Bad Friend (song)

"Bad Friend"
End of the World Remix Cover
Single by Rina Sawayama
from the album Sawayama
Released15 April 2020
RecordedOctober 2019
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:28
LabelDirty Hit
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Rina Sawayama
  • Kyle Shearer
  • Jonathan Gilmore
Rina Sawayama singles chronology
"Chosen Family"
(2020)
"Bad Friend"
(2020)
"Dance in the Dark"
(2020)
Music video
"Bad Friend" on YouTube

"Bad Friend" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama, released on 15 April 2020 as the fifth single from her debut studio album Sawayama, just two days before the album's release.[1] A remix by End of the World was released on 20 November 2020.[2] Sawayama has called the track her favourite from the album and stated that it was written after she found out through social media that her formerly close friend had just had a baby.[3]

  1. ^ Jones, Austin (16 April 2020). "Rina Sawayama Shares New Song "Bad Friend"". Paste. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Bad Friend (End of the World Remix) / Rina Sawayama". Tidal. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Rina Sawayama – Bad Friend". Retrieved 26 November 2020.