[Laughing] This is so hard to do
[Clears throat]
♫ Hey Best Pal-y ♫
♫ I am Ali ♫
Ok... awesome intro aside
I was just listening to Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy"
And it's like... the darkest thing
And I was thinking, what if it was positive?
Like it was the same song. It was just... sounding uplifting
So this is me, attempting to make Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" a happy song.
The first step is to really listen to the song, 'cause I don't know it that well
I just keep coming across it, 'cause it's everywhere
Like TikTok mostly
But also walking through RiteAid.
'Cause that's... the cheery jam I need to hear while buying shampoo
[Beats]
God, even the video is dark and weird
[Synth music]
This strange synth part is so iconic in the song, I'm going to need to make that extra happy
Duh! [Laughs]
Ok, I don't want to play too much because I'm gonna get flagged for having her recording in my video
The biggest part of her song is the bass line. It's just like driving through the whole thing
The same bass line. And... obviously mine needs to be stand up bass, because that's the happiest bass.
Let's go from G Minor, to G Major heh?
♫ ♫ ♫
I'm gonna keep her lowered 7th though, because it's bluesy
♫ ♫ ♫ ♫
Perfect, ok
Let's get a tempo here
Using a BPM calculator.
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Bad Guy] ♫ ♫ ♫
She's at like one thirty... one thirty five
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Bad Guy] ♫ ♫ ♫
I wanna go faster. I'm gonna use Meghan Trainor as an example here
She's gonna be our inspiration for the arrangement, and making this happier
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] If your lips are moving. If your lips are moving ♫ ♫ ♫
That's the tempo I want
That's also the snare that I want. We'll get to that
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] If your lips are moving. ♫ ♫ ♫
I feel that we could go faster. Hold on
Title
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] If you want my love ♫ ♫ ♫
Yeah
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] You gotta do what it does ♫  ♫  ♫
Yes! Ok
180. Yes, I'm happy at 180, but also...
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] Like sugar gu.. ♫ ♫ ♫ 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] ..friend. If I hear that wor... ♫ ♫ ♫
We have to swing it
Ahhh, I'm gonna set this at 180, and then
We're gonna do a swing rythm
You'll get it when you hear it
♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫
Yup
[Laughs]
She also opens with... just like... nothing
It's just a kick, and that bass
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Bad Guy] ♫ ♫ ♫
That'll do.
Every down beat
 
[Beats]
Oh god. Did we go to fast?
 
[Beats]
No wait. I'm gonna cut it in half
♫ ♫ ♫
Ok, that's it. Now to the claps that I mentioned
It's gotta be a Meghan Trainor signature clap
Not that she invented it. It's from like the 60s or whatever
Beethoven, I don't know
It's in Lips Are Movin'
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] If you lips are movin'... if your ♫ ♫ ♫
[Claps] One, two and... four
[Claps] One, two and... four
[Claps] One, two and... four
It's just so... It's just so happy!
Although her four is a little more aggressive
Where I'm gonna put more reverb on four [Synth Claps]
[Synth Claps] Ok
♫ ♫ ♫  [Bass line and claps] ♫ ♫ ♫
It's like someone's swinging a bat
On every four
"Title" has something in it that I really love
♫ ♫ ♫  [Meghan Trainor] If you want my love ♫ ♫ ♫ 
Ali: They enter later
♫ ♫ ♫  [Meghan Trainor] this an invitation ♫ ♫ ♫
It's just straight piano chords
Like high chords, that are kinda panned. Hold on
We got this
♫ ♫ ♫  [High piano chords] ♫ ♫ ♫
Trust me, this is still "Bad Guy"
It sounds like it's not
But it's gonna be
Now we have to add my favorite instrument
This is the most important instrument besides vocals
It goes vocals, and then tambourine!
And the everything else
Really all you need in a song, is singing
And tambourine [Synth beats] ♫ ♫ ♫ 
Hold on
♫ ♫ ♫  [Tambourine ] ♫ ♫ ♫
Gonna bring that in later when we really need to start grooving
Honestly I think we're almost there
But it's time for that weird freakin' melody
♫ ♫ ♫  [Piano Melody] ♫ ♫ ♫
Wait, how's it go again?
♫ ♫ ♫  [Piano Melody] ♫ ♫ ♫ 
 
Ok
How are we gonna save that?
I mean, save that from depression.
It's a great song, it's just... we're not doing sad
First off, we're gonna have to make it...
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Piano Melody] ♫ ♫ ♫
Major
♫ ♫ ♫  [Piano] ♫ ♫ ♫
Faster, and swung
♫ ♫ ♫  [Swinging Piano] ♫ ♫ ♫
Wooooo
Jazzy!
And what's the happiest of instruments?
But... Xylophone!
Like, let's get a little... bopping mallets goin'
Ho ho HO ho Ho!
♫ ♫ ♫  [Xylophone Melody] ♫ ♫ ♫
Yeah
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Boppin' Xylophone Track] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫  [Boppin' Xylophone Track] ♫ ♫ ♫
Oh my
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Boppin' Xylophone Track] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫  [Boppin' Xylophone Track] ♫ ♫ ♫
Oh yeah!
I gotta start doing the arrangement
So it opens with just bass and kick
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Bass and kick] ♫ ♫ ♫
Ok, and then what does she do?
♫ ♫ ♫  [Billie Eilish] What I want ♫ ♫ ♫
Ohhh!
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Billie Eilish] When I'm wanting ♫ ♫ ♫
It's not claps, it's snaps
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Billie Eilish] To. My soul so ♫ ♫ ♫
I mean, not that I expected her to have claps
They're not all at the same time, it's like
Seven people that can't snap together
[Snap snap]
Yep, that's the one
It's just... multiple sad people that can't get the timing right
 
[Snaps]
[Snap Snap snap SNAP]
A little Meghan Trainor-ised
What about the same snare rhythm?
♫ ♫ ♫  [Boppin' Bass line] ♫ ♫ ♫
I also though that we needed tambourine in there
Taking my liberties with the arrangement
When she starts singing we can do full...
Arrangement
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Boppin' track] ♫ ♫ ♫
There's the first chorus
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Boppin' track] ♫ ♫ ♫
On the verse, what does she do?
♫ ♫ ♫  [Bille Eilish] You take control ♫ ♫ ♫
What?!
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Billie Eilish]  Even if you know ♫ ♫ ♫
She does Meghan Trainor claps!
No!
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Billie Eilish] That you ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫  [Billie Eilish] Don't own me ♫ ♫ ♫
[Clap Clap clap CLAP]
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Billie Eilish] I'll let you play the role ♫ ♫ ♫
That's crazy!
Ok well, apparently that can also be a depressing rhythm
We're gonna go back to... the snaps
♫ ♫ ♫  [Snaps] ♫ ♫ ♫
This is all I get, I gotta sing along with this
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Snaps] ♫ ♫ ♫
Alright, it's gonna take some vocal delivery to pull this off
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Snaps] ♫ ♫ ♫
I still think this arrangement needs to be further Meghan Trainor-ised
To up the happiness
Here's the thing
What I really need... is baritone sax
Hold on, let me find the example
♫ ♫ ♫  [Low Saxophone] ♫ ♫ ♫
Ahhhhh!
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Low saxophone] ♫ ♫ ♫
Ba dum!
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Low saxophone] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫  [Meghan Trainor] Ay yeah ♫ ♫ ♫
She's got like, ahhhh
Brass... and sax
In so many of her songs and it just really makes it
♫ ♫ ♫  [Trumpets] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫  [Meghan Trainor] I like it when it's ♫ ♫ ♫
And a trumpet section
♫ Ba dum ♫ ♫ Ba dum ♫
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Meghan Trainor] I gave you bass, you gave me sweet talk, sweet talk ♫ ♫ ♫
It's always... some sort of woodwind, or brass
Like leading to the down beat
And it's like Mweooowt
I don't have a baritone sax
If you are not new to my channel
You might know that I do have an alto sax
Hold on!
Let me see if I'll just... synthesizing it
♫  [Synth Sax] ♫
I mean, it leaves something to be desired
♫ [Synth Sax] ♫
Maybe if I'm just doing the...
♫  [Synth Sax] ♫
It feels a little more convincing
It sounds pretty synthesized
I'm just trying to hold off actually playing the sax on this
Because I don't know if I can pull it off
♫ ♫ ♫  [Synth Sax over bass line] ♫ ♫ ♫
Ahhhhh
 
♫ ♫ ♫  [Synth Sax over bass line] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫  [Synth Sax over bass line] ♫ ♫ ♫
Ok, I'm gonna record sax!
It deserves a real instrument
And by real instrument, I mean this goofy looking sax that I have
♫ ♫ ♫  [Outrageous Sax Solo] ♫ ♫ ♫
Mmm, that's pretty much the only thing that I can do
Ok, let's get thing go... oh!
It's in G
This is an E flat
Hnng! If I thought about this
I would have transposed it beforehand to make it easier on sax version of me
So when I'm playing a G, I want and E... here
This is confusing
♫ [Sax] Tooot ♫
Let me look up some fingerings real quick
Ok, I've got this figured out
♫ [Sax] Ba dum, baaa dum♫
♫ [Sax] Ba dum ♫
There's also this one part where she's transitioning
It goes...
Ba ba ba ba boooooo in the bass
And it's aggressive
And I'm gonna make that the happiest spot
♫ [Sax] Ba da ba da dum ♫
♫ [Sax] Ba dum ♫
Yeah, ok, good. Perfect
Oh yeah, there's one part where I have to play
♫ [Sax] Doo Doo Doo ♫
The lowest note that I can hit on this thing
I'm so glad that I left it in G!
Let's put this down!
♫ [Sax] Ba dum ♫
[Metronome clicks]
♫ [Sax] Ba dum ♫
 
[Metronome clicks]
[Metronome clicks]
♫ [Sax] Ba dum ♫
 
[Metronome clicks]
[Metronome clicks]
♫ [Sax] Doo Doo Doo ♫
 
[Metronome clicks]
Alright
It might take some heavy editing but I think we got it
Ok, edited
I got the full mix going
Listen to this Pal-ys
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
[Laughs]
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
It's so happy!
Oh my goodness
We need a half-step modulation
Hold on, let me play Meghan for you...
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] Tell me everything's alright♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ AhhhhhAHHHHHHH ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Meghan Trainor] Dear future hus... ♫ ♫ ♫
It's like the most uplifting thing
We're adding that
Write up all the instruments
Thank god for MIDI
Ahhhh... it's gonna sound like crap
I have to record more sax
Great, I gotta figure out more notes
Whatever, we'll get to that in a second, because it's so worth it
Let's just hear how it sounds
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
Then we take the 5 chord up, half a step
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
And then.. to the new key
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
Ahhh
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
For reference, here's how it sounds with the original sax
♫ ♫ ♫ [Slightly Less Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
Yeah
 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Slightly Less Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Slightly Less Outrageous Arrangement] ♫ ♫ ♫
Ok
It was super quick to transpose up half a step and
Figure that out. That's why I didn't even show you
Now it's time to add the vocals
♫ ♫ ♫ White shirt now red, my bloody nose ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Sleeping, you're on your tippy toes ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Creeping around like no one knows ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Think you're so criminal ♫ ♫ ♫
[Laughs] That is so dumb
This is going to be hard to record
What are these lyrics?
♫ ♫ ♫ Bruises, on both my knees for you ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Don't say thank you or please ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I do what I want when I'm wanting to ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ My soul? So cynical ♫ ♫ ♫
This is gonna take some vocal stylings
I'm gonna change it up for every section
Like open with something a little like
Light
Kinda girl group, from way back in the day
Move on to, I don't know, sounding like a dude that's in  toothpaste commercial
This is all oldy sounding
First two definitely needs to borrow from
Chicago the Musical
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, they mo
♫ ♫ ♫ I like it when you take control ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Even if you know that I... 
 
What??
♫ ♫ ♫ I'll be your animal ♫ ♫ ♫
Oh cool, I get to sing about my mom too
Hold on, the final chorus she get's weird
Yeah, just at the chorus
♫ ♫ ♫ [Billie Eilish] ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba... ♫ ♫ ♫
Of course I need three part harmony there
1920's back up singers
The super important thing I forgot about
[Billie Eilish] Duh!
Ahh, I feel like I should sing the "Duh"
But also, what does "Duh" mean?
It means like... Of course
I'm gonna say "Of course"
[Laughing] This is so stupid
Alright vocal's time. I gotta do it in my vocal booth
If you saw the video where I upholstered this hallway and thought I was crazy
Hah!
You're right. But also, it's great for recording. This is going to sound so good
I need my back up singers first
♫ ♫ ♫ Lala la la ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Lala la la ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Lala la la ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Lala la la ♫ ♫ ♫
And now... to try and pull off the lead
Also the intro, she does this like, weird mumble-y thing
And... obviously I need to scat there
♫ ♫ ♫ Do da doo ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Do da do dooo ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Ba da da do doo ♫ ♫ ♫
[Laughs]
♫ ♫ ♫ White shirt now red, my bloody nose ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Sleeping, you're on your tippy toes ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ You're a tough guy. Really like it rough guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Just can't get enough guy. Chest always so puffed guy ♫ ♫ ♫
[Laughing]
[Laughing] This is so hard to do
Ok, focus!
Full take. I gotta nail this, 'cause..
This is the music video. Let's do it
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Do da do ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Do da da doo ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Ba da da do doo ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ White shirt now red, my bloody nose ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Sleeping, you're on your tippy toes ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Creeping around like no one knows ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Think you're so criminal ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Bruises, on both my knees for you ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Don't say thank you or please ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I do what I want when I'm wanting to ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ My soul? So cynical ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ So you're a tough guy. Really like it rough guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Just can't get enough guy. Chest always so puffed guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I'm that bad type. Make your mama sad type ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Make your girlfriend mad type. Might seduce your dad type ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I'm the bad guy, DUH! ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Oh, I'm a bad guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I like it when you take control ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Even if you know that you don't ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Own me, I'll let you play the role ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I'll be your animal ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ My mommy likes to sing along with me ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ But she won't sing this song ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ If she reads all the lyrics ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ She'll pity the men I know ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ So you're a tough guy. Really like it rough guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Just can't get enough guy. Chest always so puffed guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I'm that bad type. Make your mama sad type ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Make your girlfriend mad tight. Might seduce your dad type ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I'm the bad guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Of course! ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ I'm the bad guy ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Indeed ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Lala la la] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Lala la la] ♫ ♫ ♫ 
♫ ♫ ♫ [Lala la la] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Lala la la] ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Oh I wanna give it to you baaaaad ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ Bad! ♫ ♫ ♫
♫ ♫ ♫ [Laughs] ♫ ♫ ♫
There you go, Billie has been officially cheered up
[Laughs] If you want more videos there are plenty more where that came from
So keep watching
