Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)

Taylor Swift had identified as a country musician until her fourth studio album, Red,{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=78}} which was released on October 22, 2012.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 30, 2012 |title=Taylor Swift's Red Sells 1.21 Million; Biggest Sales Week for an Album Since 2002 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474400/taylor-swifts-red-sells-121-million-biggest-sales-week-for-an-album-since-2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201140727/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474400/taylor-swifts-red-sells-121-million-biggest-sales-week-for-an-album-since-2002 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} Red{{'s}} eclectic pop and rock styles beyond the country stylings of Swift's past albums led to critics questioning her country-music identity.{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=77}}{{cite magazine |last=Light |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Light |date=December 5, 2014 |title=Billboard Woman of the Year Taylor Swift on Writing Her Own Rules, Not Becoming a Cliche and the Hurdle of Going Pop |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226012450/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} Swift began writing songs for her fifth studio album in mid-2013 while touring.{{cite news |last=Talbott |first=Chris |date=October 13, 2013 |title=Taylor Swift Talks Next Album, CMAs and Ed Sheeran |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026093555/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran |archive-date=October 26, 2013 |access-date=October 26, 2013 |agency=Associated Press}} She was inspired by 1980s synth-pop to create her fifth studio album, 1989, which she described as her first "official pop album" and named after her birth year.{{cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=September 16, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals Five Things to Expect on 1989 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-65750/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116173655/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-65750/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Sisario |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Sales of Taylor Swift's 1989 Intensify Streaming Debate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/arts/music/sales-of-taylor-swifts-1989-intensify-streaming-debate.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032635/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/business/media/taylor-swifts-1989-carries-high-hopes-but-no-country-music.html |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |work=The New York Times}} The album makes extensive use of synthesizers, programmed drum machines, and electronic and dance stylings, a stark contrast to the acoustic arrangements of her country-styled albums.{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=55–56}}

Swift and Max Martin served as executive producers of 1989.{{Cite magazine |last=Dickey |first=Jack |date=November 13, 2014 |title=The Power of Taylor Swift |url=https://time.com/3583129/power-of-taylor-swift-cover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819085008/https://time.com/3583129/power-of-taylor-swift-cover/ |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2014 |magazine=Time}} On the album's standard edition, Martin and Shellback produced 7 out of 13 songs, including "Bad Blood".{{cite AV media notes |title=1989 |year=2014 |type=Compact disc liner notes |publisher=Big Machine Records |id=BMRBD0500A |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}} Swift wrote "Bad Blood" with Martin and Shellback, who both programmed the track and played electronic keyboards on it. The song was recorded by Sam Holland at Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles, and by Michael Ilbert at MXM Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea at Mixstar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound Studio in New York.

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"Bad Blood" is a pop song with prominent hip-hop stylings.{{cite web |last=Horton |first=Matthew |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift – 1989 |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-taylor-swift-15754 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027211017/http://www.nme.com/reviews/taylor-swift/15754 |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2024 |work=NME}}{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=61}} It incorporates prominent keyboard tones, hip-hop beats, and a pulsing bassline. According to Jon Caramanica of The New York Times, the "booming drums" of the song evoked the "Billy Squier ones often sampled in hip-hop".{{Cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=October 23, 2014 |title=A Farewell to Twang |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html |url-access=limited |access-date=July 12, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language= |issn= |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032622/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html |url-status=live }} Jem Aswad of Billboard described the production as "simplistic" and compared it to Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" (2005),{{cite magazine |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift's Pop Curveball Pays Off With 1989 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208185459/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}} The Observer{{'s}} Kitty Empire likened the "stark beats" to the music of Charli XCX,{{cite web|last1=Empire|first1=Kitty|author-link=Kitty Empire|title=Taylor Swift: 1989 Review – A Bold, Gossipy Confection|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/26/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-bold-gossipy-confection|website=The Observer|access-date=May 20, 2015|date=October 26, 2014|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026105123/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/26/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-bold-gossipy-confection|url-status=live}} and NME{{'s}} Matthew Horton deemed the song a "bitter stomp" that evokes Beastie Boys. The lyrics portray resentment and anger that result from betrayal, through lyrics such as, "These kinda wounds, they last and they last," and "Band-aids don't fix bullet holes/ You say sorry just for show." The refrain consists of repeated phrases, "Now we got bad blood/ You know it used to be mad love." Jon Pareles described Swift's vocals throughout the refrain as tense,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/02/11/make-me-a-song/|title=Make Me a Song|first=Jon|last=Pareles|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=February 11, 2016|magazine=The New York Review of Books|access-date=November 19, 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127070433/https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/02/11/make-me-a-song/|url-status=live}} while Consequence of Sound's Sasha Geffen wrote that she sang "through gritted teeth".

Some critics interpreted "Bad Blood" to be about a lost love.{{Cite news |last=Fusilli |first=Jim |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Don't Like Taylor Swift? Just 'Shake It Off' |work=The Wall Street Journal |id={{ProQuest|1617521541}}}}{{Cite news |last=Gardner |first=Elysa |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Swift Moves On, But the Heartache Remains |work=USA Today |page=D1 |id={{ProQuest|1617803681}}}} In an interview for the September 2014 cover issue for Rolling Stone, Swift said that the song was about a fellow female artist whom she had thought of as a close friend; she felt betrayed after this person attempted to "sabotage an entire arena tour" by "[hiring] a bunch of people out from under [her]".{{cite magazine |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=September 8, 2014 |title=Cover Story: The Reinvention of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-reinvention-of-taylor-swift-116925/4/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222011732/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/taylor-swift-1989-cover-story-20140908?page=4 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} She wanted to make it clear that it was about losing a friend and not a lover because she "knew people would immediately be going in one direction", referring to how the audience interpreted her songs in association with her love life. The media speculated the subject to be Katy Perry, who had a publicized fallout with Swift after being friends for several years.{{cite magazine |last=Lang |first=Cady |date=July 17, 2019 |title=A Comprehensive Guide to the Taylor Swift-Katy Perry Feud From 2009 to the 'You Need to Calm Down' Happy Meal Reunion |url=https://time.com/4914066/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-timeline/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916222647/https://time.com/4914066/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-timeline/ |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |magazine=Time}}{{Cite news |date=June 12, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift and Katy Perry: A Timeline of Their Feud |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-48605773 |access-date=July 12, 2024 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807073341/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-48605773 |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Kinane |first=Ruth |date=April 5, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift and Katy Perry: A Timeline of Their Feud |url=https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-katy-perry-timeline/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712085134/https://ew.com/music/taylor-swift-katy-perry-timeline/ |url-status=live }} In another interview for GQ in October 2015, Swift reaffirmed the theme of lost friendship and responded to the speculation: "I never said anything that would point a finger in the specific direction of one specific person."{{cite web |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Klosterman |date=October 15, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift on 'Bad Blood', Kanye West, and How People Interpret Her Lyrics |url=https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018020927/http://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |access-date=October 18, 2015 |work=GQ}} According to Chuck Klosterman, by clarifying the inspiration behind "Bad Blood" to divert the media from her love life without disclosing the subject, Swift "propagated the existence of a different rumor that offered the added value of making the song more interesting".

File:Pulitzer2018-portraits-kendrick-lamar.jpg featured and wrote his rap verses on the single release of "Bad Blood", which became his first number-one single in the United States.|alt=Portrait of Kendrick Lamar]]After 1989 was released on October 27, 2014, "Bad Blood" first charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in November 2014 and January 2015, reaching number 78.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=May 21, 2015 |title=Wiz Khalifa Tops Hot 100, Taylor Swift Re-Enters Following BBMAs Video Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/wiz-khalifa-hot-100-taylor-swift-bbmas/ |access-date=September 16, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} In May 2015, a remix version featuring the rapper Kendrick Lamar was released as the fourth single to promote 1989. According to Lamar, Swift reached out to him personally and he agreed because they had been fond of each other's music.{{Cite news |date=May 28, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift 'Reached Out' to Kendrick Lamar for 'Bad Blood' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-reached-out-to-kendrick-lamar-for-bad-blood/2015/05/28/136e1be8-051b-11e5-93f4-f24d4af7f97d_story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=July 13, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language= |issn= |archive-date=February 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219215100/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-reached-out-to-kendrick-lamar-for-bad-blood/2015/05/28/136e1be8-051b-11e5-93f4-f24d4af7f97d_story.html |url-status=live }} On the remix, Lamar raps two verses written by himself, and Ilya contributed additional production.{{cite web |last1=Molanphy |first1=Chris |date=June 3, 2015 |title=Why Is Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar's 'Bad Blood' No. 1? |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/06/03/taylor_swift_s_bad_blood_featuring_kendrick_lamar_is_no_1_here_s_why_the.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120005/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/06/03/taylor_swift_s_bad_blood_featuring_kendrick_lamar_is_no_1_here_s_why_the.html |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=December 23, 2015 |website=Slate}} Lamar recalled that the collaboration with Swift went smoothly because "the vibe was right"; he finished his verses in a few takes during a studio session in Los Angeles.{{cite web |last=Britton |first=Luke |date=December 17, 2017 |title=Kendrick Lamar Explains What It Was like Working with Taylor Swift |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kendrick-lamar-talks-taylor-swift-collaboration-2170944 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027212658/https://www.nme.com/news/music/kendrick-lamar-talks-taylor-swift-collaboration-2170944 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=NME}} When Rolling Stone asked him in 2017 whether he was "taking sides in a pop beef", he responded that he was unaware of it.{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=August 9, 2017 |title=Kendrick Lamar: The Rolling Stone Interview |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kendrick-lamar-the-rolling-stone-interview-199817/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119150050/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kendrick-lamar-the-rolling-stone-interview-199817/ |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

Big Machine Records released the remix for digital download on May 17, 2015,{{cite web |title=Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – Single |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/bad-blood-feat-kendrick-lamar/995535014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521034756/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-blood-feat.-kendrick-lamar/id995535014 |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2015 |publisher=iTunes Store (US)}} the same day that the premiere of its music video took place at the Billboard Music Awards.{{cite magazine |last=Strecker |first=Erin |date=May 17, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video Premieres |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568593/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-premiere-watch-kendrick-lamar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521025412/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568593/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-premiere-watch-kendrick-lamar |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} In the United States, Big Machine and Republic Records sent "Bad Blood" to contemporary hit radio on May 19,{{cite web |title=Top 40/M Future Releases |url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518134641/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |publisher=All Access}} and to rhythmic radio on June 9, 2015. Universal Music Group released the song to Italian radio on June 12, 2015.{{cite web |last=Aldi |first=Giorgia |date=June 8, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (Radio Date: 12-06-2015) |url=http://www.earone.co.uk/news/taylor_swift_bad_blood_radio_date_12_06_2015_15057525/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041728/http://www.earone.co.uk/news/taylor_swift_bad_blood_radio_date_12_06_2015_15057525/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=June 8, 2015 |work=EarOne}} "Bad Blood" re-entered the Hot 100 at number 53 upon its single release and reached number one the following week, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated June 6, 2015.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=May 28, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Blasts to No. 1 on Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6576177/taylor-swift-bad-blood-tops-hot-100 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906163743/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6576177/taylor-swift-bad-blood-tops-hot-100 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |access-date=May 28, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}} "Bad Blood" was the third single from 1989 to reach number one, after "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space"; it was Swift's fourth and Lamar's first career number-one Hot 100 single. After one week at number one, it charted at number two for the next five weeks.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=July 1, 2015 |title=Wiz Khalifa No. 1 on Hot 100 'Again,' Selena Gomez Debuts at No. 9 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6613247/wiz-khalifa-no-1-hot-100-selena-gomez-debuts |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002155620/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6613247/wiz-khalifa-no-1-hot-100-selena-gomez-debuts |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=July 1, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}

On Billboard{{'s}} airplay charts, "Bad Blood" reached number one on Pop Songs{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=June 22, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Tops Pop Songs Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6605566/taylor-swift-bad-blood-pop-songs-chart |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018054810/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6605566/taylor-swift-bad-blood-pop-songs-chart |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=October 18, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} and Adult Pop Songs.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=July 13, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Tops Another Tally & Breaks Weekly Plays Record |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-bad-blood-breaks-record-adult-pop-songs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629035646/https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-bad-blood-breaks-record-adult-pop-songs/ |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |access-date=June 29, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} On the Pop Songs chart, after it debuted at number 13 and rose to number 9 the following week, the single tied the record for the quickest timeline to enter the top 10.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=June 1, 2015 |title=Chart Highlights: Taylor Swift Ties Record as 'Bad Blood' Hits Pop Songs Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/chart-highlights-taylor-swift-ties-record-as-bad-blood-hits-pop/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 13, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807073351/https://www.billboard.com/pro/chart-highlights-taylor-swift-ties-record-as-bad-blood-hits-pop/ |url-status=live }} By reaching number one in five weeks, it registered the shortest duration to top the chart since Nelly's "Over and Over" (2004) featuring Tim McGraw, which spent three weeks before ascending to the top. In the week ending July 12, 2015, the single broke the record for the most single-week plays in the Pop Songs chart's 22-year history, surpassing Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" (2015). According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Bad Blood" was the 10th-best-selling song of 2015 in the United States, selling 2.584 million digital copies.{{cite web |date=January 6, 2016 |title=2015 Nielsen Music U.S. Report |url=http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2016-reports/2015-year-end-music-report.pdf.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530163141/https://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2016-reports/2015-year-end-music-report.pdf.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2019 |access-date=January 6, 2016 |publisher=Nielsen SoundScan}} The Recording Industry Association of America certified the single six-times platinum for surpassing six million units based on sales and on-demand streams, and the track had sold 3.2 million digital copies in the United States by July 2019.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=July 14, 2019 |title=Ask Billboard: Taylor Swift's Career Sales & Streaming Totals, From 'Tim McGraw' to 'You Need to Calm Down' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8519784/taylor-swift-career-sales-streaming-totals-2019-ask-billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715081725/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8519784/taylor-swift-career-sales-streaming-totals-2019-ask-billboard |archive-date=July 15, 2019 |access-date=July 14, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}}

"Bad Blood" topped the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Scotland. It peaked within the top five in South Africa, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom; and the top ten in Hungary, Finland, and Ireland. The single was certified multi-platinum in Australia (eight-times platinum), Brazil (double diamond), Canada (triple platinum), and the United Kingdom (double platinum). It was certified platinum in Austria, Norway, Portugal, and gold in Denmark, Germany, Italy, and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, the single had sold 373,000 downloads as of July 2021.{{Cite web |last=White |first=Jack |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's Top 10 Biggest Collaborations at the Official UK Chart |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-top-10-biggest-collaborations-at-the-official-uk-chart__33504/ |access-date=July 20, 2023 |publisher=Official Charts Company |archive-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701125556/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swifts-top-10-biggest-collaborations-at-the-official-uk-chart__33504/ |url-status=live }}

"Bad Blood" received mixed reviews, with many critics deeming it the weakest song on 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/may/18/taylor-swift-debuts-star-studded-video-for-bad-blood-single-remix|title=Taylor Swift Debuts Star-Studded Video for 'Bad Blood' Remix Single|first=Elle|last=Hunt|work=The Guardian|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229000709/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/may/18/taylor-swift-debuts-star-studded-video-for-bad-blood-single-remix|url-status=live}} Mike Diver from Clash described it as "a litany of diary-page break-up clichés set to directionless thumps and fuzzes",{{cite web| url= http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/taylor-swift-1989| website= Clash| title= Taylor Swift – 1989| first= Mike| last= Diver| date= April 11, 2014| access-date= July 27, 2015| archive-date= July 13, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170713112315/http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/taylor-swift-1989| url-status= live}} while Jay Lustig from The Record criticized Swift's delivery as "merely petulant, howling" and the beats as "repetitive".{{Cite news |last=Lustig |first=Jay |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's New Album, 1989, Is Pure Pop |work=The Record |page=BL1 |id={{ProQuest|1617292521}}}} Several critics found the song neither engaging nor distinctive; the musicologist James E. Perone wrote that listeners would not be able to tell if "Bad Blood" was a "Taylor Swift song" because of its composition and vocals.{{Sfn|Perone|2017|p=62}} Andrew Unterberger from Spin said that the lyrics were absent of the specificity that had characterized Swift's previous songs,{{cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Gets Clean, Hits Reset on New Album 1989 |url=https://www.spin.com/2014/10/taylor-swift-new-album-1989-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119025551/https://www.spin.com/2014/10/taylor-swift-new-album-1989-review/ |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |work=Spin}} Mikael Wood from the Los Angeles Times thought that its beat was reminiscent of that on Katy Perry's "Roar" (2013),{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Smooths Out the Wrinkles on Sleek 1989 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115075319/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times}} and Lindsay Zoladz from Vulture considered "Bad Blood" an "ironic" song to be taken as a Perry diss track because other album tracks had "the faceless mall-pop" that was "no better" than the worst songs on Perry's album Prism (2013).{{cite web |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's 1989 Is Her Most Conservative Album Yet |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110162939/http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989.html |archive-date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=Vulture}} Retrospective rankings by Rolling Stone{{'s}} Rob Sheffield{{cite magazine |last1=Sheffield |first1=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=April 25, 2024 |title=All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/bad-blood-2014-196114/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215053010/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/bad-blood-2014-196114/ |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=September 16, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone }} and Paste{{'s}} Jane Song both ranked it as the worst song Swift had released.{{cite web |last=Song |first=Jane |date=February 11, 2020 |title=All 158 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs/#158-bad-blood-1989 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413001443/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-songs/#158-bad-blood-1989 |archive-date=April 13, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |work=Paste}}

In more positive reviews, several critics considered "Bad Blood" one of the highlights of 1989. The Quietus{{'s}} Amy Pettifier said that it was one of the album tracks "crammed with merit" and called it "all sass and bile",{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/16790-taylor-swift-1989-review|title=Taylor Swift 1989|work=The Quietus|first=Amy|last=Pettifier|date=November 27, 2014|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=February 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207165110/https://thequietus.com/articles/16790-taylor-swift-1989-review|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly{{'s}} Adam Markovitz said that the track was a "potential [hit]" as a "chant-along fight song",{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/11/11/1989|title=1989: Review|last=Markovitz|first=Adam|date=November 11, 2014|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=July 27, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224080356/http://ew.com/article/2014/11/11/1989/|url-status=live}} and the Toronto Star{{'s}} Ben Rayner praised it as a "proper keeper on delivery" with its "cheerleader-ish shout-along".{{Cite news |last=Rayner |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Rayner |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Has Joined Her Pop Peers – Unfortunately |work=Toronto Star |page=E4 |id={{ProQuest|1616974368}}}} Consequence of Sound{{'s}} Sasha Geffen and Drowned in Sound's Robert Leedham found the song to showcase a defiant attitude; the former attributed this to the production elements of hip-hop beats and deep bassline: "they let her slice out her words with real anger, not just passive regret",{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |date=October 30, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift – 1989 |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228035557/https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989/ |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |access-date=October 30, 2014 |work=Consequence of Sound}} and the latter wrote that it recalled "iconic hardcore bands you've probably never heard of".{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424|title=Album Review: Taylor Swift – 1989|work=Drowned in Sound|first=Robert|last=Leedham|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125030800/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424|url-status=dead}} Revisiting "Bad Blood" in 2023, Amara Sorosiak of American Songwriter regarded it as a career-defining single for Swift, writing that it exemplified the "shout-able, catchy pop" of her pop albums and solidified her "bold image" as an artist in the 2010s decade.{{Cite web |last=Sorosiak |first=Amara |date=August 25, 2023 |title=The Scathing Meaning Behind 'Bad Blood' by Taylor Swift |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-scathing-meaning-behind-bad-blood-by-taylor-swift/ |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=American Songwriter |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720154644/https://americansongwriter.com/the-scathing-meaning-behind-bad-blood-by-taylor-swift/ |url-status=live }} For Vulture{{'s}} Nate Jones, the song represented the peak of Swift's "Max Martin era", with its melody being expertly crafted but lyrics absent of "humanity".{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Nate |date=May 20, 2024 |title=All 245 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913234630/https://www.vulture.com/article/all-taylor-swift-songs-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |access-date=September 16, 2024 |website=Vulture }}

Reviewing the remix version featuring Lamar, August Brown of the Los Angeles Times expressed confusion towards the rapper's appearance and contended that it was a move to garner a mainstream audience after his "epic" album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). Brown said that while Lamar's delivery was "not at his most fiery", it proved his artistic versatility "from difficult free jazz [...] to the tightest, glossiest pop out there".{{cite web |last=Brown |first=August |date=May 18, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video Has Sound, Fury and Kendrick Lamar |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-video-is-a-whole-lot-of-sound-and-fury-20150518-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902045119/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-video-is-a-whole-lot-of-sound-and-fury-20150518-story.html |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |access-date=May 28, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Slate's Chris Molanphy praised Ilya's production for highlighting the refrain's musical highlights and lauded Lamar's "tongue-tripping turns of phrase", but he contended that the rapper was in "accessible, maximum-pop mode" while he was supposed to be held "to a higher standard". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian dubbed the single "a masterstroke" with "potent and effective" verses from Lamar and an "even more anthemic" chorus compared to the album version.{{cite web |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=Taylor Swift's Singles – Ranked! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |website=The Guardian |access-date=May 2, 2020 |date=April 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427062612/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |url-status=live| author-link=Alexis Petridis}} "Bad Blood" featuring Lamar was listed among the best songs of 2015 by NME (11th){{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-tracks-of-the-year-2015-1419688|title=Songs of the Year 2015|website=NME|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=December 5, 2015|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428163643/https://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-tracks-of-the-year-2015-1419688|url-status=live}} and PopMatters (6th).{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130012221/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-90-best-songs-of-2015/P8/|url=http://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-90-best-songs-of-2015/P8/|title=The 90 Best Songs of 2015|website=PopMatters|date=January 3, 2016|access-date=January 3, 2016|archive-date=January 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}

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The music video of "Bad Blood" was directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Swift. Filmed in Los Angeles on April 12, 2015, the video premiered on May 17, 2015, at the Billboard Music Awards.{{cite magazine |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=May 7, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift to Debut 'Bad Blood' Video During 2015 Billboard Music Awards |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6560641/taylor-swift-catastrophe-poster-bad-blood-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510014440/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6560641/taylor-swift-catastrophe-poster-bad-blood-video |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}} The video features Swift and Lamar alongside an ensemble cast consisting of female singers, actresses, and fashion models who were dubbed by the media as Swift's "squad".{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Lover: The Struggle to Maintain Superstardom |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301114553/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2020 |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Patrick |date=September 29, 2015 |title=Pop Stars, Newcomers Wave a Feminist Flag |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/09/29/music-feminism-sexism-chvrches-maddie-tae-potty-mouth/72755800/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=USA Today |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807073303/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/09/29/music-feminism-sexism-chvrches-maddie-tae-potty-mouth/72755800/ |url-status=live }} Each member of the cast chose their character's name.{{cite magazine |date=May 17, 2015 |title=Watch Taylor Swift's Futuristic, Neo-Noir 'Bad Blood' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-taylor-swifts-futuristic-neo-noir-bad-blood-video-67255/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518192154/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-debuts-futuristic-neo-noir-bad-blood-video-20150517 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} 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).{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-s-new-video-pays-tribute-to-every-sci-fi-a-1798279749|title=Taylor Swift's New Video Pays Tribute to Every Sci-Fi and Action Film Ever, Basically|first=Kayla Kumari|last=Upadhyaya|date=May 18, 2015|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=July 29, 2024|archive-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807073411/https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-s-new-video-pays-tribute-to-every-sci-fi-a-1798279749|url-status=live}}

Set in a fictional London, the video starts with Catastrophe and her partner, Arsyn, fighting off a group of men in a corporate office for a mysterious briefcase.{{Sfn|Roth|2018|p=5}} When all of the men are defeated, Arsyn steals the briefcase from Catastrophe's hand and kicks her out of a window, making her fall onto a car. The song then begins, and Catastrophe and her female squad train to exact their revenge.{{Cite web |date=November 12, 2017 |title=30 Taylor Swift Music Videos, Ranked |url=https://www.spin.com/2017/11/taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=Spin |archive-date=November 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113011447/https://www.spin.com/2017/11/taylor-swift-music-videos-ranked/ |url-status=live }} The video concludes with Catastrophe's and Arsyn's two teams facing each other, walking in slow motion as an explosion goes off in the background, blotting out the London skyline.

"Bad Blood" broke Vevo's 24-hour viewing record by accumulating 20.1 million views in its first day of release.{{cite magazine |last=Strecker |first=Erin |date=May 21, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video Breaks Vevo Record |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6575602/taylor-swift-bad-blood-breaks-vevo-record |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623214321/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6575602/taylor-swift-bad-blood-breaks-vevo-record |archive-date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=May 21, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}} Media publications compared the video's production to that of blockbuster movies{{efn|Attributed to D'Addario, Stereogum{{'s}} Tom Breihan,{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2270214/the-number-ones-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-feat-kendrick-lamar/columns/the-number-ones/|title=The Number Ones: Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)|last=Breihan|first=Tom|website=Stereogum|date=July 15, 2024|access-date=July 30, 2024|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719034922/https://www.stereogum.com/2270214/the-number-ones-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-feat-kendrick-lamar/columns/the-number-ones/|url-status=live}} and Complex{{'s}} Constant Gardner,{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/a/constant-gardner/taylor-swifts-bad-blood-video-kendrick-lamar|title=Watch Taylor Swift's Star-Studded 'Bad Blood' Video Co-Starring Kendrick Lamar|last=Gardner|first=Constant|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=July 30, 2024|website=Cosmopolitan|archive-date=July 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730044103/https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/a/constant-gardner/taylor-swifts-bad-blood-video-kendrick-lamar|url-status=live}}}} and opined that it resembled action and sci-fi films and series such as Sin City, RoboCop, Tron, Kill Bill, and Mad Max: Fury Road.{{efn|Attributed to Time{{'s}} Daniel D'Addario,{{cite magazine|last1=D'Addario|first1=Daniel|title=Watch Taylor Swift's Star-Studded Music Video for 'Bad Blood'|url=https://time.com/3854282/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-billboard-music-awards/|magazine=Time|access-date=May 18, 2015|date=May 18, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518102029/http://time.com/3854282/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-billboard-music-awards/|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly{{'s}} Megan Daley,{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/05/18/taylor-swift-bad-blood/|title=Fights, Fire and Revenge: The Best of Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood'|first=Megan|last=Daley|date=May 18, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=July 29, 2024|archive-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807073340/https://ew.com/article/2015/05/18/taylor-swift-bad-blood/|url-status=live}} The A.V. Club{{'s}} Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Slate{{'s}} Sharan Shetty,{{cite web|last1=Shetty|first1=Sharan|title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video Has Enough Celebrities to Be an Actual Movie|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/05/17/taylor_swift_bad_blood_music_video_kendrick_lamar_and_every_other_celebrity.html|website=Slate|access-date=May 17, 2015|date=May 18, 2015|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726123929/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/05/17/taylor_swift_bad_blood_music_video_kendrick_lamar_and_every_other_celebrity.html|url-status=live}} The Atlantic{{'s}} Spencer Kornhaber, and Billboard{{'s}} Erin Strecker}} Erin Strecker of Billboard commented that there were resemblances to the videos of Britney Spears's "Toxic" and "Womanizer", which were both directed by Kahn.{{cite magazine|last1=Strecker|first1=Erin|title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video: 15 Things We Need To Talk About Right Now|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568620/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-burning-questions|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 18, 2015|date=May 17, 2015|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125151158/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/6568620/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-burning-questions|url-status=live}} Esquire{{'s}} Matt Miller said that the video depicted a "sci-fi Taylor",{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a13105375/taylor-swift-ready-for-it-music-video/|title=Sci-Fi Taylor Swift Is the Best Taylor Swift|first=Matt|last=Miller|date=October 27, 2017|website=Esquire|access-date=July 29, 2024|archive-date=July 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729103722/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a13105375/taylor-swift-ready-for-it-music-video/|url-status=live}} and Rolling Stone described it as "futuristic neo-noir". In Consequence, Mary Siroky deemed it the most memorable music video of the 1989 singles and called it "The Avengers of music videos".{{Cite web |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=November 9, 2021 |title=Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked from Worst to Best |url=https://consequence.net/2021/11/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328011127/https://consequence.net/2021/11/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-list/ |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=Consequence}} Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic thought otherwise that it did not succeed on a cinematic level because "the editing becomes so hectic that even the barest bones story here is indiscernible".

Some journalists analyzed the video with regards to Swift's celebrity. According to Time's Daniel D'Addario, with "Bad Blood" and the music videos for other 1989 singles, Swift abandoned the "appropriately lo-fi" videos of her country songs to use videos "as a tool to explore various sides of her personality, and create others", accompanying her artistic reinvention to pop music. D'Addario wrote that Swift followed Madonna by "[paring] visual aesthetics with entirely unrelated songs, giving the viewer a whole new thing to talk about", and thus succeeded in promoting herself as "2015's all-around-perfect pop star".{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3882487/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-reinvention/|title=The 'Bad Blood' Music Video Proves Taylor Swift's Power of Reinvention|last=D'Addario|first=Daniel|date=May 18, 2015|magazine=Time|access-date=July 30, 2024|archive-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807073359/https://time.com/3882487/taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-reinvention/|url-status=live}} In The Washington Post, Emily Yahr commented that by enlisting high-profile celebrities for the video, Swift proved that she was "the most powerful women in show business" who had "access, status and power" to mobilize a big number of celebrities to go against her adversaries.{{Cite news |last=Yahr |first=Emily |date=May 17, 2015 |title=What Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Music Video Actually Says About Power in Hollywood |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/05/17/what-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-music-video-actually-says-about-power-in-hollywood/ |url-access=limited |access-date=August 1, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=}}

Several critics commented on the video in the context of feminism. Websites like The Daily Beast and Deadspin criticized the "supposed hypocrisy", citing the alleged feud with Katy Perry. The "squad" was a point of contention: Kornhaber applauded the video as an imagining of an all-female action movie,{{cite web |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |date=May 18, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video Is the Anti-Avengers |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/taylor-swifts-bad-blood-is-exploding-what-exactly/393527/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125154906/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/05/taylor-swifts-bad-blood-is-exploding-what-exactly/393527/ |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |work=The Atlantic}} but Jennifer Gannon from The Irish Times considered Swift's "squad" as a means to build a cult of personality rather than embody female empowerment,{{cite news |last=Gannon |first=Jennifer |date=June 9, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift: Why Is It So Difficult to Support Her? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/taylor-swift-why-is-it-so-difficult-to-support-her-1.3520132 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107063711/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/taylor-swift-why-is-it-so-difficult-to-support-her-1.3520132 |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times}} an idea corroborated by Eve Barlow of The Times, who described it as "an exclusive, Mean Girls-style clique of perfect, stalk-limbed and shiny-haired clones".{{Cite web |last=Barlow |first=Eve |date=February 14, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift: She's the Boss |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/taylor-swift-shes-the-boss-z5tdk9xf0f6 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240613140201/https://www.thetimes.com/article/taylor-swift-shes-the-boss-z5tdk9xf0f6 |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |website=The Times}} Judy L. Isaksen and Nahed Eltantawy, scholars in popular culture and journalism, and Hannelore Roth, a scholar in literature, argued that Swift's idea of feminism was only applicable to famous and wealthy women. According to Isaksen and Eltantawy, fans of Swift were critical of the supposed "embodiment of privilege" despite her efforts to promote a postfeminist "girlfriend culture".{{Sfn|Isaksen|Eltantawy|2019|p=559}} Roth added that by casting Lamar as the ringleader behind the female squad, the video was "just a violent, pre-modern copy of the patriarchal structures at the office".{{Sfn|Roth|2018|p=4}}

At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, "Bad Blood" was nominated in eight categories and won in two: Video of the Year and Best Collaboration;{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=August 31, 2015 |title=MTV Video Music Awards 2015: The Winners Are... |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/vmas-2015-winners-list-full-6678711/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225183923/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/vmas-2015-winners-list-full-6678711/ |url-status=live }} it was Swift's first Video of the Year win.{{Cite magazine |last=Medved |first=Matt |date=August 31, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Wins First Video of the Year VMA for 'Bad Blood' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/vmas-taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-of-the-year-kendrick-lamar-6678744/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716114337/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/vmas-taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-of-the-year-kendrick-lamar-6678744/ |url-status=live }} The song was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and won Best Music Video at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in 2016.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-07 |title=2016 Grammy Awards: Complete List of Winners and Nominees |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-grammys-2016-nominees-winners-list-story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=January 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103094700/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-grammys-2016-nominees-winners-list-story.html |url-status=live }} It was recognized as one of the biggest songs of the year at both the ASCAP Pop Music Awards by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP){{cite web |date=April 28, 2016 |title=2016 ASCAP Pop Music Awards |url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2016/awards-home.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502083735/http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2016/awards-home.aspx |archive-date=May 2, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers}} and the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards by Broadcast Music, Inc.{{Cite news |date=May 11, 2016 |title=BMI Honors Taylor Swift and Legendary Songwriting Duo Mann & Weil at the 64th Annual BMI Pop Awards |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2016_bmi_pop_awards |access-date=August 1, 2024 |publisher=Broadcast Music, Inc. |archive-date=June 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602184045/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2016_bmi_pop_awards |url-status=live }}

"Bad Blood" won fan-voted categories at the Teen Choice Awards (Choice Music – Collaboration),{{cite web|url=http://www.teenchoice.com/article/winners-of-teen-choice-2015-announced|title=Winners of Teen Choice 2015 Announced|publisher=Teen Choice Awards|date=August 16, 2015|access-date=August 17, 2015|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414172701/https://www.fox.com/teen-choice/|url-status=live}} the MTV Europe Music Awards (Best Song),{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=October 25, 2015 |title=Justin Bieber Dominates at MTV Europe Music Awards |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/awards/mtv-emas-winners-list-justin-bieber-1201626145/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=Variety |language= |archive-date=August 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801100154/https://variety.com/2015/tv/awards/mtv-emas-winners-list-justin-bieber-1201626145/ |url-status=live }} and the Radio Disney Music Awards (Song of the Year, Best Breakup Song).{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=May 2, 2016 |title=2016 Radio Disney Music Awards: See the Full List of Winners |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/2016-radio-disney-music-awards-winners-7350382/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=}} It received nominations at the American Music Awards,{{cite magazine|last1=Blistein|first1=Jon|title=Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, the Weeknd Top AMA Nominations|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-ed-sheeran-the-weeknd-top-ama-nominations-20151013|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 23, 2017|date=October 13, 2015|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131192848/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-ed-sheeran-the-weeknd-top-ama-nominations-20151013|url-status=dead}} the People's Choice Awards,{{cite web|title=Nominees & Winners|url=http://blog.peopleschoice.com/2015/11/03/peoples-choice-awards-2016-nominees/|publisher=People's Choice Awards|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104222127/http://blog.peopleschoice.com/2015/11/03/peoples-choice-awards-2016-nominees/|archive-date=November 4, 2015|url-status=dead}} the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards,{{cite web |last=Grant |first=Stacey |date=February 2, 2016 |title=Here Are The Nominees For The 2016 Kids' Choice Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2734729/kids-choice-awards-2016-kcas-nickelodeon-nominees-list/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204154007/http://www.mtv.com/news/2734729/kids-choice-awards-2016-kcas-nickelodeon-nominees-list/ |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=February 3, 2016 |publisher=MTV}} and the iHeartRadio Music Awards.{{cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=February 9, 2016 |title=iHeartRadio Music Awards Announce 2016 Nominees, Performers & New Categories |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6873866/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-nominees-performers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209190003/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6873866/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-nominees-performers |archive-date=February 9, 2016 |access-date=February 9, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} The music video additionally won accolades at Mexico's Telehit Awards (Video of the Year),{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2015 |title=Brillan hasta en ausencia |trans-title=They Shine Even in Absence |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/musica/2015/11/27/brillan-hasta-en-ausencia/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=El Universal |language=es |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807073809/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/musica/2015/11/27/brillan-hasta-en-ausencia/ |url-status=live }} the Philippines' Myx Music Award (Favorite International Video),{{cite web |date=March 16, 2016 |title=MYXMusicAwards 2016 Winners List |url=http://myxph.com/myxmusicawards/news/25757/myxmusicawards-2016-winners-list/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810043228/http://myxph.com/myxmusicawards/news/25757/myxmusicawards-2016-winners-list/ |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=August 6, 2016 |publisher=Myx}} and France's NRJ Music Award (Video of the Year).{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift : grande gagnante des NRJ Music Awards 2015 ! |trans-title=Taylor Swift: Big Winner of the 2015 NRJ Music Awards! |url=https://www.nrj.fr/music-awards/actualites/taylor-swift-grande-gagnante-des-nrj-music-awards-2015-332975 |access-date=August 1, 2024 |publisher=NRJ |language=fr}}

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At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, Swift and Nicki Minaj jointly performed "Bad Blood" and "The Night Is Still Young".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678691/vmas-2015-taylor-swift-nicki-minaj-performance-video|title=Taylor Swift & Nicki Minaj Declare No 'Bad Blood' With Joint Performance: Watch|date=August 30, 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131175317/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6678691/vmas-2015-taylor-swift-nicki-minaj-performance-video|url-status=live}} Swift also sang the song during her concerts at the United States Grand Prix on October 22, 2016,{{Cite magazine |last=Hall |first=David Brendan |date=October 23, 2016 |title=Taylor Swift Delivers a Knockout Performance at Formula 1 Concert in Austin |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-formula-1-grand-prix-austin-concert-calvin-harris-7550007/ |access-date=July 19, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language= |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902023704/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-formula-1-grand-prix-austin-concert-calvin-harris-7550007/ |url-status=live }} and the pre-Super Bowl event Super Saturday Night on February 4, 2017.{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=February 5, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Performs 'Better Man' & 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' for First Time at Stunning Pre-Super Bowl Set |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-super-bowl-concert-houston-better-man-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7678029/ |access-date=July 19, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language= |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525180320/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-super-bowl-concert-houston-better-man-i-dont-wanna-live-forever-7678029/ |url-status=live }}

On the 1989 World Tour (2015), Swift performed "Bad Blood" wearing a black leather suit as dancers performed acrobatics behind her.{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Comes 'Home' to Philly, Shows There's No Going Back with Her Music |url=https://www.mcall.com/2015/06/14/review-taylor-swift-comes-home-to-philly-shows-theres-no-going-back-with-her-music/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 19, 2024 |website=The Morning Call |language= |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117124409/https://www.mcall.com/2015/06/14/review-taylor-swift-comes-home-to-philly-shows-theres-no-going-back-with-her-music/ |url-status=live }} She included the song in the set list of the Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), where she performed it in a mash-up with "Should've Said No" (2008), which incorporated a country-influenced guitar riff.{{cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Why Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Tour Is Her Finest Yet |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-rob-sheffield-reviews-w520080 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510063258/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/live-reviews/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-rob-sheffield-reviews-w520080 |archive-date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=May 10, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=June 8, 2018 |title=Taylor Swift 'Reputation' Stadium Tour Review: Dazzling Pop Spectacle from the Star Who Doesn't Stand Still |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-review-manchester-a8390456.html |url-access=limited |access-date=July 19, 2024 |work=The Independent |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-review-manchester-a8390456.html |url-status=live }} According to The Ringer's Nora Princiotti, the mash-up improved one of Swift's weakest songs ("Bad Blood") by tweaking its arrangement and using the melody of an "early classic" ("Should've Said No").{{Cite web |last=Princiotti |first=Nora |date=March 16, 2023 |title=On the Eve of Eras, Ranking Taylor Swift's All-Time Best Live Performances |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/3/16/23633759/ranking-taylor-swift-all-time-best-live-performances-eras-tour |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=The Ringer |language= |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331000214/https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/3/16/23633759/ranking-taylor-swift-all-time-best-live-performances-eras-tour/ |url-status=live }} On the Eras Tour (2023–2024), Swift performed "Bad Blood" as the screen showed a house on fire and the venue lit up in red flames.{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=June 8, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Eras Tour Review: Pop's Heartbreak Princess Dazzles in Edinburgh |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlld2g4232o |access-date=July 19, 2024 |publisher=BBC |language= |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807074407/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlld2g4232o |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Raggio |first=Eva |date=April 1, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Kicked Off Her Arlington Concerts Like the Icon She Is, No Matter Who Disagrees |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/Taylor-swift-eras-tour-review-arlington-texas-16264428 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=Dallas Observer |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402192614/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/Taylor-swift-eras-tour-review-arlington-texas-16264428 |url-status=live }}

"Bad Blood" was parodied in various other mediums. The comedians Cariad Lloyd and Jenny Bede's parody of "Bad Blood" called for withdrawal of taxation of women's sanitary products in the United Kingdom.{{Cite magazine |last=Strecker |first=Erin |date=2015-08-12 |title=This Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood' Parody Video Targets U.K. Tampon Tax |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-bad-blood-parody-tampon-tax-uk-6663113/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |magazine=Billboard}} The animated web series How It Should Have Ended in September 2015 created a parody called "Bat Blood", which satirizes the marketing of the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.{{cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Will |date=September 10, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Meets Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/09/10/bad-blood-batman-superman-parody/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126055034/https://ew.com/article/2015/09/10/bad-blood-batman-superman-parody/ |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} Kevin McDevitt, a writer and filmmaker, made a parody titled "Good Blood" to encourage viewers become donors for the bone marrow transplant via the non-profit National Marrow Donor Program.{{Cite magazine |last=Waxman |first=Olivia B. |date=September 15, 2015 |title=This 'Bad Blood' Parody Is Raising Awareness for Bone Marrow Donations |url=https://time.com/4035332/bad-blood-good-blood-taylor-swift/ |access-date=September 6, 2024 |magazine=Time}} The music video was parodied in the sitcom Great News, featuring a "squad" consisting of Tina Fey and Nicole Richie, which aired in October 2017.{{Cite magazine |last=Armstrong |first=Megan |date=2017-10-04 |title=Nicole Richie & Tina Fey Spoof Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Video on Great News: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/nicole-richie-tina-fey-spoof-taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-great-news-7988852/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930100239/https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/nicole-richie-tina-fey-spoof-taylor-swift-bad-blood-video-great-news-7988852/ |url-status=live }}

The rock band Drenge and the singer-songwriter Alessia Cara covered the song for BBC Radio 1's live sessions in June{{cite web |last=Renshaw |first=David |date=June 24, 2015 |title=Drenge Cover Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' – Listen |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/drenge-4-1225343 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512122210/https://www.nme.com/news/music/drenge-4-1225343 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |work=NME}} and July 2015,{{Cite magazine |last=Stutz |first=Colin |date=July 9, 2015 |title=Alessia Cara Gets Mad Love From Taylor Swift for 'Bad Blood' Cover: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/alessia-cara-taylor-swift-bad-blood-cover-video-6620432/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=August 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801101602/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/alessia-cara-taylor-swift-bad-blood-cover-video-6620432/ |url-status=live }} and the rapper-singer Drake used a snippet of it in an advertisement for Apple Music in November 2016.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/amas/7581502/drake-apple-music-ad-taylor-swift-bad-blood/|title=Watch Drake Jam To Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' in New Apple Music Ad|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|date=November 20, 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201083533/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/amas/7581502/drake-apple-music-ad-taylor-swift-bad-blood/|url-status=live}} Anthony Vincent, a YouTuber and musician, covered "Bad Blood" to make it sound like it had been sung by 19 diverse acts, including the Rolling Stones, TLC, Cyndi Lauper, Barney & Friends, and Sepultura.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2015-07-06 |title=Hear Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Sung in 20 Different Styles |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-sung-in-20-different-styles-69296/ |url-access=limited |access-date=2024-09-09 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language= |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816012233/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-sung-in-20-different-styles-69296/ |url-status=live }}

Ryan Adams, an American singer-songwriter, covered "Bad Blood" as part of his track-by-track interpretation of Swift's 1989.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=L. V. |date=September 17, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams Shares 'Bad Blood', the First Full Track From His Taylor Swift Cover Album |url=https://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/17/ryan_adams_bad_blood_cover_hear_the_first_full_track_from_his_1989_taylor.html |access-date=September 16, 2024 |website=Slate}} Adams said that Swift's 1989 helped him cope with emotional hardships and that he wanted to interpret the songs from his perspective "like it was Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska".{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams on His Full-Album Cover of Taylor Swift's 1989 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ryan-adams-on-his-full-album-taylor-swift-cover-you-just-have-to-mean-it-59783/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925011831/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ryan-adams-on-his-full-album-taylor-swift-cover-you-just-have-to-mean-it-59783/ |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} His version of "Bad Blood" is an alt-country and folk-pop song that uses acoustic guitar strums and live drums.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-ryan-adams-moody-cover-of-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-95094/|title=Hear Ryan Adams' Moody Cover of Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood'|date=September 17, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Brittany|last=Spanos|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117195243/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-ryan-adams-moody-cover-of-taylor-swifts-bad-blood-95094/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Sarah |date=September 22, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams: 1989 |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/ryan_adams-1989 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=Exclaim! |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103103501/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/ryan_adams-1989 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Review: Ryan Adams Turns to Taylor Swift for Help On His Version of 1989 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-ryan-adams-taylor-swift-1989-review-20150921-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923090023/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-ryan-adams-taylor-swift-1989-review-20150921-story.html |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |access-date=September 21, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}} Prior to his cover album's release, Adams previewed "Bad Blood" on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio and then released it as a single, on September 17, 2015.{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=September 17, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams – 'Bad Blood' (Taylor Swift Cover) |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1831515/ryan-adams-bad-blood-taylor-swift-cover/news/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=Stereogum |language= |archive-date=August 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801103059/https://www.stereogum.com/1831515/ryan-adams-bad-blood-taylor-swift-cover/news/ |url-status=live }}

Andrew Unterberger from Spin preferred Adams's version to Swift's, writing that it "[strips the] overbearing hyperactivity ... [and removes the] sneering obnoxiousness".{{cite web |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |date=September 23, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams' 1989: A Worthwhile Disappointment |url=https://www.spin.com/2015/09/ryan-adams-1989-a-worthwhile-disappointment-taylor-swift/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127134635/https://www.spin.com/2015/09/ryan-adams-1989-a-worthwhile-disappointment-taylor-swift/ |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |work=Spin}} Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club complimented the "[watercolor]-hued strings and well-placed percussion thumps".{{cite web |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |author-link=Annie Zaleski |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams Transforms Taylor Swift's 1989 Into A Melancholy Masterpiece |url=https://www.avclub.com/ryan-adams-transforms-taylor-swift-s-1989-into-a-melanc-1798184927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212033205/https://music.avclub.com/ryan-adams-transforms-taylor-swift-s-1989-into-a-melanc-1798184927 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=February 12, 2018 |work=The A.V. Club}} In less enthusiastic reviews, Billboard{{'s}} Chris Payne deemed it the worst cover on Adams's 1989 because he thought it failed to highlight Swift's songwriting strengths,{{Cite magazine |last=Payne |first=Chris |date=September 21, 2015 |title=We Ranked All of Ryan Adams' Covers of Taylor Swift's 1989 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/taylor-swift-ryan-adams-1989-ranked-worst-best-cover-6700825/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language= |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802081252/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/taylor-swift-ryan-adams-1989-ranked-worst-best-cover-6700825/ |url-status=live }} and Vulture{{'s}} Jillian Mapes thought that by switching the "sinister beats" with "coffeehouse-singer [...] strumming and a jangly counter-melody in the chorus", Adams turned "Bad Blood" from a sonically distinctive track into an unoriginal song.{{Cite web |last=Mapes |first=Jillian |date=September 22, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams's 1989 Is a Decent Breakup Album, Not a Poptimist Manifesto |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/09/review-ryan-adams-taylor-swift-1989.html |url-access=limited |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=Vulture |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802081252/https://www.vulture.com/2015/09/review-ryan-adams-taylor-swift-1989.html |url-status=live }} His cover peaked at number 25 on the Ultratop chart of Belgian Wallonia{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/168996/Ryan-Adams-Bad-Blood|title=Bad Blood|publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien|access-date=November 19, 2020|language=fr|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801045334/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/168996/Ryan-Adams-Bad-Blood|url-status=live}} and number 36 on Billboard{{'s}} Rock Airplay chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ryan-adams/chart-history/rka/|title=Ryan Adams Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130221706/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ryan-adams/chart-history/rka/|url-status=live}}

Adapted from the liner notes of 1989 and Tidal{{Cite web |title='Bad Blood' by Taylor Swift / Kendrick Lamar |url=https://tidal.com/browse/track/45416944 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 9, 2024 |publisher=Tidal}}{{div col}}

• Taylor Swift – vocals, backing vocals, songwriter
• Kendrick Lamar{{efn|Remix only|name="remix"}} – featured vocals, backing vocals, songwriter
• Max Martin – producer, songwriter, programmer, keyboards, piano
• Shellback – backing vocals, producer, songwriter, programmer, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, sounds (stomps and knees)
• Ilya{{efn|name="remix"}} – backing vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer
• Michael Ilbert – recording engineer
• Sam Holland – recording engineer
• Ben Sedano – assistant recording engineer
• Cory Bice – assistant recording engineer
• Peter Carlsson – Pro Tools engineer
• Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer
• John Hanes – mixer
• Tom Coyne – mastering engineer

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| name = Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)

| artist = Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar

| album = 1989 (Taylor's Version)

| released = {{start date|2023|10|27}}

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| studio = Prime Recording (Nashville)

| length = 3:31
3:20 (remix)

| label = Republic

| writer = * Taylor Swift

• Kendrick Duckworth{{efn|Remix only|name="remix"}}
• Max Martin
• Shellback

| producer = * Taylor Swift

• Christopher Rowe

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Swift departed from Big Machine and signed a new contract with Republic Records in 2018. She began re-recording her first six studio albums in November 2020.{{cite web |last=Melas |first=Chloe |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Speaks Out About Sale of Her Masters |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/16/entertainment/taylor-swift-masters/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118064935/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/taylor-swift-speaks-out-about-sale-of-her-masters-1.5191925 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2020 |publisher=CNN}} The decision followed a 2019 dispute between Swift and the talent manager Scooter Braun, who acquired Big Machine Records, over the masters of Swift's albums that the label had released.{{Cite news |date=August 22, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Wants to Re-Record Her Old Hits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822202321/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |access-date=August 22, 2019 |publisher=BBC News}}{{cite web |last=Finnis |first=Alex |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Masters: The Controversy around Scooter Braun Selling the Rights to Her Old Music Explained |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-masters-scooter-braun-selling-rights-music-rerecording-row-explained-762411 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212170953/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-masters-scooter-braun-selling-rights-music-rerecording-row-explained-762411 |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=i}} By re-recording the albums, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, which enabled her to encourage licensing of her re-recorded songs for commercial use in hopes of substituting the Big Machine-owned masters.{{Cite news |last=Shah |first=Neil |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift Releases New Fearless Album, Reclaiming Her Back Catalog |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-releases-new-fearless-album-reclaiming-her-back-catalog-11617945524 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008111731/https://www.wsj.com/articles/taylor-swift-releases-new-fearless-album-reclaiming-her-back-catalog-11617945524 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=}} She denoted the re-recordings with a "Taylor's Version" subtitle.{{Cite magazine |last=Espada |first=Mariah |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Is Halfway Through Her Rerecording Project. It's Paid Off Big Time |url=https://time.com/6292599/taylor-swift-speak-now-rerecord-project/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027074519/https://time.com/6292599/taylor-swift-speak-now-rerecord-project/ |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |access-date=November 6, 2023 |magazine=Time}}

The re-recording of "Bad Blood" is titled "Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)". A snippet of it featured in the 2022 animated film DC League of Super-Pets.{{cite web |last1=Uitti |first1=Jacob |date=July 30, 2022 |title=The Rock Teases Unreleased 'Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)' on TikTok, Swift Approves |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-rock-teases-unreleased-bad-blood-taylors-version-on-tiktok-swift-approves/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805001720/https://americansongwriter.com/the-rock-teases-unreleased-bad-blood-taylors-version-on-tiktok-swift-approves/ |archive-date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=August 2, 2022 |website=American Songwriter}} Although Swift had not re-recorded 1989, she agreed to re-record "Bad Blood" for the film upon request from Season Kent, its music supervisor.{{Cite magazine |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=August 17, 2022 |title=How a Kid Flick Got Taylor Swift to Remake a Previously Off-Limits Song |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-movie-songs-synchs-1989-super-pets/ |access-date=August 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818070027/https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-movie-songs-synchs-1989-super-pets/ |url-status=live }} The full re-recorded song is included as part of 1989 (Taylor's Version), which was released on October 27, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Vassell |first=Nicole |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Fans Celebrate As Pop Star Releases 1989 (Taylor's Version) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-1989-track-list-b2436950.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030093741/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-1989-track-list-b2436950.html |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=The Independent}} The remix featuring Lamar was also re-recorded as the bonus track of the deluxe edition of 1989 (Taylor's Version). Swift expressed her gratitude towards Lamar on social media, saying that his participation in the re-recording was "surreal and bewildering".{{Cite magazine |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Thanks Kendrick Lamar for Re-Recording 'Bad Blood' Verse on 1989 (Taylor's Version): 'Surreal and Bewildering' |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-kendrick-lamar-bad-blood-1989-taylors-version-1235770455/ |access-date=October 27, 2023 |magazine=Variety |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027125452/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/taylor-swift-kendrick-lamar-bad-blood-1989-taylors-version-1235770455/ |url-status=live }}

Swift produced "Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)" with Christopher Rowe, who had produced her previous re-recordings.{{Cite news |last=Aroesti |first=Rachel |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Version) Review – Subtle Bonus Tracks Add New Depths to a Classic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/27/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review-republic |access-date=August 2, 2024 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027132923/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/27/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review-republic |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=D'Souza |first=Shaad |date=October 30, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Version) Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030073002/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version/ |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=Pitchfork}} The track was programmed and edited by Derek Garten at Prime Recording in Nashville, and Swift's vocals were recorded by Rowe at Kitty Committee and Electric Lady Studios in New York. Musicians who contributed to the track included Mike Meadows (synth, acoustic guitar), Dan Burns (drums, synth bass, synth), Amos Heller (bass guitar), and Matt Billingslea (drums). Serban Ghenea mixed the song at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach.{{Cite AV media notes |title=1989 (Taylor's Version) |year=2023 |publisher=Republic Records |id=0245597656 |type=Compact disc liner notes |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}}

The arrangement of "Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)" remains identical to that of the original version.{{Cite web |last=Braaten |first=Elizabeth |date=October 30, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Version) Album Review |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=Paste |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102043947/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review |url-status=live }} Some critics commented that there were subtle changes; Notion's Rachel Martin wrote that Swift made "some dialect tweaks" and sang "with more depth and emotion" in the bridge, which resulted in a more powerful conclusion,{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Rachel |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Album Review: 1989 (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift |url=https://notion.online/album-review-1989-taylors-version-by-taylor-swift/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=Notion |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525154833/https://notion.online/album-review-1989-taylors-version-by-taylor-swift/ |url-status=live }} while The Music's Tione Zylstra said that her vocals were "angrier and bitter".{{Cite web |last=Zylstra |first=Tione |date=October 28, 2023 |title=Album Review: Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor's Version) |url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/taylor-swift-1989-taylor-s-version/G-yhDw4xMDM/28-10-23 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=The Music |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802093103/https://themusic.com.au/reviews/taylor-swift-1989-taylor-s-version/G-yhDw4xMDM/28-10-23 |url-status=live }} Ed Power of the i described it as a "timeless diss track",{{Cite web |last=Power |first=Ed |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version) Is Still Thrilling – No Wonder It Went Supernova |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review-2713958 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=i |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027122214/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review-2713958 |url-status=live }} and Mark Sutherland of Rolling Stone UK commented the track "remains astounding".{{Cite web |last=Sutherland |first=Mark |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor's Version) Could Be the Best Pop Album of 2023 |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-could-be-the-best-pop-album-of-2023-33809/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=Rolling Stone UK |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029065149/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-could-be-the-best-pop-album-of-2023-33809/ |url-status=live }} Commenting on the re-recorded remix, Elizabeth Braaten of Paste praised Swift and Lamar as "a match made in radio heaven". Giving the track a negative review, Pitchfork's Shaad D'Souza said that it "sounds more basic, bratty, and boring than ever".

On the Billboard Hot 100, "Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)" debuted at number seven on the chart dated November 11, 2023,{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-number-1-hot-100-debut-1235464462/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106195809/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-number-1-hot-100-debut-1235464462/ |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} extending Swift's record for the most top-10 singles (49) among women.{{cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Charts All 21 Songs From 1989 (Taylor's Version) on the Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-all-songs-hot-100-1235464591/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106204255/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-all-songs-hot-100-1235464591/ |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} On the Billboard Global 200, it debuted at number six; with other 1989 (Taylor's Version) tracks, it helped Swift become the first artist to occupy the entire top six of the Global 200 chart simultaneously.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift Makes History With Top 6 Songs, All From 1989 (Taylor's Version), on Billboard Global 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-top-six-songs-global-200-1989-taylors-version-1235464643/ |access-date=November 7, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114151040/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-top-six-songs-global-200-1989-taylors-version-1235464643/ |url-status=live }} The track also peaked in the top 10 on charts of Canada (7), New Zealand (10), and the Philippines. It was certified gold in Australia and Brazil.

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• Taylor Swift – lead vocals, background vocals, songwriting, production
• Christopher Rowe – production, background vocals, vocal engineering
• Mike Meadows – synthesizer, acoustic guitar
• Dan Burns – drum programming, synth bass, synthesizer, additional engineering
• Matt Billingslea – drum programming, drums
• Amos Heller – bass guitar
• Derek Garten – programming, engineering, editing
• Ryan Smith – mastering
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• Bryce Bordone – mix engineering
• Max Martin – songwriting
• Shellback – songwriting
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• Ilya Salmanzadeh – background vocals{{efn|Remix only|name="remix"}}

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• List of number-one singles of 2015 (Australia)
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• List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2015
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