{"id":52466,"date":"2026-04-16T12:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52466"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:55:47","slug":"bad-bad-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/16\/bad-bad-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad, Bad Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Gritty Rock Groove, Overdriven Guitar, Punchy Drums, Funky Bass Stabs]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHe came in smooth with a crooked grin<br \/>\nLike he never knew where trouble\u2019s been<br \/>\nTalked real fast, moved real sly<br \/>\nHad a sparkle but a warning in his eye<\/p>\n<p>Took every rule and bent it wrong<br \/>\nTurned every silence into song<br \/>\nPeople warned, but we ignored<br \/>\nNow look what we\u2019ve restored<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHe was fun till he was fire<br \/>\nFueling every wild desire<br \/>\nNever stopped when he was told<br \/>\nTill the story got too bold<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nBad (Bad boy)<br \/>\nBad, bad boy<br \/>\nFeelin&#8217; joy<br \/>\nUntil you went mad<br \/>\n(Oh, woe how sad)<\/p>\n<p>Bad (Bad boy)<br \/>\nPlayed with toys<br \/>\nTurned to noise<br \/>\nThen you went bad<br \/>\n(Oh, woe how sad)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Guitar Riff, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEvery joke was a little too sharp<br \/>\nEvery smile had a hidden mark<br \/>\nWhat was playful turned to game<br \/>\nBut nobody stayed the same<\/p>\n<p>He pushed the line, he broke the frame<br \/>\nThen said it wasn\u2019t really blame<br \/>\nBut every step just made it clear<br \/>\nWe were dancing with a fear<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nFrom mischief into storm<br \/>\nFrom playful into worn<br \/>\nCouldn\u2019t see the edge too near<br \/>\nTill it all disappeared<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nBad (Bad boy)<br \/>\nBad, bad boy<br \/>\nFeelin&#8217; joy<br \/>\nUntil you went mad<br \/>\n(Oh, woe how sad)<\/p>\n<p>Bad (Bad boy)<br \/>\nLost control<br \/>\nLost the role<br \/>\nThen you went bad<br \/>\n(Oh, woe how sad)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWas it always in the plan?<br \/>\nOr just slipping through his hand?<br \/>\nDid the laughter turn to flame<br \/>\nOr was it always just the same?<\/p>\n<p>No one really understands<br \/>\nHow it got so out of hand<br \/>\nBut the echo still remains<br \/>\nOf the joy before the change<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown: Minimal Beat, Echo Vocal]<br \/>\nBad boy\u2026<br \/>\nWhere\u2019d you go\u2026<br \/>\nBad boy\u2026<br \/>\nNobody knows\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nBad (Bad boy)<br \/>\nBad, bad boy<br \/>\nLost that joy<br \/>\nWhen you went mad<br \/>\n(Oh, woe how sad)<\/p>\n<p>Bad (Bad boy)<br \/>\nNow we sigh<br \/>\nWonder why<br \/>\nIt all went bad<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Guitar fades, drum slows]<br \/>\nBad boy\u2026<br \/>\nGood gone wrong\u2026<br \/>\nBad boy\u2026<br \/>\nWasn\u2019t long\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final Hit]<br \/>\n(Bad\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Popped\/\">Popped<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Gritty Rock Groove, Overdriven Guitar, Punchy Drums, Funky Bass Stabs] [Verse 1] He came in smooth with a crooked grin Like he never knew where trouble\u2019s been Talked real fast, moved real sly Had a sparkle but a warning in his eye Took every rule and bent it wrong Turned every silence into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52467,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52466\/revisions\/52467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}