The Baddest (BGYO song)

"The Baddest"
Single by BGYO
from the album The Light
Language
  • English
  • Filipino
ReleasedAugust 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)
Recorded2021
Length3:16
LabelStar
Songwriter(s)
  • Tiyon Mack
  • The Aristocratz
  • Jonathan Manalo
  • Angelo Troy Rivera
  • Akira Morishita
Composer(s)
  • Mack
  • The Aristocratz
  • Manalo
  • Rivera
  • Morishita
Producer(s)MU Doctor (뮤닥터)
BGYO singles chronology
"While We Are Young"
(2021)
"The Baddest"
(2021)
"Kulay (Miss Universe Philippines 2021)"
(2021)
Music video
"The Baddest" on YouTube

"The Baddest" is a song recorded by Filipino boy band BGYO, released on August 20, 2021 as a fifth single of their debut album The Light. It was written and composed by Tha Aristocratz and TC Mack, along with Jonathan Manalo and BGYO's Angelo Troy Rivera and Akira Morishita.[1] The track was one of the BGYO songs—"Kundiman", "He's Into Her", "The Baddest"—chosen to be part of The Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection" time capsules bound to the Moon in 2023.[2]

"The Baddest" was featured on Spotify's Radar Philippines and New Music Friday Philippines playlists upon its release.[3] Ten days after, it surpassed 200,000 streams on Spotify, the fastest among BGYO songs to hit this benchmark.[4]

The accompanying music video of "The Baddest" has received numerous validation from the netizens, as it trended on YouTube and peaked at number 6 upon its release.[5] Seven days after, its official music video surpassed 1 million views on YouTube, the second fastest music video of the group after, "The Light" and also among the fastest P-pop tracks to hit this milestone.[4]

  1. ^ For citations about "The Baddest" being the sophomore single of BGYO.
    • Judine Basbas (20 August 2021). "BGYO return with new single 'The Baddest' - Listen". bandwagon.asia. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
    • "BGYO Drops Sophomore Single "The Baddest"". onemusic.ph. 20 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
    • "BGYO Drops Sophomore Single "The Baddest"". pageone.ph. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Kanta nina Gary, Apo, BGYO, BINI ipadadala sa buwan" [Songs by Gary, Apo, BGYO, BINI will be sent to the moon]. Newsen (in Tagalog). 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022 – via Abante.
  3. ^ For citations about "The Baddest" being featured on Spotify playlists.
  4. ^ a b JE CC (30 August 2021). "BGYO's "The Baddest" MV hits 1 million views on YouTube in 7 days alone, group tops two global prediction charts". lionheartv.net. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  5. ^ For citations about the accolades received by the official music video of "The Baddest".