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"Bad Blood"
Song

"Bad Blood" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her fifth studio album 1989 (2014). The album and remixed version of the song, with the latter featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar, was released on May 17, 2015, by Republic Records as 1989's fourth single. The album version was written by Swift, Max Martin, and Shellback, with Lamar writing his verses on the remixed version. The lyrics of "Bad Blood" describe the betrayal of a close friend.

The remixed version received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and Lamar's guest verses. The song reached number-one in six countries including the United States, becoming the third song from 1989 to do so. The accompanying music video was directed by Joseph Kahn and features an ensemble cast. The video broke Vevo's 24-hour viewing period and received eight MTV Video Music Award nominations, including Video of the Year.

Writing and composition

Swift wrote "Bad Blood" about an undisclosed female musical artist. Swift says the artist attempted to sabotage one of her concert tours by hiring people who worked for her.[1] Publications such as Billboard, Rolling Stone, Time, and The Washington Post have speculated that Katy Perry is the subject of the song.[2][3][4][5] Daniel D'Addario for Time and Emily Yahr for The Washington Post noted parallels between "Bad Blood"'s lyric "If you live like that, you live with ghosts" and "Ghost", a song from Perry's 2013 album Prism.[4][5] The album version of the song only contains Swift as the vocalist on verses, while the single version features a re-worked instrumental and guest vocals from rapper Kendrick Lamar on verses.

Jem Aswad of Billboard felt the song is "reminiscent of Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl".[6] The Guardian's Kitty Empire wrote that the song "faintly recalls Charli XCX with its stark beats."[7]

Critical reception

"Bad Blood" received generally mixed reviews from music critics.[8][9][failed verification] The song was mostly criticised for its writing, with critics describing it as full of clichés. "Mix her uncharacteristically bratty tone with the weakest beat and the softest cliches, this labor clunks to the finish line. Grade: C-". [8][10] The chorus in particular was criticised with Jim Farber of The New York Daily News describing it as a "repetitive, arena-mongering chant".[11] The song was also criticized by reviewers for its weak production.[8][10] However, Entertainment Weekly listed it as one of the best songs on the album.[12]

However, the remixed version of the song featuring guest vocals from Kendrick Lamar received mostly positive reviews, with praise from music critics directed at Lamar's guest verses and the reworked instrumental.[13][14] George Seabrook of The Edge awarded the song four and half stars out of five, and called it "glorious" and "intoxicating". He praised the song for "Lamar’s simple, brutally effective verses" and acknowledged the collaboration as "not just one more meaningless stunt collaboration, but a powerful new duo".[15]

Commercial performance

"Bad Blood" first charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in November 2014 and January 2015 as an album cut from 1989, peaking at number 78.[16] Following the music video premiere at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, the remixed version of the song featuring Kendrick Lamar re-entered the chart at number 53 and number 26 on the Digital Songs Chart, selling 47,000 digital copies.[16] The following week, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending May 24, 2015, selling 385,000 copies and jumping 52 positions, one of the largest jumps to the top spot in Billboard history. It became her fourth number one single and the third number one from 1989 (following "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space"), making Swift the first artist since Adele to yield three Hot 100 chart toppers from the same album; it is also her fourth consecutive top-10 single from 1989.[17] It also became her 18th top 10 single and Lamar's second (also his first number-one single in the United States).[17] It held the top spot for one week, before being replaced by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again".[18] As of July 2015, the song has sold 2,210,000 digital copies in the U.S.[19]

Music video

Background

The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who previously directed the music video for the second single from 1989, "Blank Space". The video was filmed in Los Angeles on April 12, 2015, but the setting for the video is London. The music video premiered on May 17, 2015, at the start of the Billboard Music Awards.[20] Each actor chose their character's name.[21] Swift began teasing the video in May on Instagram by posting photos of each character. The video broke Vevo's 24-hour viewing record by accumulating 20.7 million views in its first day of release, beating the 19.6 million 24-hour record previously held by Nicki Minaj for the music video of her song "Anaconda" in 2014.[22]

As of August 23, 2015 the video has 470 million views on YouTube.

Synopsis

The music video starts with Catastrophe (Swift) and Arsyn (Selena Gomez) fighting off a group of men wearing suits in an office in London, for a mysterious briefcase. When all of the men are defeated, Arsyn double crosses Catastrophe by stealing the briefcase in Catastrophe's hand and kicking her out of a window. The song begins with Catastrophe lying on a broken car, as Welvin da Great (Kendrick Lamar) begins to rap his verse and Lucky Fiori (Lena Dunham) smokes a cigar. Catastrophe is shown being nursed back to health by The Trinity (Hailee Steinfeld), and after some time, she is ready to start training for her revenge. The other characters in the video are shown in succession, some in training with Catastrophe. They are (in order of appearance):

When her training is complete, Catastrophe and her friends exact their revenge on Arsyn and her henchmen. The two teams approach each other while an enormous explosion goes off in the background, blotting out the London skyline, including 30 St Mary Axe, and the video ends with both of the women simultaneously striking each other in the face.[23]

Reception

Rolling Stone described it as a "futuristic neo-noir" video.[21] Daniel D’Addario of Time called it Swift's "most elaborate" music video yet, and compared the visuals to Sin City.[24] Slate agreed and found other film inspirations: "Along the way, they pay homage to countless films. Besides the video’s Robocop premise, there’s its Sin City aesthetic, its nod to Tron’s light cycles, and its Kill Bill-like fight in the snow."[25] Billboard drew parallels between the video and the music videos for the Britney Spears songs "Toxic" and "Womanizer", which were both directed by Kahn.[26]

"Bad Blood" received eight nominations at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Song of the Summer.[27] Ultimately, "Bad Blood" won the Video of the Year and Best Collaboration.

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2015 MTV Video Music Awards Video of the Year Won [27]
Best Collaboration Won
Best Art Direction Nominated
Best Cinematography Nominated
Best Editing Nominated
Best Direction Nominated
Best Visual Effects Nominated
Song of the Summer Nominated

Charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[28] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[29] 22
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[30] 26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[31] 26
Brazil (Billboard Brasil Hot 100)[32] 81
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[33] 1
Canada AC (Billboard)[34] 27
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[35] 1
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[36] 2
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[37] 29
Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[38] 2
Finland Download (Latauslista)[39] 5
France (SNEP)[40] 14
Invalid chart entered Germany2 29
Hungary (Single Top 40)[41] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[42] 8
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[43] 1
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[44] 20
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[45] 33
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[46] 1
Scotland (OCC)[47] 1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[48] 65
South Africa (EMA)[49] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[50] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[51] 28
UK Singles (OCC)[52] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[53] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[54]
Solo version 		10
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[55]
Solo version 		1
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[56] 5
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[57] 37
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[58] 1
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[59] 6

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[60] 2× Platinum 140,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[61] Gold 7,500*
United Kingdom (BPI)[62] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[63] 2× Platinum 2,210,000[19]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United States May 17, 2015 Digital download[64] Big Machine
May 19, 2015 Contemporary hit radio[65]
Italy June 12, 2015 Mainstream radio[66][67]
  • Big Machine
  • Republic Records

See also

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