The Coldest Stars I’ve Ever Seen

Artemas “You’ve Been A Bad Girl”

“You’ve Been A Bad Girl” sounds like the Venn diagram overlap of The Weeknd and Tame Impala’s aesthetics, which makes a lot of sense since I imagine a lot of young guys today grew up steeped in both artists’ catalogs. The vibe merger sacrifices some of Tame’s chillness and tamps down The Weeknd’s malevolent sex vampire energy, but results in a dynamic pop song that evades easy categorization. Artemas’ lyrics hit a lot of the same buttons as The Weeknd’s – straight guy bedeviled by a hot woman he’s obsessed with – but it’s a little more down to earth. He’s portraying himself as a victim here – “you’ve been a bad girl, I’ve been in therapy picking up the pieces of all the things you said to me” – but only so much, since he’s comparing her to drugs and begging her to “meet me in the bathroom, come get high with me” on the bridge.

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