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Billie Eilish Reveals Meaning Behind ‘Bad Guy’ Lyrics

By Becca Longmire.

Billie Eilish has spoken about the lyrics to “Bad Guy” and what they mean.

Eilish appeared on 102.7 KIIS-FM, where she chatted about her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

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The 17-year-old said of “Bad Guy”: “The initial idea for the song is like people that have to tell everybody that they are a certain way all the time? They’re not that certain way.

“In general, I feel like you will never catch a bad b***h telling everyone she’s a bad b***h. It’s on — it’s you.

She continued, according to NME: “If you’re going around all the time saying like, ‘Yeah, I’m bad, I’m always breaking rules, and doing this and doing that.’ You’re not. I know that because I used to say that and I wasn’t. Bad kids, bad boys, bad b***hes, whatever, they do that s**t and they don’t even know.”

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The “Bad Guy” chorus goes, “So you’re a tough guy/Like it really rough guy/Just can’t get enough guy/Chest always so puffed guy/I’m that bad type/Make your mama sad type/Make your girlfriend mad tight/Might seduce your dad type/I’m the bad guy/Duh.”

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