Format Digital download Label YG Entertainment | Length 3:43 Writer(s) Teddy Park | |
Released May 28, 2013 (2013-05-28) Genre K-pop, hip hop, dubstep, electro | ||
"The Baddest Female" (Korean: 나쁜 기집애; Nappeun Gijibae) is a song by South Korean artist CL, a member of 2NE1. It was produced by long-time collaborator and fellow YG Entertainment label mate Teddy Park. The single was released on May 28, 2013 as a digital-only single. A music video was uploaded to YouTube at the same date of the release. The video reached more than one million views in less than 24 hours.
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Musically, "The Baddest Female" is a K-pop and hip hop song that incorporates elements of dubstep and electro.
Background
The original title of "The Baddest Female" was announced as "Bad Girl" on May 23, 2013 by YG Entertainment, but it was changed after Lee Hyori released a single entitled "Bad Girls" and YG renamed the English title to "The Baddest Female".
Promotion
"The Baddest Female" was first publicly revealed via a promo photo released by YG Entertainment. CL also performed the song on the SBS show Inkigayo on June 2, 2013.
Music video
The music video for "The Baddest Female" was directed by Seo Hyun Seung. It features CL's YG Entertainment label mates G-Dragon, Taeyang from the Korean boy band Big Bang and Teddy Park.
Yang Hyun-suk, founder of YG Entertainment praised the video, regarding to it as "one of the best music videos I have ever seen".