Sadder Badder Cooler

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"Sadder Badder Cooler"
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Single by Tove Lo
from the album Sunshine Kitty (Paw Prints Edition)
Released22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)
Genre Electropop [1]
Length2:51
Label Republic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Elvira Anderfjärd
Tove Lo singles chronology
"I'm Coming"
(2020)
"Sadder Badder Cooler"
(2020)
"Don't Say Goodbye"
(2020)

"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. [2] [3] Remixes by Banx & Ranx, MUTO, Y2K, and Liu followed on 17 July, 31 July, 7 August, and 4 September 2020 respectively. [4] [5] [6] [7] 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. [8]

Contents

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. [9] [10]

Track listing

Sadder Badder Cooler – The Presets Remix [2]

  1. "Sadder Badder Cooler" (The Presets Sunshine Remix) – 3:44
  2. "Sadder Badder Cooler" (The Presets Midnight Remix) – 5:40

Sadder Badder Cooler – King Arthur Remix [3]

  1. "Sadder Badder Cooler" (King Arthur Remix) – 2:55

Sadder Badder Cooler – Banx & Ranx Remix [4]

  1. "Sadder Badder Cooler" (Banx & Ranx Remix) – 2:29

Sadder Badder Cooler – MUTO Remix [5]

  1. "Sadder Badder Cooler" (MUTO Remix) – 3:15

Sadder Badder Cooler – Y2K Remix [6]

  1. "Sadder Badder Cooler" (Y2K Remix) – 3:04

Sadder Badder Cooler – Liu Remix [7]

  1. "Sadder Badder Cooler" (Liu Remix) – 2:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [11]

Release history

Release formats for "Sadder Badder Cooler"
CountryDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various22 May 2020
Album version Republic [8]
The Presets Remix [2]
King Arthur Remix [3]
17 July 2020Banx & Ranx Remix [4]
31 July 2020MUTO Remix [5]
7 August 2020Y2K Remix [6]
4 September 2020Liu Remix [7]

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 15


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