"Bad!" (stylized as "BAD!") is a song by American rapper and singer

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, released as a single on November 9, 2018. It is XXXTentacion's fifth

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single, and his third posthumous single to go platinum.

Background

"Bad!" was previously teased along with three album projects XXXTentacion was set to release in 2018 before his death in June. Publications reported that "Bad!" would appear on ''Skins'' after a clip of XXXTentacion was posted to his

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timeline of him talking about the album after singing a line from it. DJ Scheme also said that the next of XXXTentacion's projects to be released would be ''Skins''; this was confirmed in November after the pre-order for the album became available.

Promotion

The song was previewed in footage posted to XXXTentacion's Instagram timeline, with the rapper singing a line of the song and talking about ''Skins''.

Music video

In November 2018, the XXXTentacion estate, along with Bad Vibes Forever and Empire Records, launched an animated video contest for the new single. Several artists created 15-second animated snippets from which fans of the late rapper voted for their favorite via XXXTentacion's official website. The official music video for "Bad!" was released via XXXTentacion's

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page on December 15, 2018. It was animated and directed by Tristan Zammit. It features

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-style depictions of X with his various signature hairstyles as he is planting, cultivating, and then becoming one with the

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. As of January 13, 2020, the music video has been viewed over 80 million times.

Covers

In January 2019, Dutch DJ

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released a cover of "Bad!" as a tribute to XXXTentacion.

Personnel

Credits adapted from YouTube. *

– vocals, writing * Dave Kutch – mastering * Kevin Peterson – mastering assistant * John Cunningham – production, writing, recording, drums, programming * Robert Soukiasyan – production, writing, mixing, keyboards

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* 2018 singles 2018 songs XXXTentacion songs Songs released posthumously Songs written by XXXTentacion Empire Distribution singles {{2010s-hiphop-song-stub