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"Bad Blood" first charted at the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for two weeks in November 2014 and January 2015 as an album cut from ''1989'', peaking at number 78.<ref name="BBA">{{cite web|url=http://m.billboard.com/entry/view/id/126113|title=Wiz Khalifa Tops Hot 100, Taylor Swift Re-Enters Following BBMAs Video Premiere|author=Gary Trust|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billbaord]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=May 21, 2015|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> 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|Digital Songs Chart]], selling 47,000 digital copies.<ref name="BBA"/> To date, the song has sold 514,000 digital copies.<ref name="us_sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6575759/wiz-khalifa-vs-taylor-swift-no-1-hot-100|title=It's Wiz Khalifa vs. Taylor Swift for No. 1 on Hot 100 Next Week|author=Trust, Gary|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billbaord]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=May 22, 2015|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref>
"Bad Blood" first charted at the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for two weeks in November 2014 and January 2015 as an album cut from ''1989'', peaking at number 78.<ref name="BBA">{{cite web|url=http://m.billboard.com/entry/view/id/126113|title=Wiz Khalifa Tops Hot 100, Taylor Swift Re-Enters Following BBMAs Video Premiere|author=Gary Trust|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billbaord]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=May 21, 2015|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> 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|Digital Songs Chart]], selling 47,000 digital copies.<ref name="BBA"/> To date, the song has sold 514,000 digital copies.<ref name="us_sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6575759/wiz-khalifa-vs-taylor-swift-no-1-hot-100|title=It's Wiz Khalifa vs. Taylor Swift for No. 1 on Hot 100 Next Week|author=Trust, Gary|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billbaord]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=May 22, 2015|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref>


"Bad Blood" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week ending May 24, 2015, selling 385,000 copies. 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.<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite web|url=http://m.billboard.com/entry/view/id/126838|title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Blasts to No. 1 on Hot 100|author=Gary Trust|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=May 28, 2015|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> It also became her 18th top 10 single and Lamar's second.<ref name="Hot 100"/>
"Bad Blood" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week ending May 24, 2015, selling 385,000 copies. 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.<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite web|url=http://m.billboard.com/entry/view/id/126838|title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Blasts to No. 1 on Hot 100|author=Gary Trust|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=May 28, 2015|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> It also became her 18th top 10 single and Lamar's second.<ref name="Hot 100"/> It's the 11th song with the word "Bad" in it to top the Hot 100 chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.billboard.com/entry/view/id/126999|title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' and Other No. 1 Songs With 'Bad' in Their Title|author=Gary Trust|work=[[Billboard‎ (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=May 29, 2015|accessdate=May 29, 2015}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Revision as of 01:03, 29 May 2015

"Bad Blood"
Song

"Bad Blood" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). The single version, featuring American hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar, was released on May 17, 2015 by Republic Records.

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 Awad of Billboard felt the song was "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]

Commercial performance

"Bad Blood" first charted at the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in November 2014 and January 2015 as an album cut from 1989, peaking at number 78.[8] 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.[8] To date, the song has sold 514,000 digital copies.[9]

"Bad Blood" topped the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending May 24, 2015, selling 385,000 copies. 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.[10] It also became her 18th top 10 single and Lamar's second.[10] It's the 11th song with the word "Bad" in it to top the Hot 100 chart.[11]

Critical reception

The original album version of Bad Blood received generally mixed reviews from music critics.[12][13][14] However, the remixed version of the song received mostly positive reviews, with a significant amount of praise directed at Lamar's guest verses and the reworked instrumental.[15][16] 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".[17]

Music video

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, California on April 12, 2015, but the setting for the video is the City of London. The music video premiered on May 17, 2015, at the start of the Billboard Music Awards.[18] Each actor chose their character's name.[19] 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 20.1 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.[20]

Synopsis

The music video starts with Catastrophe (Swift) and Arsyn (Selena Gomez) fighting off a group of men wearing suits in an office somewhere in London. When all of the men are defeated, Arsyn decides to betray Catastrophe by kicking her out of a window. The song begins with Catastrophe laying on a broken car, as Welvin da Great (Kendrick Lamar) begins to rap his verse. 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. She is shown training in different scenarios with all of the other characters in the video, including knife-fighting with Cut-Throat (Zendaya), boxing with Knockout (Karlie Kloss), riding motorcycles with Domino (Jessica Alba), and others such as The Crimson Curse (Hayley Williams), Destructa X (Ellie Goulding), Frostbyte (Lily Aldridge), Slay-Z (Gigi Hadid), Lucky Fiori (Lena Dunham), Dilemma (Serayah), Luna (Ellen Pompeo), Justice (Mariska Hargitay), Mother Chucker (Cara Delevingne), Homeslice (Martha Hunt), and Headmistress (Cindy Crawford). 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.

Reception

Rolling Stone described it as a "futuristic neo-noir" video.[19] Daniel D’Addario of Time called it Swift's "most elaborate" music video yet, and compared the visuals to Sin City.[21] 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."[22] Billboard drew parallels between the video and the music videos for the Britney Spears songs "Toxic" and "Womanizer", which were both directed by Kahn.[23]

Charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[24] 3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25] 44
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[26] 17
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[27] 26
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[28] 1
Invalid chart entered Germany2 58
Hungary (Single Top 40)[29] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[30] 21
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[31] 89
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32] 4
Scotland (OCC)[33] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 45
UK Singles (OCC)[35] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[36] 1
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[37] 18
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[38] 38
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[39] 13
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[40] 26

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[41] Gold 514,000[9]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Vereinigte Staaten May 17, 2015 Digital download[42] Big Machine
May 19, 2015 Contemporary hit radio[43]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Strecker, Erin (September 9, 2014). "Did Katy Perry Confirm Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Song Is About Her?". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  3. ^ Drell, Cady (December 31, 2014). "12 Biggest Feuds of 2014: Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perry". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
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  5. ^ a b Yahr, Emily (October 27, 2014). "Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood': How we can tell she's singing about Katy Perry". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
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