"Bad Girls" is a single by American duo
MKTO
MKTO is an American Pop music, pop and Hip hop music, hip hop duo, consisting of Malcolm David Kelley, Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller. Their MKTO (album), self-titled album was released on January 30, 2014, by Columbia Records. In July 2015, the ...
, released as a digital download on June 2, 2015 by
Columbia Records. It serves as the first single from their first
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. , ''
Bad Girls EP'' (2015). The song is a pop song with heavy funk influences featuring predominant saxophone instrumentation in its production. The duo performed the song for the first time on June 2, 2015 during ''
Good Morning America'' as well as on ''
The Late Late Show'' on June 4, 2015.
Background and composition
The song was written by
Emanuel Kiriakou,
Evan Bogart
Evan Bogart (born January 23, 1978), better known as E. Kidd Bogart, is an American songwriter, music publisher, record executive and film & television producer. He is the son of Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart and former music manager Joyc ...
,
Andrew Goldstein,
Lindy Robbins
Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter from Los Angeles, whose songs include Demi Lovato's " Skyscraper", Jason Derulo's "Want to Want Me", David Guetta's " Dangerous" featuring Sam Martin, MKTO's "Classic", Hot Chelle Rae's " Tonight, Toni ...
, Clarence Coffee, Jr., as well as MKTO's own
Malcolm Kelley and
Tony Oller
Anthony Michael Oller (born February 25, 1991) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He had roles as Walt Moore on the TeenNick TV show '' Gigantic'', and as Danny on Disney Channel's '' As the Bell Rings''. He appeared in the films ''Ben ...
whilst produced by Kiriakou, Bogart and Goldstein.
The track is a pop song with strong
funk influences, featuring a predominant horn sound in its composition. Oller told ''
Teen Vogue'': "We just want to make music that's current and consistent with what everyone is vibing to. For 'Bad Girls', we recorded a real horn section which isn't something a lot of people do these days. We really wanted to go back to that and go back to the roots of making music."
Speaking to J-14, the duo said of the song's overall sound: "It has an "
Uptown Funk
"Uptown Funk" is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson from his fourth studio album, ''Uptown Special'' (2015), featuring American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. It was released as the album's lead single on 10 November 2014 via dow ...
" feel to it, it's awesome, we have real instruments in it, we have unbelievable background singers on it. It's going to be a way different sound than the first album. We're proud to play it for our friends. It's not so poppy, but still has that element. We're excited for it."
Music video
The music video was directed by
Hannah Lux Davis
Hannah Lux Davis (born May 17, 1986) is an American music video, commercial and film director. She's known for her work especially with female artists, such as Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, Christ ...
, it was filmed on April 30, 2015 and released on June 5, 2015. Kelley described the video as a "mini movie".
It features Oller and Kelley being abducted by a group of "bad girls" and were held hostage. They later escape and capture.
The video's initial conception featured ideas of parties, however MKTO wanted something cinematic. Oller said: “Us having the acting backgrounds we have, we wanted to do something cinematic. We always look for any excuse to be able to do that kind of stuff. We came across one that was great and had a P.O.W. camp where these gorgeous women would take us hostage in very sexy outfits, but with a twist: these are women who are not only sexy, but who you don’t want to mess with. There’s a Mad Max kind of theme.”
In addition, a lyric video to the song was released on May 29, 2015 to
YouTube
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.
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References
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2015 songs
2015 singles
Columbia Records singles
Music videos directed by Hannah Lux Davis
Songs written by E. Kidd Bogart
Songs written by Emanuel Kiriakou
Songs written by Andrew Goldstein (musician)
Songs written by Lindy Robbins
Songs written by Clarence Coffee Jr.