“Down Bad” is the fourth track from Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT”, which was released in April 2024 through Republic Records.
The synth-pop song sees Swift compare a whirlwind and intense romance to being on another planet with a man who didn’t seem human. The end of the relationship was sudden and unexpected, with Swift comparing the breakup with her being sent back to planet Earth.
Taylor Swift spoke to iHeartRadio about the song and the character she drew inspiration from:
“‘The metaphor in ‘Down Bad’ is that I was comparing sort of the idea of being love bombed. Where someone…rocks your world and dazzles you and then just kind of abandons you […] This girl is abducted by aliens but she wanted to stay with them…And then when they drop her back off in her hometown, she’s like, ‘Wait, no, where are you going? I liked it there! It was weird but it was cool. Come back!’ […] ‘I’ve just been exposed to a whole different galaxy and universe and didn’t know it was possible, how could you just put me back where I was before?’”
“Down Bad” is certified Gold in Australia and Silver in the UK.
The lyric video was released via Taylor Swift’s YouTube channel on the 20th April 2024.
Read the lyrics to “Down Bad” here.
*All information accurate at the time of publishing (18th June 2024).
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