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'Cause baby now we've got bad blood
RELEASED : May 17, 2015 GENRE : Pop & Hip hop LENGTH : 3:31 LABEL : Big Machine SONGWRITER : Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback & Kendrick Lamar PRODUCER : Max Martin, Shellback & Ilya
"Bad Blood" was released as the fourth single from 1989. The remix version featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar was released on May 17, 2015, for digital download by Big Machine Records. The single release was supported by the premiere of its music video at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. "Bad Blood" impacted US contemporary hit radio on May 19, 2015, under Big Machine and Republic Records imprint. The song was released to Italian contemporary hit radio on June 12, 2015, through Universal Music Group.
"Bad Blood" was supported by a high-budget music video directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Swift. It was filmed in Los Angeles on April 12, 2015, and premiered at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on May 17, 2015. The video features an ensemble cast consisting of singers and fashion models, whose public appearances with Swift during the subsequent 1989 World Tour led the media to call them Swift's "squad". Each member of the cast chose her character's name. The cast include (in order of appearance): Catastrophe (Swift), Arsyn (Selena Gomez), Welvin da Great (Lamar), Lucky Fiori (Lena Dunham), The Trinity (Hailee Steinfeld), Dilemma (Serayah), Slay-Z (Gigi Hadid), Destructa X (Ellie Goulding), Homeslice (Martha Hunt), Mother Chucker (Cara Delevingne), Cut Throat (Zendaya), The Crimson Curse (Hayley Williams), Frostbyte (Lily Aldridge), Knockout (Karlie Kloss), Domino (Jessica Alba), Justice (Mariska Hargitay), Luna (Ellen Pompeo), and Headmistress (Cindy Crawford).
