Sadder Badder Cooler
{{short description|2020 song by Tove Lo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Sadder Badder Cooler
| type = single
| cover = File:EYT3kfuXQAIZNaF.jpg
| alt =
| artist = Tove Lo
| album = Sunshine Kitty (Paw Prints Edition)
| released = {{start date|2020|5|22|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Electropop{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/05/tove-lo-sunshine-kitty-expanded-edition-sadder-badder-cooler-stream/|title=Tove Lo Releases Expanded Edition of Sunshine Kitty, Shares New Song "sadder badder cooler": Stream|last=Kaye|first=Ben|website=Consequence of Sound|date=22 May 2020|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
| length = {{duration|m=2|s=51}}
| label = Republic
| writer = {{hlist|Elvira Anderfjärd|Max Martin|Tove Lo}}
| producer = Elvira Anderfjärd
| prev_title = I'm Coming
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Don't Say Goodbye
| next_year = 2020
| misc =
}}
"Sadder Badder Cooler" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by Swedish recording artist Tove Lo from the expanded edition of her fourth studio album Sunshine Kitty. The re-issue, dubbed the "Paw Prints Edition" was released on 22 May 2020. On the same day "Sadder Badder Cooler", the re-issue's opening track, was released as a single with two official remixes by The Presets and King Arthur. Remixes by Banx & Ranx, MUTO, Y2K, and Liu followed on 17 July, 31 July, 7 August, and 4 September 2020 respectively. The song's music video, animated by Venturia Animation Studios and Dreambear Productions, depicts a cartoon Lo and her animal sidekick Sunshine Kitty "on a Kill Bill-style mission to take down several Disney princes.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tove-lo-sunshine-kitty-paw-prints-expanded-edition-sadder-badder-cooler-video-1003314/|title=Tove Lo Releases Deluxe 'Sunshine Kitty' Edition, 'Sadder Badder Cooler' Video|last=Shaffer|first=Clare|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 May 2020|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
Lo performed the song live at Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter{{'}}s "Pride Prom" on 13 June 2020 and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on 27 June 2020.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9402099/tove-lo-pride-prom-performance|title=Tove Lo Is Feeling 'Sadder, Badder, Cooler' With Her Billboard Pride Prom Performance|last=Daw|first=Stephen|magazine=Billboard|date=13 June 2020|accessdate=1 September 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/watch-tove-lo-perform-sadder-badder-cooler-on-colbert/|title=Tove Lo Performs "sadder badder cooler" on Colbert: Watch|last=Enis|first=Eli|website=Consequence of Sound|date=27 June 2020|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
Track listing
Sadder Badder Cooler – The Presets Remix{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/151974082|title=sadder badder cooler (The Presets Remix)|website=Tidal|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
- "Sadder Badder Cooler" (The Presets Sunshine Remix) – 3:44
- "Sadder Badder Cooler" (The Presets Midnight Remix) – 5:40
Sadder Badder Cooler – King Arthur Remix{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/151189800|title=sadder badder cooler (King Arthur Remix)|website=Tidal|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
- "Sadder Badder Cooler" (King Arthur Remix) – 2:55
Sadder Badder Cooler – Banx & Ranx Remix{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/148135661|title=sadder badder cooler (Banx & Ranx Remix)|website=Tidal|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
- "Sadder Badder Cooler" (Banx & Ranx Remix) – 2:29
Sadder Badder Cooler – MUTO Remix{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/149756393|title=sadder badder cooler (MUTO Remix)|website=Tidal|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
- "Sadder Badder Cooler" (MUTO Remix) – 3:15
Sadder Badder Cooler – Y2K Remix{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/148965768|title=sadder badder cooler (Y2K Remix)|website=Tidal|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
- "Sadder Badder Cooler" (Y2K Remix) – 3:04
Sadder Badder Cooler – Liu Remix{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1529103294?app=music&at=1000lKmx&lId=22240632&cId=none&sr=1&src=Linkfire&itscg=30440&itsct=catchall_p1&ct=LFV_aec5684a65392bfedb23500c5bb517ba&ls=1|title=sadder badder cooler (Liu Remix)|website=Apple Music|accessdate=4 September 2020}}
- "Sadder Badder Cooler" (Liu Remix) – 2:17
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/141596165/credits|title=Credits / Sunshine Kitty (Paw Prints Edition)|website=Tidal|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
- Tove Lo – songwriting, vocals
- Elvira Anderfjärd – songwriting, production, background vocals, drums, electric bass, synthesizer, programming, vocal programming
- Max Martin – songwriting
- Michael Ilbert – mixing
- Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release formats for "Sadder Badder Cooler" |
| scope="col" |Country
! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Format ! scope="col" |Version ! scope="col" |Label ! scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="7"| Various
|rowspan="3"|22 May 2020 |rowspan="7"|{{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} |Album version |rowspan="7"|Republic |
| The Presets Remix |
| King Arthur Remix |
| 17 July 2020
|Banx & Ranx Remix |
| 31 July 2020
|MUTO Remix |
| 7 August 2020
|Y2K Remix |
| 4 September 2020
|Liu Remix |
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 22|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2020&dspp=22|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=1 September 2020}}
| 15 |