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Release and reception
"Bad Blood" premiered on BBC Radio 1 programme Annie Mac. On behalf of Mixmag, Chantelle Fiddy highlighted Nao's vocal performance and appraised the production as "edgy and original". Robin Murray of Clash wrote it was a "stunning fusion of old and new". Dubbing the song "woozy", Now reviewer Matt Williams opined, "Her stutter-and-run, drawn-out 'cuckoo' on the woozy Bad Blood is one of those moments you wait for every time you hear [it]."