[JACQUES] Billie Eilish shows who’s really
in charge with ‘bad guy,’ and courts some
controversy as well.
[JACQUES] ‘bad guy’ is the fifth studio single
from Eilish’s debut album, ‘WHEN
WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?’
As usual, it is co-written by Billie and her
brother FINNEAS who helms the production.
The beat is one of the reasons Billie was
so excited to release this song.
[BILLIE] I'm so hyped for "bad guy"
Phew!
Shit smacks!
[JACQUES]On the track, Billie switches perspective
both breaking down the guy she’s confronting
and then asserting that she is actually the
one he should be worried about.
[JACQUES]She also mentions how her mother,
artist Maggie Baird, a big fan of hers, may
not want to sing along to these lyrics after
hearing them.
[JACQUES]The music video, directed by Dave
Meyers is a colorful display showing Billie
in a variety of scenes, from normal to unusual.
Like removing her Invisalign, hanging around
decapitated, floating heads, and making a
bowl of cereal out of a man’s mouth.
These scenes and others have come under suspicion
after a Reddit thread noticed similarities
to some photos in Toilet Paper Magazine.
Another Reddit user managed to reach ToiletPaper
and the magazine said in response quote.
We didn’t know about that video and nobody
from that project tried to contact us.
[JACQUES] And this isn’t the first time
Meyers has run into these kinds of allegations.
In early 2018, he, along with Kendrick Lamar
and Sza, were accused of using the paintings
of Lina Iris Viktor without her permission
for their video “All The Stars.”
She settled a lawsuit with the artists in
December 2018.
[JACQUES] Another K.Dot Meyers collaboration,
“LOVE” faced allegations from another
photographer for certain similarities as well.
In addition a Las Vegas painter sued Ariana
Grande for infringement for her video “God
Is A Woman” also directed by Meyers.
[JACQUES] Genius reached out to both Dave
Meyers and ToiletPaper for additional comment
and did not hear back by press time.
Billie’s fans are all over “bad guy”
and it has remained at the top of the Genius
song chart since the album’s release at
the end of March.
If you’d like to learn more about “bad
guy,” check out the song page on Genius.com.
I’m Jacques Morel with Genius News, bringing
you the meaning and the knowledge behind the
music.
Peace!
