Thom Kerr directed the music video for 'Bad for Me', which premiered the same day as the song.

Jacob Uitti of American Songwriter included 'Bad for Me' in the magazine's weekly rundown of the best new releases in music: ' is a powerful pop masterpiece from the standout songwriter.' Music video Trainor considered it more personal than her other songs as it involved another person she refused to name the subject but dispelled the idea that it is about her brother Ryan. People 's Jeff Nelson characterized the song as 'sad-girl pop'. Swims, friends with Bhattacharyya and Wrabel, responded to the proposition: 'I would be honored to be part of this', and they recorded it in Trainor's home studio the following week.

But it's doable.' That night, Daryl Sabara suggested that the song is the right one for Trainor to record as a duet with Swims, who she had wished to collaborate with for a long time. She stated: 'Toxic relationships can be in your family and you can step away from them and it sucks. Trainor wrote 'Bad for Me' with Ajay Bhattacharyya and Stephen Wrabel, strangers to her at the time, about a personal situation she experienced. She appeared without makeup in the teaser, which Portal Popline 's Leonardo Rocha interpreted as emblematic of the lyrics's sincerity. Trainor revealed that it is about a toxic relationship, along with its lyrics 'Please don't make promises that you can't keep/ Your best intentions end up hurting me/ No matter what, I love you endlessly'. The song was released on June 24, 2022, and features guest vocals from American singer-songwriter Teddy Swims. In June 2022, she began teasing a song titled 'Bad for Me' as the lead single from it. After Trainor's 2014 song ' Title' attained viral popularity on video-sharing service TikTok in 2021, she announced her intention to pivot to the doo-wop sound of its 2015 parent album of the same name on her fifth one, in May the following year, along with her pregnancy's influence on it. She struggled while creating the former, rewriting it four times as an attempt to 'adapt to what's going on in the music industry' after its preceding singles underperformed. Meghan Trainor released two major-label studio albums in 2020, her third, Treat Myself, and her fourth, A Very Trainor Christmas. They performed it on the television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Thom Kerr directed the music video for the song, which depicts Trainor and Swims navigating an illusory set of flowers interspersed with panoramic imagery. A pop song, 'Bad for Me' has lyrics about distancing oneself from a toxic relationship with a family member. Trainor, Ajay Bhattacharyya, and Stephen Wrabel wrote the song, and Stint and Frederico Vindver produced it. It was released on June 24, 2022, as the lead single from her upcoming fifth major-label studio album, Takin' It Back (2022). ' Bad for Me' is a song by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor, featuring guest vocals from Teddy Swims. Single by Meghan Trainor featuring Teddy Swims 2022 single by Meghan Trainor featuring Teddy Swims 'Bad for Me'

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