"Bad Boy" is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It was recorded in 2010 under the pseudonym Lana Del Ray.
Background
The song was first alluded to on a Tumblr account on May 3, 2019 and a snippet leaked on May 21, 2019. An edited version of the full song was leaked on June 3, 2019. The song is speculated to be a concept demo for "Take Me to Paris", but this is currently unconfirmed. It was recorded in the same session as "Playing Dangerous" and samples Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune". On August 1, 2019 two unaltered demos of the songs leaked.
Because the song was recorded in the same session as "Playing Dangerous", there is a high chance that the track was produced by the same producers, which are Mads Louis Hauge and Phil Thornalley, but currently this is not confirmed.
Cross-references
- Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune", which this song samples, was also used in the music video for "Freak". It was also used as an interlude during her live performance of the previously mentioned song.
- Del Rey references being "thrown" in "Behind Closed Doors".
- Cherry pies are also mentioned in songs such as "Cola", "I Was in a Bad Way" and "Summer of Sam".
- Cigarettes are mentioned in "You Can Be the Boss", "1949" and "Girl That Got Away", among many other songs.
- The chorus' melody resembles that of "Take Me to Paris".
- Bad boys are also mentioned in "Queen of Disaster".
- True love is also mentioned in "True Love on the Side", "Ultraviolence", "Off to the Races" and "I Talk to Jesus".
- Bonnie and Clyde are also mentioned in "Live or Die".
Official versions
- Edited version — 4:01
- Demo idea 1 — 3:29
- Demo idea 2 — 2:27
Lyrics
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
I’m sweet like cherry pie and he likes this
I buy him drinks and he buys me cigarettes
He thinks that we’re a little bit like Romeo and Juliet
Throw me 'round like a hot potato
If you want the butter then say so
And it’s wrong, b-but it’s okay, though
It’s okay, though
Baby, ghetto love
Mama knows I like the bad boys
Baby, ghetto love
Just like daddy was a bad boy
Ooh, ah
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
Ooh
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies, it never dies
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
He thinks it’s a little like “hair, tits, lips, hits”
It doesn’t really matter that I do my lipstick
All day long, all day long
My baby likes me fresh in my white kicks
Yeah, Bonnie and Clyde, we're just like them
He thinks a little like we're polka dot, dress up
He like my hair long
Baby, ghetto love
You know no one loves you better, ah
Baby, but all in all
You can be if you know better
Ooh, ooh
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
Ooh, ooh
Take me out tonight
Baby, save my life
Save my life, save my life, save my life
Come and save my life, save my life, save my life
Save my life, save my life, save my life
'Cause true love never dies
It's what I want, when I see you once I die
True love never dies, ooh, ooh
Baby, ghetto love
Mama knows I like them bad boys
Baby, ghetto love
Just like daddy was a bad boy
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies, it never dies
True love, true love, true love
It never dies, it never dies