Bae (Keri Hilson song)

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| name = Bae

| cover = Bae by Keri Hilson.jpeg

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| type = single

| artist = Keri Hilson

| album = We Need to Talk: Love

| released = {{Start date|2025|03|27}}

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| genre = R&B

| length = 2:56

| label = *Audible Art Club

| writer = *Keri Hilson

| producer = Mel & Mus

| chronology = Keri Hilson

| prev_title = Beautiful

| prev_year = 2017

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"Bae" is a song performed by American singer and songwriter Keri Hilson, released as a single on March 27, 2025.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/1lMrLVcI9nAzojf1TmFd1O?si=e67a8a1756cd4445|title=Keri Hilson - Bae|website=Spotify|date=March 27, 2025|access-date=April 2, 2025}} The song serves as the first single from her third studio album We Need to Talk: Love, the first installment of her We Need to Talk album series.{{cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2025/03/keri-hilson-new-song-bae-we-need-to-talk-tracklist/|title=Keri Hilson Shares New Song 'Bae,' Unveils 'We Need To Talk' Album Tracklist|website=Rated R&B|last=Samuels|first=Keithan|date=March 28, 2025|access-date=April 3, 2025}} It marks Hilson's first single as a lead artist since 2011's "Lose Control (Let Me Down)".

Composition

"Bae" samples Hurricane Chris's 2007 single "A Bay Bay".{{cite web|url=https://youknowigotsoul.com/keri-hilson-returns-with-new-single-bae#google_vignette|title=Keri Hilson Returns With New Single "Bae"|website=You Know I Got Soul|date=March 30, 2025|access-date=April 3, 2025}}

Reception

"Bae" was met with positive reception, with Revolt declaring that the song "captures the rush of an intoxicating love."{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/keri-hilson-readies-we-need-to-talk-album-with-sexy-single-bae|title=Keri Hilson re-emerges with sexy single "Bae" for upcoming 'We Need to Talk' album|first=Angelina|last=Velasquez|website=REVOLT}} Writer Keithan Samuels from Rated R&B lauded the song for "brim[ming] with the warmth and sweetness of a love so serene." Music publication Rolling Out highlighted that the track "showcases the sultry R&B sound that first made her a star."{{Cite web|url=https://rollingout.com/2025/03/29/keri-hilsons-musical-comeback/|title=Keri Hilson's musical comeback after 15 years of silence|first=Nagashia|last=Jackson|date=March 29, 2025|website=Rolling Out}}

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