album, but I've never had the time," she says. "But now it's like, 'You know what, just do it!' Because that's something I really want to do, so"

The singer then speaks about how she feels passionate about spreading awareness of Lyme Disease, "I need to talk about Lyme disease, because it's real, it's out there, it was a simple bug bite and it could happen to anybody. People need to know about it, because it's not talked about that much and a lot of the information that's out there is inaccurate."