來自加拿大的新生代唱跳才女 Tate McRae (泰特麥可蕾)，以其獨特的嗓音和極具感染力的創作風格迅速席捲全球樂壇。這首收錄於她 2021 年廣受好評的 EP《Too Young to Be Sad》中的單曲〈bad ones〉，展現了她對情感關係的細膩觀察。歌曲以極簡的電子流行節拍為基底，搭配 Tate 略帶沙啞的迷人聲線，坦誠地剖析了自己在愛情中總是重蹈覆轍的無奈——明明知道對方是「壞傢伙」(bad ones)，卻依然無法抗拒地深陷其中。歌詞中對於自我價值與情感依賴的掙扎，引發了無數聽眾的共鳴，也讓這首歌成為她音樂生涯中探討有毒關係的代表作之一。
Tate McRae - bad ones 中英文對照翻譯歌詞(Lyrics)
[Verse 1]
You say that you've been missing me
你說你一直都很想念我
Every single time we're not together
在我們沒在一起的每一分每一秒
And I know that I've been gone from everything
我知道我已經遠離了一切
But I needed that
但我確實需要那樣的空間
Say you wish that you were kissing me
你說你希望此刻能吻我
It comes outta nowhere, whenever
這念頭總是隨時隨地，突如其來
But I'm kinda sick and tired, you're so selfish
但我有點受夠了，你太自私
Say that I'm not coming back to you
說什麼我再也不會回到你身邊
[Pre-Chorus]
But wait, don't leave
可是等等，別走
Hate that it's so easy for you
討厭你總是能如此輕易地抽身
Wait, I can't see
等等，我看不清了
Try to walk away
試著想要轉身離開
[Chorus]
I keep fallin' for the bad ones (Bad ones)
我總是愛上那些壞傢伙 (壞傢伙)
The always-make-me-sad ones (Sad ones)
那些總是讓我傷心的傢伙 (傷心的傢伙)
Tryin' hard to hold my ground
努力想要堅守立場
But it always ties me down, yeah, the bad ones
但這總是將我束縛，是的，那些壞傢伙
Way too good at fallin' for the bad ones
我實在太擅長愛上那些壞傢伙了
[Verse 2]
You're really good at tricking me
你真的很會哄騙我
Makin' me believe I'm not enough
讓我相信自己還不夠好
And I'm always so confident
我明明一直都是那麼自信
'Til you come and trip me up
直到你的出現讓我亂了陣腳
Why you so caught up with fixing me?
你為何這麼執著於想要「修正」我？
You know that's something that I really hate
你知道那是我最討厭的事情
You're the only thing about me that should change
關於我的一切，唯一該改變的就是你
You're my one mistake, mm
你就是我唯一的錯誤，嗯
[Pre-Chorus]
But wait, don't leave
可是等等，別走
Hate that it's so easy for you
討厭你總是能如此輕易地抽身
Wait, I can't see
等等，我看不清了
Try to walk away
試著想要轉身離開
[Chorus]
I keep fallin' for the bad ones (Bad ones)
我總是愛上那些壞傢伙 (壞傢伙)
The always-make-me-sad ones (Sad ones)
那些總是讓我傷心的傢伙 (傷心的傢伙)
Tryin' hard to hold my ground
努力想要堅守立場
But it always ties me down, yeah, the bad ones
但這總是將我束縛，是的，那些壞傢伙
Way too good at fallin' for the bad ones
我實在太擅長愛上那些壞傢伙了
Way too good at fallin' for the bad ones
真的太容易愛上那些壞傢伙了
[Post-Chorus]
But wait, don't leave
可是等等，別走
Hate that it's so easy for you
討厭你總是能如此輕易地抽身
Wait, I can't see
等等，我看不清了
Try to walk away (Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad)
試著想要轉身離開 (壞，壞，壞，壞，壞，壞，壞)
[Chorus]
Tryin' hard to hold my ground
努力想要堅守立場
But I'm always fallin' down for the bad ones
但我總是為了那些壞傢伙而跌得粉身碎骨
Way too good at fallin' for the bad ones
我實在太擅長愛上那些壞傢伙了
Way too good at fallin' for the bad ones
真的太容易愛上那些壞傢伙了